US PREMIERE

SHORT FILM PROGRAM

WORLD PREMIERE

FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT

THROWBACK FROM 

1999

Sadness

with Hope is the Thing with Feathers and Casualty

Saturday

May 6, 2000

@

2:30 pm

16th Annual Boston Gay & Lesbian Film/Video Festival

With Tony Ayres; Andy Abrahams Wilson in person.
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Director
Tony Ayres
Year
1999
Run Time
52
min
Country
Australia
Language
English
PROGRAM Time
85
minutes
CONTENT WARNING:
Based on photographer William Yang’s one man stage show, “Sadness” chronicles two diverging narratives through the use of slide photography, oral history and stylised recreation. One story follows Yang’s pilgrimage into the heart of the North Queensland sugar cane fields as he investigates the murder of his uncle Fang Yuen. The other is a series of moving portraits of the many friends and lovers Yang has lost to AIDS. Director Tony Ayres skillfully weaves these two separate stories together creating a powerful testament to family, friends, love and loss.
This film is presented in English with English subtitles.
Adapted from photographer William Yang's acclaimed stage performance, Sadness is a mesmerizing montage of storytelling, photography, and reenactment. On the first of two journeys, Yang travels to faraway North Queensland to investigate the murder of his uncle; along the way he discovers why his mother continually denied his Chinese heritage. The second is a journey into grief, in which Yang relates stories of friends who have died of AIDS. These two seemingly disparate threads are skillfully woven together to create an intensely moving documentary sustained by Yang's presence as a compassionate witness.
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This short film program includes the following films:

Hope Is the Thing with Feathers

CONTENT WARNING:
A lyrical film in which Beau Riley, a San Francisco poet and artist, celebrates the life of his late partner of 12 years through his poetry, paintings, and testimony.
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Casualty

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Casualty by Andy Abrahams Wilson (1999, 5 min.), a beautiful, underwater tribute to love.
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