No Shadow Between the Thighs: Eccentric & Bizarre.. rare and unknown films presented with our Youth Programmer and local creatives

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Saturday 6th January | 2024 | 1pm–8pm
Nottingham Contemporary
£10
18+ screenings

Join Nottingham Contemporary for a delicious meander through classic, cult and unknown films of Queer Cinema.

Part Four. Eccentric & Bizarre.. rare and unknown films presented with our Youth Programmer and local creatives (with interventions in between)

BY HOOK OR BY CROOK Harry Dodge & Silas Howard (2001) 98 min

Shy is a transgender man who leaves his small town for better things after his father dies. Along the way he meets Valentine, who is in search of his birth mother, and these unlikely friends quickly become partners in crime. With nods to American New Wave and the cultural connotations of the open road, this sweet and warm film is a lesser-known gem of New Queer Cinema.

BOYS Jano Williams & Kim Longinotto (1995) 53 min

We delve into the world of the New Marilyn Club in Tokyo, Japan where women enjoy the attention of their charismatic hosts: three transgender non-binary men (or onabe) who run the club. An intimate look into a space where radical modes of sexuality, relationships, and self-expression are explored in Japan. Longinotto handles it all with her signature tenderness, and captures some truly beautiful moments.

SHAKEDOWN Leila Weinraub (2018) 82 min

A creative nonfiction film documenting a groundbreaking Los Angeles underground strip club where performers and clients were free to be Black, Queer, and expressive. Director Weinraub was the club's resident videographer, and as an insider was able to paint an intimate portrait of this unique space. Made from 400 hours of footage, Shakedown is an intoxicating and visceral watch. It's perhaps the only film to be distributed via Pornhub as well as shown at film festivals and galleries, and we are excited to show this unique film.

OPEN Jake Yunza (2010) 93 mins

A cast of genderqueer characters explore new possibilities of love and identity in the twenty-first century, including Pandrogeny, by which two lovers grow to resemble each other via gender-affirming surgeries. With actors playing versions of themselves, Open blurs the lines between fact, fiction, and dream as it traces the travails of its pioneering protagonists.