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shareLoneliness can strike in an empty apartment or a crowded club. In these shorts, characters struggle to find ways to connect with lovers, estranged family, or the so-called queer community. In NIGHTS AND DAYS IN JULY a transwoman finds herself alone in her apartment trying to connect with a lover through texts. In TAFFETA, a toxic phone sex relationship must be overcome to break a cycle of loneliness and self-destructive habits. A transmasculine drag performer finds himself isolated within a hostile drag club in BOYSUGAR. During long sleepless nights, a man reminisces about the loss of a great love in TELLING TIME. A drag queen who’s hidden their life from their family tries to connect when their father comes to visit in WINTER. In FARAWAY a young gay Arab man is observed over four seasons, all while navigating his estrangement from his mother.
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In this program
Nights and Days in July
Directed by Jana Bringlöv Ekspong
During the light summer nights, a woman finds herself alone in the city. She tries to get in…
Taffeta
Directed by Lovell Holder
Based on their play “Lavender Men,” playwright-performer Roger Q. Mason explores questions of identity and vicious cycles of…
Boysugar
Directed by Montana Mason Doyel
Persuaded by a friend to come to the bar and perform, Levi, a transmasculine drag performer, finds himself…
Telling Time
Directed by Daniel Talbott
Ten months into the pandemic, day is for sleeping and night is for wandering alone and aimless on…
Winter
Directed by Luis Pacheco, Rafael Ruiz
Nico works as a drag queen in order to support themself. Nico’s dad, with whom they don’t have…
Faraway
Directed by Aziz Zoromba
After being estranged from his family for his homosexuality, we observe a young Arab man over four seasons…