Herrup, Mocha Jean
Ingalls, Joanna

1997

In Pom, a grunge dyke tries out for the University of Texas cheerleading squad in this performance documentary.

Aho, Mike

1997

Since 1976, Pierre & Gilles — one a photographer, the other a painter — have created naïve yet terribly sophisticated art. Adorers and collectors of popular imagery, Pierre & Gilles play with stereotypes of religion, sexuality and cultures. The Garden of Eden, sentimental Hindu cinema heroines, glamorous photographs and B-film stars all mix together in their work, forming a world filled with childhood dreams and adult fantasies. Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Prince have personally asked to be included in their work. Pierre & Gilles, Love Stories is a fascinating exploration of two of the most original contemporary French artists, and features Catherine Deneuve, Nina Hagen, Marc Almond, Boy George, Rupert Everett, and Jean-Paul Gaultier among other luminaries. Also screening are two delightful French shorts: Cheer-leaders in Space and Summer Dress.

1997

Forati, Anahita

1997

A short about a pickpocket whose pocket gets picked.

MacIvor, Daniel

1997

Hegner, Isabel

1997

During the interrogation concerning the theftof Lena's 257 Peppermills, true victims and perpetrators are exposed.

Müller, Matthais

1997

A man facing his approaching death takes what is perhaps his last journey.

Meltzer, Jamie

1997

Pegasus is an eight minute documentary which follows the Pegasus Motorcycle Owner's Club on a dry run, along the way the film explores issues of identity, masculinity, and community.

Bailey, Fenton

1997

Party Monster recounts the chilling tale of the rise and fall of Michael Aliq, king of the New York club kids.

Party Monster recounts the story of real-life clubmeister Michael Alig’s rapid rise and dramatic fall. A brash young wannabe-hipster from the backwaters of small-town America, Alig established himself as the #1 party promoter in New York during the mid-eighties and became a leader of the so-called Club Kids. Club Kids were infamous for their outrageous looks and flamboyant behavior and their constant quest for newer, more intense highs. Trapped in an out-of-control spiral of drugs and violence, Alig murdered his roommate Angel Melendez by smashing his skull, pouring drain cleaner down his throat, and dismembering his body. Incredibly, instead of trying to keep the crime a secret, Alig called friends to boast about it. More incredible still, none of them went to the police, and he wasn’t arrested for nine months. Party Monster offers up a chilling morality tale which indicts Alig’s personal excessiveness even as it recognizes the social milieu which helped create him. This program opens with Close To, a short film about an anonymous sexual encounter in a New York subway.

1997