>> a FREE film series forlesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,queer, and questioning youth, and our allies!sponsored by the phoenix Q arts & media project, In Our Own Voices,and the Capital District Gay & Lesbian Community Center

APRIL BREAK!<<< Beautiful Thing (directed by Hettie McDonald, 1996)In this alternately somber and witty coming-of-age drama, a pair of teenage boys growing up in aworking-class neighborhood become aware of their queerness. One night, Jamie and his mother Sandradiscover that their neighbor and Jamie’s classmate Ste has been kicked out ofthe apartment and has nowhere to spend the night; Jamie lets him stay at hisplace, and a casual closeness eventually stirs sexual feelings. While both werevaguely aware they might be gay, neither had ever acted on their impulses, andonce Jamie and Ste decide that they're attracted to each other, neither is surejust what to do. Meanwhile, everyone is a bit puzzled by their neighbor Leah, ateenager obsessed with the life and music of Mama Cass Elliott.

My Beautiful Laundrette >>>(directed by Stephen Frears, 1986)

Hanif Kureishi received an Oscar nomination for his screenplay for My BeautifulLaundrette, a stunning portrait of two boyhood friends struggling to survive in racially tense Thatcher-eraBritain. Omar, a Pakistani, and his old school chum Johnny, now hanging with white skinheads, use stolen

drug money to renovate a laundrette in a squalid London neighborhood. But conflicting interests andloyalties, including secret affairs, soon threaten their newfound success.

<<< The Incredibly True Adventureof 2 Girls in Love (directed by Maria Maggenti, 1995)This endearing romantic comedy about two high school girls -- white, blue-collar tomboy Randy, andprivileged, popular, African-American Evie -- chronicles the odd couple's relationship from tentativefirst steps to full-blossoming romance. Cast almost entirely with newcomers, The Incredibly TrueAdventure of Two Girls in Love brings Randy's family (a lesbian aunt and an assortment of currentand past partners), Evie's well-heeled and overprotective mother, and a collection of friends, enemies,one ex-boyfriend, and one unsatisfactory affair into the mix, balancing the excitement and passion ofadolescent romance with the pitfalls of social and familial rejection. Still, it maintains a light and quirkytone throughout.

The WatermelonWoman>>>

(directed by Cheryl Dunye, 1996)While doing research for a movie about a forgotten African-American actress, black video-store clerk Cheryl (writer-director Cheryl Dunye, playing herself) discovers that her subject

shared a secret love affair with a white female director. In a stroke of intergenerationalcoincidence, Cheryl soon finds herself in love with a white woman. The movie captured the

Teddy Award for Best Feature Film at the 1996 Berlin International Film Festival.

Location: CDGLCC (332 Hudson Ave, Albany) >> Snacks will be served!for more info or directions, visit www.phoenixQ.org or call (518) 462.6138

Tuesday, April 19 >> 6:30pm

Thursday, April 21 >> 6:30pm