Category: Film Festivals & Events

High Spots in a Low Dive: Doris Fish Home Movies 1981-1991

  By Film Festivals & Events, Museums/History

High Spots in a Low Dive: Doris Fish Home Movies 1981-1991 Phillip R. Ford, director of the cult film classic Vegas in Space (1991), served most of the 1980s as “honorary straight man” in the legendary San Francisco drag troupe Sluts A-Go-Go. Collaborating with his mentor and friend, the legendary drag queen Doris Fish, along with Miss X and “Tippi”, he created and co-starred in some celebrated drag theater, both on nightclub and legitimate stages, which are still lovingly remembered today by those who were there.  Doris Fish hailed from Sydney but relocated mostly full time to San Francisco in the… Continue reading

Frameline moves online for 2020

  By Arts & Culture, Film Festivals & Events, Online Events

San Francisco’s Frameline Film Festival, the world’s first continually operating LGBTQ film festival, was forced to postpone their June festival due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now they’re back, rescheduled for September 17 through 27, 2020 as a socially-distanced festival. Some films will be screened at Bay Area drive-in theaters. All of them will also be available through digital screenings. The festival will feature 39 films (including 18 premiers) from 24 different countries. Audiences can purchase a Castro Pass, which grants access to all but eight of the films, or can purchase individual tickets for specific films. Shit & Champagne Showcase… Continue reading