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Reel Affirmations

  • Free CeCe!

    By on October 20, 2016

    Saturday, Oct. 15 5 p.m. GALA’s Tivoli Theatre While much progress remains to be made, trans issues finally seem to be seeping into the public...

  • Spectrum Shorts: Gender, Identity and Aging

    By on October 20, 2016

    Saturday, Oct. 15 1 p.m. GALA’s Tivoli Theatre It seems a little heavy-handed to start with something called Dawn (), but this British short is...

  • Loev

    By on October 20, 2016

    Friday, Oct. 14 9 p.m. GALA’s Tivoli Theatre This is both a warning and a full-throated recommendation: Loev is probably not what you expect. Not...

  • Shorts: So Long, Farewell…

    By on October 20, 2016

    Saturday, Oct. 15 3 p.m. GALA’s Tivoli Theatre Things don’t end particularly well in any of the seven short films in this mixed program —...

  • AWOL

    By on October 20, 2016

    AWOL Friday, Oct. 14 7 p.m. GALA’s Tivoli Theatre A beautifully shot Rust Belt love story, Deb Shoval’s AWOL delivers on a notoriously hard-to-keep promise:...

  • Retake

    By on October 19, 2016

    Thursday, Oct. 13 7 p.m. HRC Building Opening this year’s Reel Affirmations festival is a movie that initially bursts with potential. Retake pulsates with mystery,...

  • A Complete Guide to the Films in the 2015 Reel Affirmations Film Festival

    By on August 20, 2015

    A look at all the films playing in the upcoming Reel Affirmations LGBT film festival.

  • Wish Me Away

    By on October 22, 2011

    Reel Affirmations 2011 Rating: (4 out of 5) Saturday, 10/22/2011, 11:00 AM Feature presentation, $12 at Lisner Auditorium WITH ONE PUBLIC announcement in spring of 2010,...

  • The Wise Kids

    By on October 22, 2011

    Reel Affirmations 2011 Rating: (5 out of 5) Saturday, 10/22/2011, 1:00 PM Feature presentation, $12 at Lisner Auditorium Stephen Cone's The Wise Kids is...

  • Jitters

    By on October 22, 2011

    Reel Affirmations 2011 Órói Review by Randy Shulman Rating: (3 out of 5) Saturday, 10/22/2011, 3:00 PM Feature presentation, $12 at Lisner Auditorium English with Icelandic and Engl

  • Pariah

    By on October 22, 2011

    Reel Affirmations 2011 Review by Chris Heller Rating: (5 out of 5) Saturday, 10/22/2011, 5:00 PM Feature presentation, $12 at Lisner Auditorium IN THE...

  • Loose Cannons

    By on October 22, 2011

    Reel Affirmations 2011 Mine Vaganti Review by Sean Bugg Rating: (5 out of 5) Saturday, 10/22/2011, 7:15 PM Feature presentation, $20 at Lisner Auditorium Italian wit

  • Morgan

    By on October 21, 2011

    Reel Affirmations 2011 Rating: (4 out of 5) Friday, 10/21/2011, 5:00 PM Feature presentation, $12 at Lisner Auditorium "I'D RATHER BE fucking dead than go on...

  • Harvest

    By on October 21, 2011

    Reel Affirmations 2011 Stadt Land Fluss Review by Chris Heller Rating: (4 out of 5) Friday, 10/21/2011, 6:00 PM Feature presentation, $12 at GWU Amphitheatre German with English subt

  • Longhorns

    By on October 21, 2011

    Reel Affirmations 2011 Review by Doug Rule Rating: (3 out of 5) Friday, 10/21/2011, 7:15 PM Feature presentation, $12 at Lisner Auditorium "ALL GUYS GO...