Film Screening: No Straight Lines
October 23, 4:00pm @ Apollo & Online
Join us for our opening film No Straight Lines at Apollo Cinema, 4pm, on Oct 23rd. In order to attend in person or online, you must register at the ticket link. All in-person events will require proof of vaccination. Virtual ticket holders will be given access to the film for 24 hours online, same day as in-person viewing.
This film screening includes No Straight Lines, along with short film Light Down Low.
No Straight Lines | Vivian Kleiman | 79 min
No Straight Lines tells the story of five scrappy and pioneering cartoonists who depicted everything from the AIDS crisis, coming out, and same-sex marriage, to themes of race, gender, and disability. They tackled the humor in queer lives in a changing world, and the everyday pursuits of love, sex, and community. Their work is funny, smart, and profound, and provides a unique, uncensored window into LGBTQ lives from the 1970s onward, beginning at a time in which there was no other genuine queer storytelling in popular culture. Equally engaging are their personal journeys, as they, against all odds, helped build a queer comics underground that has been able to grow and evolve in remarkable ways.
Trailer: https://www.nostraightlinesthefilm.com/
CW: mention of police violence, AIDS epidemic, cartoon violence and horror images, images of violence and sex, drug use, depictions of sexual violence against women, depictions of homophobic violence, the n-word appears (at least part of it) in one of the panels, the f-slur appears in a few panels, depiction of suicide, discussion of car accidents
Light Down Low | Ayo Tsalithaba (they/them) / @ayotsalithaba | 5 min
This video tells the story of X, a Black trans* person who escapes to another world through dance as they struggle with in/visibility. The song gives them the permission to let go of what plagues them in their daily life and they are able to simultaneously let loose and confront many of the difficult emotions they are feeling through dance. We watch them navigate feeling hypervisible and struggling to be seen as their true self while fostering a relationship with the artist where they feel seen and supported. The audience jumps back and forth between a voyeuristic and immersive point of view in the video, leading us to question our role in the story.
Reviving the Roost | Vivek Shraya | 6 min
Filmmaker and bestselling author Vivek Shraya’s ode to a popular Edmonton gay bar that closed in 2007. With pulsating neon-light animation, Reviving the Roost is a story about community complexity and longing, and an elegy to a lost space.
Our COVID-19 Protocols:
proof of vaccination required to attend in-person
registration through the ticket link is mandatory (contact tracing)
a mask must be worn while moving around the space and only removed when sitting to consume food/drink
while performing, peformers will be on stage without a mask, at least 4 meters from closest audience members
all surfaces will be sanitized before the event
chairs will be spaced six feet/two metres apart from other groups
sanitizer will be available at entrance/exits and outside the bathroom
stay home and join us online if you are sick, have been in contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19 while you were not wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), or have travelled in the last 14 days
for contact tracing purposes we will ask for your name and contact info (FB or #) upon arrival
For online virtual screening tickets: You will receive an email with a 24-hour code to view this film online from the start time of the in-person screening.
If you have any questions, please send us an email at rainbowreelsfilm@gmail.com
Funders: City of Waterloo, City of Kitchener Tier 2, RofW Arts Fund, Canada Council for the Arts, Downtown Kitchener BIA