US PREMIERE

SHORT FILM PROGRAM

WORLD PREMIERE

FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT

THROWBACK FROM 

2013

Boston LGBT Film Festival 2013

Mr Angel

with Noa & La Identidad de Justicia

Director
Dan Hunt
Year
2013
Run Time
69
min
Country
USA
Language
English
PROGRAM Time
minutes
CONTENT WARNING:
Buck Angel: trans man, porn star, pioneer. Here we see his life through a documentary lens that evidences the power and personality of an amazing human being.
This film is presented in English with English subtitles.
It’s morning in Mexico. Buck is feeding his 7 dogs. Trailed by the pack, he picks up photos & reveals his past. Buck was born female yet always knew he was male. Even his parents raised him as a boy until puberty. That’s when the conflict began escalating to drug addiction and suicide attempts. Buck fully transitioned to male when he underwent a double mastectomy. The film follows Buck as he creates a new genre in porn trying to change the belief that you need a penis to be a man. Not aware of their child’s fame are his parents whose participation is a moving reunion uncovering Buck’s early history. "Mr. Angel" packs a universal lesson of acceptance and is a portrait of an unlikely hero.
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Noa

CONTENT WARNING:
Noa tries to take care of her trauma struck friend, attempting to cure and bring him back to normal life while hiding from him her personal instinctive wishes."
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La Identidad de Justicia

CONTENT WARNING:
In the summer of 2012 filmmaker Lucas Waldron was working in Cochabamba, Bolivia with an NGO. During his time in Cochabamba, he connected with several transsexual women who are leaders in the transsexual community’s battle against transphobia in the Bolivian government and society. The result is this powerful 14 minute documentary about the experiences of transsexual women in Bolivia in relation to sex work, HIV, and discrimination.
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