Wicked Queer 40

SHORT FILM PROGRAM

LESVIA

Sunday

,

Apr 7

@

6:30 pm

With in person.

Wicked Queer 40

US PREMIERE

WORLD PREMIERE

FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT

LESVIA

Sunday

Apr 7

@

6:30 pm

Brattle Theater

With 
 in person.
Since the 1970s, lesbians from around the world have been drawn to the island of Lesvos, birthplace of the ancient Greek poet Sappho. When they find paradise in a local village and carve out their own lesbian community, tensions simmer with the local residents. With both groups claiming ownership of lesbian identity, filmmaker Tzeli Hadjidimitriou—a native and lesbian herself—is caught in the middle and chronicles 40+ years of love, community, conflict, and what it means to feel accepted.
Director
TZELI HADJIDIMITRIOU
Year
2023
Run Time
77
min
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
PROGRAM Time
83
minutes
Content warning:
Nudity
Since the 1970s, lesbians from around the world have been drawn to the island of Lesvos, birthplace of the ancient Greek poet Sappho. When they find paradise in a local village and carve out their own lesbian community, tensions simmer with the local residents. With both groups claiming ownership of lesbian identity, filmmaker Tzeli Hadjidimitriou—a native and lesbian herself—is caught in the middle and chronicles 40+ years of love, community, conflict, and what it means to feel accepted.
This film is presented in
Greek
with English subtitles.
Gounded in history of the Greek island of Lesbos, This documentary celebrates the joy and the hardships of this magical place. Lesbian or not, this will immediately make you want to book a trip so start saving those coins for the vacation fund
Shawn Cotter
Programmer
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6
min 
Content warning:
A lesbian couple in rural Maine discusses their decades-long relationship and struggle for marriage recognition.
DIRECTOR
Amy Oden
COUNTRY
USA
LANGUAGE
English
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