MEX, FRA, USA • 1 hour 58 minutes Directed by Efraín Mojica and Rebecca Zweig
Jaripeo offers a rare, nuanced exploration of queer identity within the deeply traditional world of hypermasculine Mexican rodeos. Set against the backdrop of rural Michoacán, the film captures the eclectic lives of rancheros living at the intersection of rigid cowboy masculinity and subversively queer subcultures. Lensed beautifully on Super 8, Jaripeo is the feature directorial debut of Efraín Mojica and Rebecca Zweig.
USA • 1 hour 30 minutes Directed by William David Caballero
After a series of successful short films, director William David Caballero has evolved his storytelling techniques and crafted a unique debut feature that doubles as an ode to his own family. Centered around his own Puerto Rican parents’ struggles with loss and acceptance, this hybrid animated documentary is unlike anything else you will see this year. Deeply personal stories are rarely told with such imagination, and TheyDream is a shining example of creating as an act of healing.
A variety of documentaries that delve into the diverse lives of the LGBTQ+ communities.
Drag me to Church Directed by Isabella Sullivan 12:34 • United States • Alabama Premiere DOCUMENTARY, SHOUT Worlds collide when a gay pastor in Atlanta, Georgia, bridges the gap between two divided communities by throwing a fabulous drag church service.
Rainbow Rider Directed by Georgia Krause 25: 41 • United States • Southern U.S. Premiere DOCUMENTARY, SHOUT Rainbow Rider follows Shelle Lichti, an outspoken lesbian truck driver hauling freight across the country in her eponymous and iconic rainbow semi-truck.
There’s a Small Hotel Directed by Michael Grodner 18:53 • United States • Southern U.S. Premiere DOCUMENTARY, SHOUT A short documentary about the Brevoort, an old Hollywood apartment building with a notorious past, that has been managed for the last 18 years by former Warhol superstar Joe Dallesandro.
Love Birds Directed by Elliott Kennerson and Angel Morris 27:40 • United States • Alabama Premiere DOCUMENTARY, SHOUT In 1972, when married biologists George Hunt and Molly Warner discover that a great number of nesting seagull pairs on one of California's Channel Islands are all female, their research on “lesbian seagulls” triggers outrage and jubilation in a nation grappling with a growing LGBTQ+ rights movement while also threatening to tear apart their own relationship.
USA • 1 hour 25 minutes Directed by Jennifer Kroot
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are known for inserting bawdy humor and zany satire into unique queer activism. Explore this entertaining closeup on their San Francisco origins and following a riveting set of campy nuns during an over-the-top Easter in the Park 2023 celebration set against a beautiful sunny afternoon backdrop in Dolores Park.
In a remote desert town called Moon Crest, Cliff, a young man struggling with his love life, takes an unexpected turn when he encounters his estranged birth mother, whose hidden past draws him into an unexpected adventure, challenging his hopes for connection, identity, and love.
