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EROS Film Festival
Thanks to: Office of The President, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Public Policy & Law Dept., Women, Gender & Sexuality Program, Language & Cultural Studies Dept., Classics Dept., American Studies Dept., Theater & Dance Dept.
EROS, which stands for Encouraging Respect of all Sexualities, is the gay/straight alliance at Trinity College. Members of EROS are committed to fostering awareness about issues of differing sexualities on campus, with the ultimate goal of creating a more tolerant environment for gays, lesbians, and bisexual students.
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RIVERS WASH OVER ME
2009, Rated: NR, 87 min.
Director: John Young.
After his mother dies, Sequan, a sensitive teenager from Brooklyn, moves in with relatives living in a small town plagued with secrets hidden deep within its lush, rural Alabama terrain. Sequan finds refuge in a friendship with a troubled girl who astutely hones in on his true sexuality and introduces him to her cute brother.
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 7:30PM

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General Admission: $8.00 Seniors & Students: $7.00 Free Admission to Trinity College students, faculty, administration and staff.
HOUSE OF NUMBERS
2009, Rated: NR, 90 min.
Director: Brent Leung.
This controversial new documentary film about HIV/AIDS is described by its director as "an objective examination of the idea that HIV causes AIDS," while its detractors say that it dangerously promotes the views of AIDS denialists who claim that HIV does not exist and/or does not cause AIDS. We invite you to decide for yourself...
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Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 7:30PM

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General Admission: $8.00 Seniors & Students: $7.00 Free Admission to Trinity College students, faculty, administration and staff.
PATRIK, AGE 1.5
2008, Rated: NR, 98 min., Swedish (with English subtitles)
Director: Ella Lemhagen.
Goran and Sven are the perfect gay couple; they have a beautiful house in the suburbs, a solid relationship, a home full of love and warmth. Newly approved for adoption, they believe that baby Patrik, age 1.5, is on his way. One tiny decimal mistake later, they find themselves saddled with a 15-year-old homophobe….who may have a criminal past.
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Friday, November 6, 2009 - 7:30PM

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General Admission: $8.00 Seniors & Students: $7.00 Free Admission to Trinity College students, faculty, administration and staff.
HANNAH FREE
2009, Rated: NR, 88 min.
Director: Wendy Jo Carlton.
Cast: Sharon Gless, Maureen Gallagher, Kelli Strickland, Ann Hageman, Taylor Miller, Jacqui Jackson.
Starring Sharon Gless (Queer as Folk, Cagney & Lacey) in a tremendous performance, Hannah Free is a feature film about the lifelong love affair between an independent spirit and the woman she calls home. Weaving between past and present, the story reveals how two women maintained their love affair despite a marriage, a world war, infidelity, and family denial.
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Friday, November 6, 2009 - 9:30PM

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General Admission: $8.00 Seniors & Students: $7.00 Free Admission to Trinity College students, faculty, administration and staff.
LITTLE ASHES
2009, Rated: R, 112 min.
Director: Paul Morrison. Screenplay: Philippa Goslett. Cinematographer: Adam Suschitzky. Producer: Carlo Dusi, Jonny Persey and Jaume Vilalta.
Cast: Javier Beltrán, Robert Pattinson, Matthew McNulty, Marina Gatell, Bruno Oro, Esther Nubiola, Marc Pujol.
In the midst of the repression and political unrest of pre-Spanish Civil War, eccentric artist Salvador Dalí (Robert Pattinson, Twilight) renowned poet and revolutionary Federico García Lorca find their artistic and sexual freedom. The two form a bond challenged by their fierce ambitions, their friends, the struggle between a love for Spain and a love for each other.
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Saturday, November 7, 2009 - 2:30PM

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General Admission: $8.00 Seniors & Students: $7.00 Free Admission to Trinity College students, faculty, administration and staff.
AND THEN CAME LOLA
2009, Rated: NR, 70 min.
Director: Ellen Seidler & Megan Siler.
Cast: Ashleigh Sumner, Jill Bennett, Cathy DeBuono, Jessica Graham, Jenoa Harlow, Angelyna Martinez, Linda Ignazi, Candy Tolentino, Lisa Dewey.
In this sexy, lesbian romp, inspired by the art house classic Run, Lola, Run a talented, but distracted photographer (Lola), on the verge of success in both love and work, could lose it all if she doesn`t make it to a crucial meeting on time. But, as usual, Lola is late. With her job and girlfriend on the line, she has three chances to make it right. In a desperate race through the streets and back rooms of San Francisco, time grows short--will Lola make it? Will she come at all?
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Saturday, November 7, 2009 - 7:30PM

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General Admission: $8.00 Seniors & Students: $7.00 Free Admission to Trinity College students, faculty, administration and staff.
Free Closing Night Reception at 6:30
EATING OUT: ALL YOU CAN EAT
2009, Rated: NR, 80 min.
Director: Glenn Gaylord.
Cast: Rebekah Kochan, Daniel Skelton, Chris Salvatore, Michael Walker, John Stallings, Mink Stole, Leslie Jordan, Julia Cho.
Tiffani and her friend Casey try to lure the gorgeous Zack with a phony online profile using the image of Tiffani`s buff ex, Ryan... which works fine until the real Ryan shows up. Only through some fancy footwork, advice from his Aunt Helen (Mink Stole) and mentor Harry (Leslie Jordan), and a daring sexual escapade can Casey figure out how to set things right and perhaps even find the love he`s been seeking. ide through the mosh-pit of 20-something girlie-activism.
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Saturday, November 7, 2009 - 9:30PM

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General Admission: $8.00 Seniors & Students: $7.00 Free Admission to Trinity College students, faculty, administration and staff.
STILL BLACK: A PORTRAIT OF BLACK TRANSMEN
2008, Rated: NR, 77 min.
Director: Kortney Ryan Ziegler. Producer: Awilda Rodriguez Lora.
Cast: Kylar Broadus, Jay Welch, Ethan Young, Nicholas Rashad, Louis Mitchell, Carl Madgett.
Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen, is an alternative feature-length documentary that explores the lives of six black transgender men living in the United States. Through the intimate stories of their lives as artists, students, husbands, fathers, lawyers, and teachers, the film offers viewers a complex and multi-faceted image of race, sexuality and trans identity.
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Sunday, November 8, 2009 - 2:30PM

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General Admission: $8.00 Seniors & Students: $7.00 Free Admission to Trinity College students, faculty, administration and staff.
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