Sandler, Eve

1999

As her grandmother tells stories of "wash day," the videomaker examines her body and memory for signs of childhood sexual abuse and survival. The WASH is a rich portrait of incest, silence, and love in what is ultimately a cleansing ritual.

Sieglitz, Michele

1999

B/W "Multi-media" poetry exploring love, loss and transcendence through nature, texture, light and sound.

Ferreras, Alberto

1999

An experimental short on Lesbian Erotica.

Albaladejo, Miguel

1999

Like Max Ophuls' LA RONDE or, more recently, Richard Linklater's SLACKER, VERBAL ASSAULT eavesdrops on the conversations of a number of colorful characters following a fragmented and elusive story line through their various streams of consciousness. Two teenage boys share a tent and discuss the weird batch of kids at summer camp: a psychic, a transsexual-to-be, a cross-eyed prodigy. Two garbage collectors find a discarded baby and decide to keep it. A lesbian ventriloquist and her long lost lover share a bathtub and discuss the vagaries of attraction. A woman visits her dead husband's liver, now in the body of another man, but can't shake her anger at her deceased spouse's philandering. Two teenage girls discuss one's recent weight gain and wonder if she could be pregnant. A recently divorced man calls the water department to complain about his service only to find an ex-lover on the other end of the line. A playwright pitches his new play by asking a friend the question, "Have you ever been moved by words alone?" How they all come together is a strange and funny surprise, as is the dry humor in this understated delight.

Gupta, Nila

1999

Butterflies in the stomach, boxing and babes on the brain.

Hoegh Krohn, Anne

1999

1999

Sirota, Greg

1999

David is planning a baby with a woman friend, but he hasn't yet told his lover Carl.

Evans, Rodney

1999

A video which uses hidden camera footage to examine racial divisions in New York's gay community.

Achbar, Mark

1999

The true life story of a male heavy equipment operator and a female psychotherapist who get together when the male decides to become female.

One day, George Scott walked into the lunchroom in full make-up. Who cared if he'd been driving a tractor at the pulp mill for 20 years? Simply put, he couldn't live a lie any longer: George came out as a transsexual. During his two years of hormone treatment, George, now living full-time as Georgina, met and fell in love with the outspoken lesbian, Linda Fraser. Linda and Georgina soon married and, practically as a honeymoon, Georgina went under the knife. Voila — Canada's first legally married lesbian couple. Shot over two years, Linda and Georgina captured this strange and beautiful trip on video, using a camera given to them by their neighbor Mark Achbar (co-director, NOAM CHOMSKY: MANUFACTURING CONSENT). The resulting diary is an intimate window into the lives of two honest, vibrant, and extraordinary individuals.