ANTEBELLUM BLOG

9/19/15

CARL(A)

CARL(A) screened last night @ 2. ANTEBELLUM FILMFESTIVAL.
i admit i didn't know anything about this film before andy gras presented it to me for program consideration.

released in 2011, this little gem now has a second life with the fame of LAVERNE COX (co-star) and catlin jenner.
i found the characters believable and the subject matter compelling. all the acting was great from JOSLYN DEFREECE in the lead role, supporting roles by laverne cox, mark margolis and greg bello.

i didn't expect the film to be so sad. to experience the trials and tribulations of what a transgendered person has to go thru still in this modern day. i appreciate the unflinching direction by
ELI HERSHKO.
he gives a true- hard account of the transsexual experience.

my only critic is that there's a happy ending. i know in real life for many transgendered people it would not be.
ironically this film is distributed by my good friend- michael shoel @ ariztical entertainment....
who knew?!

2. antebellum filmfestival continues september 19th & 20th.
to check out the remaining screenings and purchase tickets~ antebellum@earthlink.net

9/18/15

2.ANTEBELLUM FILMFESTIVAL~THE 2ND ANNUAL SUBCULTURAL SCREENINGS IN LOS ANGELES

the second antebellum filmfestival will take place september 17th thru 20th, 2015.
antebellum presents original programs, new filmmakers, premieres, vintage classics & rare films~ all with fetish & sexual identity as subtext.
antebellum filmfestival is proud to present uncensored filmmaking that is off the grid of mainstream film.

CHECK OUT OUR PRESS~
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for more info & tickets~ antebellum@earthlink.net

( VERY limited seating~
PURCHASE TICKETS NOW~
THIS EVENT WILL SELL OUT)
$10 per program
$25 per day
$100 for all programs

september 17th thru 20th
7pm till 12midnite
more info: antebellum@earthlink.net

REMAINING SCHEDULE~

SEPT 18

CARL(A)- 7PM 100 minutes
2014- Carla lives in New York, works as a prostitute and wants to transition. She has a friend, but he isn't sure if he will be attracted to her after surgery. featuring lavern cox.)

LOVE HARD- 10PM 47 minutes
(2014~ a work of docu-portraiture about BDSM and intimacy. )

SEPT 19

HIGH SHINE- 7PM 88 minutes
(director~ christina k. court~ 2015)
doco about women bootblacks in the leather community

(HIGH SHINE)

CRUISING~ 10PM 102 minutes
(director~ william friedkin~ 1980)
cult~classic film about a serial killer loose in the NYC underground leather scene~ circa 1980. followed by a chat about the film and how it impacted the community)

(CRUISING)

JOE DALLASANDRO XXX~HOME MOVIES- 12MIDNIGHT approx 15 minutes
( rare video footage of joey dallasandro & a sexy hunk going at it in various places~ circa 1960~ poor quality footage makes it all the kinkier!)

(JOE DALLASANDRO HOME MOVIES)

SEPT 20

7PM~ SHORTS PROGRAM 119 minutes

TIGER ~13 minutes
( Directed by Jacob Chelkowski. Short film from Poland, about a man and his pet. )

(TIGER)

BODIES ~(Leiber) 10 minutes
(A fat man is visited by a callboy. He tells the story of his perverse dream.)

BEING BARBARA~ 13 minutes
( Directed by Antoine De Guerreiro do Divino Amor.
starring Bernhard Kempen. Berlin.
When Bernhard dresses up, he becomes Barbara.)

BRACE ~30 minutes
(Intense short film from London against transphobia and homophobia.)

LOOPS~ 31 minutes
( director Steen Schapiro~ Denmark. Five provocative experimental episodes about daily life and sex: somehow separated. How do we live with our fantasies ?)

(LOOPS)

PLUSHIES & FURRIES ~22 minutes
(director rick castro~ 2001~ the first doco to present plushie & furry subculture to the mainstream. created for MTV)

WORLD PREMIERE!~ THE DOG & PONY SHOW, (2015)
directed by eric minh swenson & rick castro-
3 minutes
(world premiere of a new short film with pup & pony role play~ shot @ antebellum hollywood)

(THE DOG & PONY SHOW)

HAFTANLAGE 4614- 10PM ~60 minutes
(director~ Jan Soldat. 2014~ a documentary portrait of a self-built prison in which men can be imprisoned and tortured voluntarily.