Thursday, June 27, 6:45 pm, Castro Theatre
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| A Luv Tale (the series) creator Sidra Smith front center |
In 1999, filmmaker Sidra Smith presented a 45-minute featurette called A Luv Tale, a story about a lesbian and a straight woman who are getting out of bad relationships. Nearly 20 years later, she returned to the idea, expanding it to a miniseries about four black lesbians in Harlem with their family, friends, and love lives interwoven with plenty of unexpected crossovers. There is intrigue, but all with a definite sense of class, with homes that most people in New York City would kill for, sort of a black Harlem verson of The L Word. These are proudly stories of black queer women, by black queer women, for everyone but especially for black queer women.
I go to Frameline to see stories about people I identify with, but also to see stories from and about people with very different life experiences, with a particular emphasis on queer women of color. A Luv Tale: The Series is funny, with plenty of laughs, and you should see it for that reason alone, but it is also important in terms of representation in front of and behind the camera. Definitely a MUST SEE.
• IMDb (2018 series) (1999 feature film) • YouTube channel • 1999 feature on Amazon • (distribution deal pending for the new series)
I go to Frameline to see stories about people I identify with, but also to see stories from and about people with very different life experiences, with a particular emphasis on queer women of color. A Luv Tale: The Series is funny, with plenty of laughs, and you should see it for that reason alone, but it is also important in terms of representation in front of and behind the camera. Definitely a MUST SEE.
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