THURSDAYS ON THE TERRACE: A Film Series on Sexuality

Join us on the CREA Terrace to see great films, enjoy some food, exchange ideas and more. All are welcome but space is limited so let us know in advance if you will be coming.

Date: First Thursday of each month of 2006
Time: 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Venue: CREA's terrace, 2/14, Shantiniketan,
Phone: 24114733, 24113209

Schedule:

07 September: Breakfast on Pluto
Director: Neil Jordan; 2005
A movie about a boy born to be different; Patrick Brady abandoned as a baby in a small Irish town, escapes to London and, as a witty and deceptively tough young transvestite, searches for his mother. All the while insisting on seeing the world as a beautiful place.

05 October: Irreversible
Director: Gaspar Noé, 2002
Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex (Monica Bellucci) is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in the underpass.

02 November: Beautiful Boxer
Director: Ekachai Uekrongtham, 2003
This film, adopted from a true life story of Parinya Charoenphol, a Muaythai boxer who underwent a sex change operation to become a woman, addresses selfhood and identity.

07 December: Celluloid Closet
Director: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, 1995
A comprehensive documentary of the history of gays and lesbians in cinema, from negative to positive reflections of gay characters and the troubles of actors and actresses