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Man Made • Dykes, Camera, Action! • Edie Windsor: To a More Perfect Union


	Dear Programmers: Jeffrey Description MAN MADE DYKES, CAMERA, ACTION! EDIE WINDSOR: TO A MORE PERFECT UNION Please email us at festivals@thefilmcollaborative.org for screeners. Enjoy!


	2018 \| USA \| 93 min. Director T Cooper Writers T Cooper, Allison Glock-Cooper Producer T Cooper Executive Producers Téa Leoni, John Hirsch, Ron Yassen Co-Producers Charlene Fisk, Allison Glock-Cooper, Lauren Griswold Editor Charlene Fisk Cinematographer T Cooper Music Nick Takénobu Ogawa		Man Made ABOUT THE FILM: MAN MADE takes us into the heart of transgender male (FTM) culture, revealing unexpected truths about gender, masculinity, humanity and love. Four trans men (who, like the film’s director, were born and raised female), take a variety of life paths toward stepping on stage at Trans FitCon, the only all-transgender bodybuilding competition in the world (held in Atlanta, GA). MAN MADE is a character-driven, intimate, and riveting verité-style competition film, but also a unique social justice narrative. It speaks to the ways in which we all choose to define and reshape ourselves, both figuratively and literally. The strength on display in MAN MADE transcends the physical: Rese is a young father struggling with periods of homelessness; Dominic seeks out his family of origin, confronting an alternate history for himself; Kennie admits to himself and his loved ones who he is for the first time in his life; and Mason, a loving husband who struggles with mental illness, works daily to be the man he’s always wanted to be—on both the inside and out. We follow these subjects’ emotional and physical journeys as they navigate lives as the men they are, despite very real risks inherent in the current social and political climate. For the men of MAN MADE, it’s not about winning—it’s about being seen. FESTIVALS 2018: Atlanta Film Festival (World Premiere) FESTIVAL TERRITORIES The World EXHIBITION FORMATS DCP, Blu-Ray MORE INFO: manmadedoc.com Email us for screeners or streaming links.


	2018 \| USA \| 58 min. Director Caroline Berler Producers Caroline Berler, Rebecca Benson Co-Producer Rose Vincelli Gustine Editor Caroline Berler Cinematographer Melanie McLean Brooks Sound Gisela Fullà Silvestre Music Gil Talmi Cast Barbara Hammer, Rose Troche, B. Ruby Rich, Su Friedrich, Cheryl Dunye, Yoruba Richen, Vicky Du, Rachel Reichman, Sarah Schulman, Carrie Moyer, Kay Turner, Yvonne Welbon, Janet Baus, Jenni Olson, Lesli Klainberg		Dykes, Camera, Action! ABOUT THE FILM: Lesbians didn’t always get to see themselves on screen. But between Stonewall, the feminist movement, and the experimental cinema of the 1970s, they built visibility, and transformed the social imagination about queerness. Filmmakers Barbara Hammer, Su Friedrich, Rose Troche, Cheryl Dunye, Yoruba Richen, Desiree Akhavan, Vicky Du, film critic B. Ruby Rich, Jenni Olson, and others share moving and often hilarious stories from their lives and discuss how they’ve expressed queer identity through film. DYKES, CAMERA, ACTION! is a history of queer cinema from the women who made it happen. FESTIVALS 2018: Frameline42 FESTIVAL TERRITORIES The World EXHIBITION FORMATS DCP, Blu-Ray MORE INFO: Email us for screeners or streaming links.


	2017 \| USA \| 61 min. Director Donna Zaccaro Producers Donna Zaccaro, Paula Heredia Editor Paula Heredia		Edie Windsor TO A MORE PERFECT UNION ABOUT THE FILM: EDIE WINDSOR: TO A MORE PERFECT UNION is a feature-length documentary that tells a story of love, marriage and a fight for equality. The film chronicles unlikely heroes—octogenarian Edie Windsor and her attorney, Roberta Kaplan, on their quest for justice: Edie had been forced to pay a huge estate tax bill upon the death of her spouse because the federal government denied federal benefits to same-sex couples—and Edie’s spouse was a woman. Deeply offended by this lack of recognition of her more than forty-year relationship with the love of her life, Edie decided to sue the United States government—and won. Windsor and Kaplan’s legal and personal journeys are told in their own words, and through interviews with others of the legal team, movement activists, legal analysts, well-known supporters and opponents. Beyond the story of this pivotal case in the marriage equality movement and the stories behind it, the film also tells the story of our journey as a people, as a culture, and as citizens with equal rights. FESTIVALS 2018: Nashville, Woodstock, Wicked Queer FESTIVAL TERRITORIES The World EXHIBITION FORMATS DCP, Blu-Ray MORE INFO: perfectunionfilm.com Email us for screeners or streaming links.

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