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QUEER|ART|FILM CLUB Gustavo Vinagre and Fábio Leal present VEREDA TROPICAL, FILM FOR A BLIND POET, THE DAYTIME DOORMAN January 25th, 8PM EST on Zoom Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. If this email is in your promotions tab, move it to your primary inbox! QUEER|ART|FILM CLUB: Gustavo Vinagre and Fábio Leal present VEREDA TROPICAL, FILM FOR A BLIND POET,  and THE DAYTIME DOORMAN Monday, January 25th, 8pm — Zoom  Dear Friends, Join us for the first discussion of our third "stay-at-home season" of Queer|Art|Film. Organized by curators Adam Baran and Heather Lynn Johnson, this season— titled Queer|Art|Film Club: Free Your Mind— focuses on the art of cinema as it arrives at a challenging crossroads. During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, funding, production and distribution opportunities changed dramatically in a variety of ways. As we enter year two, we'll be talking with five filmmakers at different phases in their careers about the unique challenges they've faced in the pursuit of their art, and how they envision the future of film. What does it mean to be a queer filmmaker in our modern world? How can LGBTQ movie makers continue to get their stories and voices heard in a content-cluttered media landscape? And can the cinema of the past offer clues and guidance for how to move forward into uncharted territory? This month Brazilian filmmakers Gustavo Vinagre and Fábio Leal will present Joaquim Pedro de Andrade's groundbreaking short, Vereda Tropical alongside their own films, Film for a Blind Poet, and The Daytime Doorman. For this program, all films will be streamed live! WHAT: Gustavo Vinagre and Fábio Leal present VEREDA TROPICAL, FILM FOR A BLIND POET, and THE DAYTIME DOORMAN WHEN:  Monday, January 25th, 8PM WHERE: Zoom RSVP TO THE DISCUSSION HERE

VEREDA TROPICAL 1978. 18 minutes. Directed by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade VEREDA TROPICAL features a man who develops an erotic obsession with fruits and vegetables. Made during the military dictatorship in the 1970s, the film was quickly banned for its subversive portrait of liberation. Though it features a heterosexual protagonist, Leal and Vinagre both feel it is a queer film which uses humor and sexuality to break down barriers.  FILM FOR A BLIND POET 2012. 26 minutes. Directed by Gustavo Vinagre Gustavo Vinagre's documentary short, FILM FOR A BLIND POET is a portrait of Glauco Mattoso, a blind sadomasochistic poet who agrees to participate in a documentary about his own life, but the conditions he imposes raise difficulties. THE DAYTIME DOORMAN  2016. 25 minutes. Directed by Fábio Leal.                                                                                                                  Fábio Leal's narrative short, THE DAYTIME DOORMAN is about a complicated affair between a gay man and the doorman who works at his building.  QUEER|ART|FILM Organized by curators Adam Baran and Heather Lynn Johnson, the third “stay-at-home” season of Queer|Art|Film— titled Queer|Art|Film Club: Free Your Mind— focuses on the art of cinema as it arrives at a challenging crossroads. During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, funding, production and distribution opportunities changed dramatically in a variety of ways. As we enter year two, we'll be talking with five filmmakers at different phases in their careers about the unique challenges they've faced in the pursuit of their art, and how they envision the future of film. What does it mean to be a queer filmmaker in our modern world? How can LGBTQ movie makers continue to get their stories and voices heard in a content-cluttered media landscape? And can the cinema of the past offer clues and guidance for how to move forward into uncharted territory? Join us for another thought-provoking season of groundbreaking films and conversation. Poster illustrated by Eric Kostiuk Williams

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