TRANNY FEST 2001 VIDEO LOUNGE PROGRAMS

Benjamin Smoke
Directors Jem Cohen & Peter Sillen
80 min. Video USA 2000

Benjamin Smoke. A powerful documentary poetically capturing the life and times of an extraordinary artist, speed freak and occasional drag queen simply know as "Benjamin."

A Boy Named Sue
Director Julie Wyman
56 min. Video USA 2000

A Boy Named Sue is a compelling documentary chronicling the 6 year transformation of a transsexual named Theo from a woman to a man.

Counting Past 2 1999
Directors Cat Grant & Boyd Kodak
4 min. video Canada (Toronto) 2001
[US PREMIERE]

Counting Past 2 1999. A wonderful and diverse Trans cultural event in Toronto

Crossing Borders
Directors Cat Grant & Boyd Kodak
4 min. video Canada 1998
[SAN FRANCISCO PREMIERE]

Crossing Borders. A look into the 12th annual IFGE convention, as it was held in Canada for the first time.

Homecoming Queen
Director Charles Bracewell
45 min video Australia 1999
[WEST COAST PREMIERE]

Homecoming Queen. A famous singing gender illusionist returns to their small town home to put on a show.

Jareena: Portrait of a Hijda
Director Prem Kalliat Ramachandpah
25 min. video USA 1990

Jareena: Portrait of a Hijda. A profile of a transsexual and her community in the Indian city of Bangalore.

Latin Queens
Director Anton Wagner
55 min. video Canada 2000 [SAN FRANCISCO PREMIERE]

Latin Queens. This powerful documentary tells the story of gays, female impersonators and transgendered persons from Latin American struggling to survive and find a new home in the gay community of Toronto

M! Mom, Madonna, & Me
Director Atif Siddiqi
54 min. video Canada (Montreal) 2001

M! Mom, Madonna, & Me. An autobiographical Pakanistani -American docu-drama, the filmmaker journeys throughout to past fulfilling his own, his mothers and Madonna's dreams.

The Passenger
Director Dan Flanegan
5 min. video USA 2001

The Passenger. You meet interesting people in airports. When a weary business traveler is subjected to a stranger's confessional story, what a surprising story in turns out to be.

The Ride
Director Bill Basquin
9 min. video USA (SF) 2000

The Ride. A tense and poetic cab ride shared between a transgender driver and a potentially penniless passenger.

Sex Becomes Her:
The Story of Chi Chi La Rue
Director Mike Atto
70 min. video UK 2000

Sex Becomes Her: The Story of Chi Chi La Rue. Profile and inside story of Los Angeles based gay male porn director, drag queen, Chi Chi LaRue.

Sir: Just a Normal Guy
Director Melanie La Rosa
57 min. video USA 2001

Sir follows Jay Snider through his 15 month Female-to-Male transition, exploring physical and psychological changes. Includes interviews with his former husband and current Lesbian identified partner.

Skoundx
Directors Cat Grant & Boyd Kodak
4 min. video Canada (Toronto) 2000 [WEST COAST PREMIERE]

Skoundx A transsensual femme spots an FTM surfside, and imagines "what if?" This colorful short explores mediums, speeds, reality and fantasy to the beat of an original soundtrack.

Some of the Stories: A Documentary about Trans Youth
Director Jacob Simpson
33 min. video Canada (Vancouver) 2001 [SAN FRANCISCO PREMIERE]

Some of the Stories: A Documentary about Trans youth. Five youth discuss trans issues and how it intersects other issues in their life.

Taste
Director Lisa Dombroski
Video 22 min. Australia 2000

Taste. Meet Suz, she's on a roller coaster with Pete. Meet Danny, a chef with a difference who wants to take her on another kind of ride.

Thank You Kate Bornstein
Director Mark Kenneth Woods, Video 4min. Canada (Toronto) 2000 [San Francisco Premiere]

Thank You Kate Bornstein. "What is a man, and what is a woman?" Inspired by the works of transgendered performance artist Kate Bornstein.

Tranny Talk
Director Dina L. Boyer
Video 44 min. USA (SF) 2001 [West Coast Premiere]

Tranny Talk. Tranny TV, founded two years ago, is aired every month on San Francisco's public access channel 29.