Out On Screen

Bi? Lesbian? Gay? Why limit yourself?

A video information brochure for the British Columbia Persons With AIDS Society's annual retreat for members at Loon Lake. Experience a retreat from a participant's point of view. See and hear the people come together in a supportive, caring, and healing environment. Understand the personal empowerment that each takes away.

After coming up against homophobia from straight service providers, Queer Gimp Girl (Marg Scott) seeks out other disabled queers and asks about their experiences of disabled awareness and access in the queer communities.

"Sounding Queer Space" connects different ideas about what constitutes queer space. Comments on safety, inclusion, architecture and how to create queer space are accompanied by a song by Veda Hille.

Molly Starlight Morin from Enoch Rez, Alberta, appeared on a Reform Party list of dubious Canada Council grants. The ensuing furore earned her national press coverage and mentioned on This Hour Has 22 Minutes and Royal Canadian Air Farce.

Rancour is about abuse in a queer relationship. With a punk sensibility and soundtrack, the artist conveys being trapped in an emotionally abusive relationship while living in a culture bent on celebration and positive images. Mainstream queer culture and queer media are loathe to discuss any dirty little secrets under the rainbow. Rancour dares to explore the interrelations between fear, shame, complicity, rage, silence, hatred, and romantic love.

Unmapping Desire is an experimental video-poem exploring separation, political borders and social boundaries, which keep women from loving women. Set to evocative images and music, the poem unfolds charting the journey of two South Asian women and their victory of through imagining "borderless countries in a county-less world."

Phoenix Is a Cunning Cunt offers a look into the life of Phoenix, a misunderstood transsexual youth navigating the trials and tribulations of everyone's worst high-school nightmares. S/he is self-assured in exploring pronouns and family roles and shows us a snippet of "hir" daily struggle toward personhood