US PREMIERE

SHORT FILM PROGRAM

WORLD PREMIERE

FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT

THROWBACK FROM 

1993

Cancer In Two Voices

with No Saintly Girl and Dangerous When Wet

Thursday

Jun 9, 1994

@

6:00 pm

10th Annual Boston Gay & Lesbian Film/Video Festival

With in person.
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Director
Lucy Massie Phenix
Year
1993
Run Time
43
min
Country
USA
Language
English
PROGRAM Time
minutes
CONTENT WARNING:
A lesbian couple’s eight-year relationship is put under strain when Barbara is diagnosed with breast cancer. Barbara is told she has three years to live, and so she and Sandy document their lives with courageand frankness. The two women talk about their identity as Jewish women and lesbians and speak openly about the difficult issues each is facing.
This film is presented in English with English subtitles.
In 1985, when Barbara Rosenblum learned she had cancer, she and her partner, Sandy Butler, made a political decision to document the process of their lives for the three years Barbara had left. “Phenix has crafted a film that is not a downward spiral but more like an emotional twister that lifts you up. Jewish, lesbians, friends, and lovers, they express their feelings about guilt, anger, their bodies, music, and their garden. Linking it all together is their wonderful relationship.” - Sundance Film Festival
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This short film program includes the following films:

No Saintly Girl

CONTENT WARNING:
A personal reflection on the filmmaker’s adolescence at a Catholic boarding school and a visit to two different reunions.
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Dangerous When Wet

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Recounts the desire between school-aged women.
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