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Tag: gay and lesbian film festivals

Host: Charles Busch.  Featured guests: Sande Zeig, Jeffrey Lunger, Mark Finch, Raoul O'Connell.

Summary: This episode begins with an introduction by Charles Busch, followed by a skit about gay film critics featuring clips from Forbidden Love, Okoge and the documentary, Movie Star! Mary Dale's Hollywood. The Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Clips segment features interviews with Sande Zeig, Jeffrey Lunger, and Mark Finch, with clips from Time Out and The Teapot. The Gay Movie Heroes segment features an interview with director Raoul O'Connell and clips from the short, A Friend of Dorothy.

Note: Some audio content removed due to copyright restrictions.
18:41 - 19:16: Ella Fitzgerald, "Skylark This Time the Dream's On Me."

Featured guests:  Johnny Symons, Pratibha Parmar, Margaret Cho, The Cliks, Charles Busch, John Schlesinger.

Summary:  The final episode of season 16 focuses primarily on the world of film. It begins with a visit to the 10th Annual Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, with a prominent focus on Ask Not, Johnny Symons' documentary about the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy. The next segment is about It's Still Elementary, a documentary that revisits the students from It's Elementary. Pratibha Parmar's film, Nina's Heavenly Delights, is also showcased. Next, Margaret Cho discusses the U.S. Air Force's proposal to develop a "gay bomb," a chemical weapon that would cause homosexual behavior in enemy soldiers, followed by a spotlight on The Cliks, a documentary about the gender-queer, trans Canadian punk band. In a rebroadcast of a segment from episode 505, Charles Busch interviews director John Schlesinger.

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56:15-56:47: Bette Midler, "Chapel of Love"

 

Host: Katherine Linton.Featured guests: Felicia Park-Rogers, Sal Piro, Susan Sarandon, Nancy Lanoue, Ann Bancroft, James Dale, E. Lynn Harris.

Summary: The episode begins with a segment covering the COLAGE organization and Felicia Park-Rogers in San Francisco. The next segment features Sal Piro and Susan Sarandon discussing The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and the In the News segment covers a pledge drive to protest an anti-LGBT website in Madison, WI. The next segment spotlights Nancy Lanoue and the Thousand Waves Martial Arts and Self-Defense Center in Chicago. The In the Arts segment covers the 25th anniversary of the San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, and looks at the films, The Adventures of Felix, Lost & Delirious and Kiss of the Spider Woman. The next segment looks at leather culture, and another spotlights explorer Ann Bancroft's Antarctic expedition. The Galluccio family and James Dale provide PSAs during the episode, and E. Lynn Harris provides the celebrity ID.

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Excerpts from The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975):
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Excerpt from Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985):
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