Queer: An LGBTQ+ Film Season

Season Launch Q&A + Mädchen in Uniform (PG): Thur 8 May, 7pm

Mädchen in Uniform tells the story of Manuela, who falls in love with a teacher at an all girls boarding school, to disastrous consequences.

Run Time: 1 hour 58 mins
Age Rating: PG
Content Warnings: Inferred underage relationship, Homophobic language and attitudes, attempted suicide
Content Highlights: Strong female friendships, female empowerment

This screening will feature a Season Launch Q&A to celebrate the start of Queer: An LGBTQ+ Film Season.

Please note: Only people with a valid ticket for the film will be able to attend the Season Launch Q&A.

Gay Black Group / We Who Have Friends (18) Double-Bill: Fri 9 May, 7pm

Gay Black Group

The formation of the Gay Black Group was a landmark in gay black history. In this 1983 documentary, members of the group talk about their experiences

Run Time: 25 mins
Age Rating: 18
Content Warnings: Homophobic language and attitudes, racial fetishisation, familial pressures and stress, being closeted.
Content Highlights: Inspiring and empowering gay black stories, female empowerment, mention of familial support, intersectional activism, excellent 80s fashion

We Who Have Friends

Thanks to the Yorkshire Film Archive, Hull Independent Cinema are delighted to bring you this pioneering 1969 Richard Woolley directed documentary. We Who Have Friends looks at how attitudes towards gay men in the UK changed in the two years following the 1967 Reform Act.

Run Time: 49 mins
Age Rating: 18
Content Warnings: Homophobic language and attitudes, nudity, being closeted
Content Highlights: Progressive attitudes towards gay people, problematic yet positive religious attitudes, interesting historical information

All About My Mother (15) & Queer Film Maker Panel: Sat 10 May, 2.30pm

All About My Mother, one of Almodóvar's most celebrated films tells the stories of a bereaved mother, an overwrought actress, her jealous lover, and a pregnant nun.

Run Time: 2 hours 30 mins
Age Rating: 15
Content Warnings: Attempted rape, death, references to drug misuse, cis-heterosexual actor playing a trans character, discussion of AIDS, discriminatory language towards LGBTQ+ people, strong profanity, mild nudity
Content Highlights: Trans actress playing a trans character, empathy and affection towards cis and trans women, friendship, found family

Please note: The queer film panel immediately follows All About My Mother and only people with a valid ticket for the film can attend this.

Tangerine (15): Sat 10 May, 7pm

Now celebrating its 10 year anniversary, Tangerine tells the story of sex-worker, Sin-Dee, as she tears through Tinseltown on Christmas Eve searching for the pimp who broke her heart.

Run Time: 1 hour 28 mins
Age Rating: 15
Content Warnings: Strong sex and nudity, homophobic and transphobic language, disability discrimination, drug misuse, strong use of profanity
Content Highlights: Unapologetic trans women, trans actors playing trans characters, empowerment, empathy and affection towards trans women, friendship

Image courtesy of Park Circus

Shinjuku Boys (18): Thur 15 May, 7pm

In this award-winning 1995 documentary, Shinjuku Boys explores the lives of three transgender men who work at the New Marilyn Club in Tokyo, Japan.

Run Time: 53 mins
Age Rating: 18 (unrated)
Content Warnings: Outdated transphobic language, some discussions of gender dysmorphia, toxic client/ worker relationships, mention of suicidal thoughts
Content Highlights: Empathy and affection towards trans men, positive depictions of gender non-confirming relationships, familial support

Beautiful Thing (15): Fri 16 May, 7pm

Beautiful Thing tells the story of Jamie, a shy, bullied teenager, and his neighbour Ste, who is having a rough time at home. These issues bring them together and they find that what they feel for each other is more than just friendship.

Run Time: 1 hour 30 mins
Age Rating: 15
Content Warnings: Homophobic language, mild violence, mild injury detail, misogynistic language, nudity, strong use of profanity
Content Highlights: Cis-straight people being allies, self-actualisation, young love

Romy & Michelle’s High School Reunion (15): Sat 17 May, 2.30pm

Starring Friends' Lisa Kudrow, Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion tells the story of two friends who hit the road for their ten-year high school reunion and concoct an elaborate lie about their lives to impress their classmates.

Run Time: 1 hour 32 mins
Age Rating: 15
Content Warnings: Mild use of profanity, mention of incest, bullying
Content Highlights: Overcoming bullies, female friendship, woman using a man to get what she wants, revenge, 90s nostalgia

Image courtesy of Park Circus

I Saw the TV Glow (15) & Mixer: Sat 17 May, 7pm

I Saw the TV Glow tells the story of teenager, Owen who is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs, before his life is changed forever when a classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show.

Run Time: 1 hour 40 mins
Age Rating: 15
Content Warnings: Bullying, self-harm, deterioration of mental health, reference to domestic abuse, mild drug misuse, scene of being buried alive, suicide, moderate violence, moderate use of profanity
Content Highlights: Deals with trans identity and dysphoria beautifully, 90s nostalgia, non-binary actor playing non-binary character

Mixer

After the final film of the season there will be an informal mixer on the First Floor of the theatre (9.00 - 10.15pm) with a limited number of complimentary drinks provided.

You do not need to have attended I Saw the TV Glow, to be able to attend the Mixer, as long as you have a valid ticket for one of the seasons films.