Daydream Obsession 3: Legacy

Wylie is a horny young hottie staying at his hot, recently divorced, dad's house for Spring Break. While papa is out chasing tail of his own and making up for lost time, Wylie discovers the video diary of Clayton (Joe Dain from Daydream Obsession). He keeps the tapes and the camera and The Legacy continues. Wylie decides to call a few of his hot straight friends over to drink and party. The fun really starts when they get drunk and end up in bed but whoops, the camera is on when these sexy straight studs explore their gay side.

• 2008
• Country:  US
• Studio:  Culture Q Connection
• Cast:  Matthew Stephen Herrick, Ronnie Kerr

The Early Works of Cheryl Dunye

Vilified by conservatives in Congress, defended by major newspapers, and celebrated by audiences and festivals around the world as one of the most provocative, humorous and important filmmakers of our time, Cheryl Dunye practically invented a new form of cinema - call it the ‘Dunyementary.' Using a mixture of narrative and documentary techniques, the ‘Dunyementary' challenges social and cultural norms through a sharply funny and reflexive lens. Never scholarly or didactic, Dunye appreciates the value in entertaining viewers.

Her acclaimed first feature The Watermelon Woman (1996) introduced Cheryl to wider audiences, who fell in love with her self-depreciating and insightful wit - not to mention the great casts she assembled (including herself). But what came before this modern-day classic?

Presented here are the films that started it all - the early works which gave birth to an extraordinary and original filmmaking talent. Made with great creativity on often miniscule budgets, they represent the first chapter of the Cheryl Dunye oeuvre.

1. Greetings from America (1994)
   Cheryl, playing herself, humorously experiences the mysteries of lesbian dating in the 90's.
2. The Potluck and the Passion(1993)
   Sparks fly as racial, sexual and social politics intermingle at a lesbian potluck.
3. An Untitled Portrait (1993)
   Dunye's relationship with her brother is examined in this mixture of appropriated film footage, super 8mm home movies & Dunye's special brand of humor.
4. Vanilla Sex (1992)
   Is it who you do, or what you do?
5. She Don't Fade (1991)
   A self-reflexive look at the sexuality of a young black lesbian.
6. Janine (1990)
   The story of a black lesbian's relationship with a white, upper middle class high school girl.
   1990-1994, 80 min

• Country:  US
• Studio:  First Run Features
• Cast:  Cheryl Dunye
• Director:  Cheryl Dunye

God & Gays: Bridging the Gap

God & Gays: Bridging the Gap explores the religious struggle reconciling sexuality and spirituality. It gets into the head, heart and lives of the people who have found homosexuality and the Bible as their self-defining work.
An interview with Rev. Dr. Mel White, co-founder of SoulForce, talks about Jesus' perspective. Rev. Deborah L. Johnson discusses that this is a very basic diversity issue and asks the question: do you love me for who I am or for what I do?
Jason Stuart, an out Jewish comic and actor in Los Angeles describes in detail the loss of his relationship to his sister and her kids due solely to his orientation. Some are still "in the closet," some have previously attempted suicide and Mary Lou Wallner, a fundamentalist mother who got her once wish when her daughter killed herself. Author Darlene Bogle echoes this as she describes her 15 years in Exodus International before recognizing she was ultimately numbing her humanity.
God and Gays: Bridging the Gap wrestles through the eyes and experiences of people wanting a relationship with the very religion that rejects them - Christian (Lutheran, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, Methodist, Baptist) Mormon, Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Jewish, Muslim and more. No matter the religion, the experience of oppression and repression is the same. Fortunately, many soon find it's God that brings them out.
Finally a documentary to break the silence and open dialogue when it's hard to talk openly. God & Gays puts the face and heartbeat of humanity into the emotionally-charged issue and answers:
* what is the "gay agenda"?
* Is being gay a choice?
* What does the Bible say?
* Is it possible to be gay AND religious or must we choose?

• 2006, 92 min
• Country:  US
• Studio:  Indican Pictures
• Director:  Luane Beck

Irma Vep

• 1997, 96 min
• Country:  France
• Studio:  Zeitgeist
• Cast:  Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Natalie Richard, Bulle Ogier, Arsinée Khanjian
• Director:  Oliver Assayas

Moon Over Hong Kong

Jake, a disenfranchised special forces agent "in retirement" has been summoned up by the secret service to find and kill an enemy agent named the Black Dahlia who has been killing our boys with a deadly secret weapon, leaving them powerless and submissive. Jake is the only one qualified for this mission since him and the Dahlia were once intimately involved. he survived to tell and now it's payback time. As if all this were not enough, Jake finds out that the Dahlia's next victim is his "special" buddy Donald. That springs him into action that spirals right across the Pacific from New York City to Los Angeles to Hong Kong blazing a trail of action and sex coupled with espionage and intrigue that will give you the bang for the buck you always wished for.

• 2008, 75 min
• Country:  US
• Studio:  Hornbill Films
• Cast:  Johnny Carvagal, Marlone Star, Peter Michaels, Daniel Gay Lewis, Cory Flynt, Cort Donovan
• Director:  Toby Ross
• Screenwriter:  Toby Ross

Vickie Shaw: You Can Take the Girl Outta Texas...

An All Out Films Production (Laughing Matters, Suzanne Westenhoefer: A Bottom on Top, Kate Clinton: 25 Anniversary Tour). Southern comedienne Vickie Shaw presents her take on life as a Texan lesbian and dealing with relationships. Shaw performs to a sold-out audience in Long Beach, California, and talks frank about her kids, menopause, and her partner "Sergeant Patch."

• 2008, 59 min
• Country:  US
• Studio:  Culture Q Connection
• Performer:  Vickie Shaw
• Cameo:  Jennie McNulty, Poppy Champlin, Sabrina Matthews