Monday, March 19, 2007 & Friday, May 11, 2007
 

Free and open to the public.
Screenings start at 7pm at Segal Theatre, Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York.

Monday, March 19

No Time No Place
Kazuyo OISHI∣2004 ∣Japan∣Fiction∣Color∣40min∣Japanese with English subtitles

Satomi is a bundle of self-doubt, and cannot bring herself to actively pursue either work or love. One day, her cat Midori disappears. When Satomi goes to search for Midori in the park, a mysterious woman who has the same name appears...

3-Second Melancholy
iri ∣2001∣Japan∣Fiction∣Color∣35min∣Japanese with English subtitles

Tamae, Kim and Momo are three friends in Tokyo's lesbian community. Tonight love has each of them in its grip. Tamae heads out to her usual hangout for a night , only to fall head over heels for a beautiful stranger. Kim is finally ready to get over her ex and pursue a new flame, only to find that fate doesn't always light the match. And playgirl Momo finds herself crossing the line between love and friendship with career woman Yuki.

Friday, May 11, 2007

The Helmet
One∣2003∣South Korea∣Fiction∣Color∣25 min∣Korean with Chinese & English subtitles

The Helmet is the second film of the director One, who has introduced the teenage female force as a significant part of Korea's independent film scene through her first short Keeping the Sea, an account of "bad girls" wandering the city. The Helmet follows a young woman's private journey through sexual self, a discovery to the eventual realization that she is a lesbian. A "Helmet" comes to symbolize female homosexuality throughout the film. By weaving personal experience into the mostly fictional narrative, the director presents some of her own stories as part of a greater history of homosexuality in Korea.

Identity Behind the Mirror
Julian JEEYASEELAN & Lina TAN∣2003∣Malaysia∣Documentary∣Color∣20 min∣Malay with Chinese & English subtitles

3R (respect, relax, respond) is a popular young women's program in Malaysia which is well known for its feminist and human rights approach on issues dealing with youth especially young women. This episode dealing with lesbianism was banned by the Malaysian censorship board even though the producers had taken a anti discrimination stand on the issue. The banning of this episode reflects the Malaysian media's hardline stand against homosexuality. This is the banned episode and at the end of the program, the producers show Malaysian censorship board's reasons for banning the episode.

Prolesb
Joselito MENDOZA∣2003∣Philippines∣Documentary∣Color∣42 min∣Filipino with Chinese & English subtitles

The documentary video presents the pains and gains in organizing lesbians in the Philippines, particularly those in the lower economic bracket. Lee Topacio, founder of the org. and president, recounts her experiences in starting to get organized with the help of a friend and mentor, Prolesb grew into a human rights org. with almost more than 200 members in metro manila and nearby provinces. The film tackles experiences in advocacy against discrimination at work, by families, and services for reproductive health and gender sensitivity for members and non-members, as well as partners. Interviews by feminist-lesbians and experts on the definition of Filipino lesbianism, and with other support characters are interspersed with actual scenes at work of Prolesb officers. An interesting study in organizing and lesbian working sector in this country (with English translation).

Co-sponsor by The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, Institute for Tongzhi Studies, and Q-Wave.