EDIE AND THEA: A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT
Thurs. 19th Nov.
9.15 pm QFT 2 £5.50
Dir. Susan Muska & Greta Olafsdottir / 2009 / USA / 67mins
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The makers of The Brandon Teena Story return with an empowering and intimate film centred around a 42-year passionate romance between two women – Edie and Thea. Beginning pre-Stonewall, Edie and Thea’s relationship gives us an inspiring glimpse into lesbian life, love, romance, sex, politics and activism since the 1960s.
Unable to get married in their home country, Edie and Thea, the latter recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, leave for Canada to legalise their vows with the country’s first openly gay judge. As they face the unknown, Edie and Thea: A Very Long Engagement has something to enlighten, impress and uplift us all.
A truly inspiring documentary not to be missed.
Screening with…
LOVING LORETTA
Dir. Andrea Gutsche / 23 mins / Canada / 2009
The lesbian answer to Brokeback Mountain, this exquisitely crafted short takes place in a diner in deepest, mid-west America, where the local ladies not only cater for their husbands, but also Loretta – the cowgirl they all look up to. Loretta has eyes for only one though, the quiet waitress in the corner.