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Lovers, Friends, and
Revolutionaries
April 28: Celine and Julie Go Boating.
Directed by Jacques Rivette (France) 1974.
Color. 193 minutes.
A m odernist open-ended work offering a
com ic dream about how two women can
relate to each other intimately.
PSG Students for Lesbian and Gay Rights,
with the co-sponsorship of the PSG Film
Committee and the Women’s Gnion, will be
presenting the Second Annual Lesbian and
Gay Film Series, beginning Saturday, April
14, at 7:30 p.m., in PSG’s Lincoln Hall, Room
75, and continue each Saturday, at 7:30 p.m.,
through May 19. Admission is $2 for the gen
eral public and free to PSG students and
senior citizens. Free childcare, wheelchair
accessibilty.
PSG Students for Lesbian and Gay Rights,
affectionately known as Slugger, is a three-
year-old organization chartered with the As
sociated Students of Portland State Gniver-
sity. Last year, Slugger presented three nights
of Films during their film series. The series
was highly successful and led to the greatly
expanded series being presented this year.
Slugger is experiencing a few problems at
this point in its history due to the current
political climate. According to a SLGR
spokesperson, there is some difficulty in get
ting people actively involved in the organiza
tion. She also said that the current student
government feels that “SLGR is not a group
that is particularly needed on the PSG
campus.”
SLGR currently has about ten members
who are active in the organization. The
spokesperson said that in a student popula
tion approaching 15,000 there should be
about 1,500 people involved in the organiza
tion since at least 10% of the population is
gay-
May 5: “A Night of Shorts”
Susana. Directed by Susana Blaustein
(GSA) 1978. B/W. 25 minutes.
A moving, humorous self-portrait of an
Argentine lesbian. The filmmaker’s relation
ship with her straight sister is explored.
M ichael, A Gay Son. Directed by Bruce
Glawson (GSA) 1980. Color. 27 minutes.
This sensitive Film reveals the feelings of
Michael’s parents, and his brother and sister
upon learning that he is gay.
Keltie's Beard: A Women s Story. Directed
by Barbara Martineau (GSA) 1982. Color. 9
minutes.
Keltie has taken a stand on a sensitive
issue. The women in her family had always
removed their facial hair in order to be pleas
ing to men. Keltie decided such deception
was not for her, so she let her own beard
grow. In this film she describes what it’s like to
challenge the stereotypical image of
womanhood.
I'm Not from Here. Directed by Harvey
Marks (GSA), B/W. 45 minutes.
The factual story of a homosexual young
man’s life, and a struggle to develop and
define his sexuality.
April 14: To Forget Venice. Directed by
Franco Brusati (Italy) 1979. Color. 108
minutes.
Two gay couples (one female, one male)
reach maturity and leave their childhood
homes to face the adult world. In Brusati’s
Film there is an honesty and respect in deal
ing with gay characters and gay sexuality that
is rarely seen in American cinema.
April 21: We Were One Man. Directed by
Philippe Balloin (France) 1979. Color. 90
minutes.
The tender and poignant affair between a
disillusioned Nazi deserter and an esapee
from a French insane asylum. Well Filmed,
intelligently written and erotic, We Were One
Man has been invited back to both the New
York and San Francisco Gay Film Festivals
for a second year.
Lesbian and Gay
Film Festival seeks
entries
Entries are now being accepted for the 8th
San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay
Film Festival, June 18-24,1984. Held each
year during San Francisco’s Lesbian/Gay
Freedom Celebration, the Festival brings to
gether the best in feature, documentary,
shorts and video by and about Lesbians and
Gay men. The Festival has been established
by Frameline, a non-profit media organiza
tion, to develop an audience for Lesbian and
Gay cinema and to promote a demand for
Just Out, March 30-April 13
May 12: The Second Aw akening o f Christa
Klages. Directed by Margarethe von Trotta
(Germany) 1977. Color. 88 minuts.
A day-care worker is driven to robbing a
bank when her day care center is threatened
with eviction for not paying their rent Her
co-workers won’t accept the money though
and she is forced to flee the city and go into
hiding. When she seeks out an old friend for a
place to stay for a few days, she has no idea
what lies ahead. Von Trotta presents a narra
tive and characterizations that are complex
and moving, more so than those found in any
film s by and about women in recent years.
Kazoo, guitar and
laughs
by Renee LaChance and Lisa Bouslaugh
It takes an extraordinary entertainer to step
on a stage and skillfully mingle music with
comedy, but that’s what Lisa Koch is — extra
ordinary.
Though a newcomer to the Portland stage,
Lisa has been performing for audiences the
past ten years throughout the Northwest,
Alaska, and Canada. Moving to Portland re
cently from Ashland, Oregon to play bass
with the infamous Dyketones, Lisa is fast win
ning the hearts and smiles of Portlanders with
her zany and generally silly personality.
To her credit she has opened acts for
prom inent artists like Holly Near, Jessie Colin
Young, Steve Martin, and Richie Havens. Last
May, she combined talents with Adrienne
Torf for a tour of the Northeast states. Cur-
rently she is developing alter egos like Soy
Evans, Bobby Pin and Oral Moral with the
Dyketones along with performing solo at
Judy’s and other locales like the recent Inter
national Women’s Day event at the YWCA
Playing acoustic guitar Lisa blends her ori
ginal tunes, distinct humor and contempo
rary favorites to create a unique performance
every tim e she sets foot on the stage. She
brandishes a kazoo for her original Soda
Fountain Mama, and fashions a new wave
version of It 's M y Party. Linda Ronstadt is
outdone by her Heat Wave, and Fleetwood
Mac has strong competition with her version
of Landslide.
An impelling songwriter, Lisa has been
writing her own lyrics and music since her
early teens, and though she has been
sporadic, she is currently tapping into some
high musical energy and is heading for her
goal o f creating an album. This high energy is
evident in her performance and if you enjoy
great entertainment, you won’t want to miss
Lisa Koch.
May 19: The Best Way. Directed by Claude
Milelr (France) 1975. Color. 85 minuts.
Nominated for six Cesars (the French
Academy Awards), The Best Way challenges
society’s repressive concept of masculinity.
Set in a summer camp, the film involves an
aggressive young athletic director and a
sensitive artistic drama instructor. The ath
letic director finds his masculinity threatened
by a sexual attraction for the other man. Miller
handles sensitively a delicate psychological
situation. A stellar performance by Patrick
Dewaere.
quality productions and wider exhibition both
within and outside the Lesbian and Gay
community.
Presented at the Castro and Roxie theaters
in San Francisco and at the Pacific Film
Archive in Berkeley, the 1983 Festival
included over 60 works screened to audi
ences numbering more than 7,000.
Awards will be presented to outstanding
film s in the categories of feature, docu
mentary, short and super-8 films. The
deadline for entries is May 1, 1984. Formats
accepted are 35mm, 16mm, super-8,
and V a " VHS video cassette.
For entry forms (please specify film or
video) and more information contact
FRAMEUNE, PO BOX 14792, SAN FRAN
CISCO, CA 94114; (415) 861-5245.
Storefront Theatre
presents
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