MAIN PROGRAM B
Theater 222, Innis College
2 Sussex Street, Toronto, M5S 1J5
1:45 PM – FRIDAY June 24
*Pride Programming* 1st Day of Pride Toronto
SF: Sneaky Business
Director George Sanders
United States of America
0:27:18
Second screening – Directors in attendance.
It’s High-Jinx on the High Seas! Filled with musical numbers, Sneaky Snake, our favorite green sock-puppet helps smuggle 10 Americans into Canada for Gay marriage, Low-cost Medicine, and basic Human Rights. Sneaky finds himself in hot water and tries to save the day.
SF: Hens & Chicks
Director Becky Lane
United States of America
0:18:37
Raised by her two moms, Hanna’s never really thought about where chicks (or babies) come from until a Google search has her asking “Who’s my rooster?”
MV: Take Me Back to Hanalei
Director Woody Simmons
United States of America (Hawaii)
0:04:00
Catchy tune, beautiful Hawaiian scenery, Take Me Back to Hanalei is a music video for all ages. It captures the experience of being in Hawaii and the longing for more.
SD: Take the Gay Train
Director Robert Philipson
United States of America
0:13:50
Subtitled a documentary dreamscape, ‘Take the Gay Train’ charts the progress of gay sensibility during the Harlem Renaissance through a poetic use of historical stills, contemporary film making, scholarly accuracy, and music of the period.
SD: The Apostles of Beauty
Director Glendon McKinney
Canada
0:12:40
Oscar Wilde visited Fredericton’s famous opera house in 1882 to deliver a lecture on the Aesthetics Movement. Although Wildes’ lecture would create any number of reactions from the citizens, newly emerging Fredericton writer Charles G. D. Roberts would go and consequently spend an evening with Wilde which would reinvigorate Roberts’ drive to create a voice for the newly-emerging country of Canada.