Fourplay

Maybe you’ve already seen pieces of Kyle Henry’s omnibus film Fourplay, which explores “sexual triumph and travail … in four American cities,” but Austin’s first chance to spy the whole film is coming soon: It’s been selected as the Centerpiece Film for the Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival.

aGLIFF announced today four titles plucked from its festival slate. In addition to Fourplay, they include: Opening Night Film Cloudburst, a road movie starring Olympia Dukakis and Brenda Fricker as two nursing home lovers who head to Canada to marry; Closing Night Film My Brother the Devil, about homophobia in London’s Arab community (it won the Grand Jury Award at the 2012 L.A. Outfest); and Documentary Spotlight Call Me Kuchu, about the fight for LGBT rights in Uganda.

Also announced: special guests queer cinema pioneer Cheryl Dunye (The Watermelon Woman) and singer-songwriter/performance artist Justin Vivian Bond (aka Kiki of Kiki and Herb).

aGLIFF 25 runs Oct. 3-7 under the stewardship of new program director Curran Nault. More details to be found here.

This article appears in August 17 • 2012.

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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...