Friday, June 23, 1:15 pm, Castro + streaming encore
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| Joey, Sav, Kevin (photo: Brad Garrison) |
Kevin Smith (Clerks, Jay and Silent Bob, etc.) also made the film Chasing Amy, in which Ben Affleck pursues Alyssa (Joey Lauren Adams), a lesbian comic book artist. The film has always been controversial, primarily because it is a story about a lesbian as told by a straight white cis-male, but in its time it was groundbreaking, and there are to this day many people whose lives were influenced by it, including documentarian Sav Rodgers.
Rodgers got to do extensive interviews with Kevin Smith, Joey Lauren Adams, and others, examining both why the film had such an impact on many people and why it remains so controversial. Through the midst of all this, Rodgers gets engaged and also begins transitioning as a transman. The resulting documentary weaves the personal events with the underlying focus in a compelling story of a complex interplay of attachment to a film with some problematic aspects to it. It’s thoughtful and thought-provoking. Definitely a must see for fans of Chasing Amy or its stars, and highly recommended for all audiences.
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