ABOUT THE FILM

LONG SYNOPSIS

A funny, mysterious and humane generational anthem, THE OWLS is an experimental thriller/film noir about four “Older-Wiser-Lesbians” who accidentally kill a young lesbian and try to get away with it. Raised in the shadow of “pathological lesbian” films like The Fox, The Children’s Hour, and The Killing of Sister George, the OWLs once embraced the utopian vision of Lesbian Nation. Now, approaching middle age, the revolution has eluded their dreams. Caught between a culture that still has no place for them, and a younger generation indifferent to their contributions, the OWLs face an emotionally complex set of circumstances that have yet to be compassionately and truthfully addressed.

THE OWLS screenplay is by Sarah Schulman, best known for her novels After Delores and People in Trouble, and is based on a story by writer/director/professor Cheryl Dunye (The Watermelon Woman, She Don’t Fade, Stranger Inside), and stars some of the most popular underground artists in Lesbian Cinema, including Guinevere Turner (Go Fish, “The L Word”, American Psycho), V.S. Brodie (Go Fish), Lisa Gornick (Tick-Tock Lullabye) and Deak Evgenikos (Itty Bitty Titty Committee).

Director Cheryl Dunye

Writers Sarah Schulman, Cheryl Dunye

Producers Candi Guterres, Ernesto M. Foronda, Alexandra Juhasz, Augusta Einarsdottir, Cheryl Dunye

Co-Producers Molly Sturdevant, Skip Snow

Cinematographer Alison Kelly

Cast Guinevere Turner, V.S. Brodie, Lisa Gornick, Deak Evgenikos

FESTIVALS
2010: Berlinale (World Premiere)

AVAILABLE TERRITORIES
The World

EXHIBITION FORMATS
MP4