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Monthly Film Series - August 2023 Saving Face This month's Community Programmer: Mariruth
Kennedy, 2021 Distinguished
Friend of the Festival Recipient SAVING FACE [2004] – Official Trailer
(HD)
In
Manhattan, the brilliant Chinese-American lesbian surgeon Wil
is surprised by the arrival of her forty-eight year old widow
mother to her apartment. Ma was banished from Flushing, Queens,
when her father discovered that she was pregnant. The presence
of Ma affects the personal life of Wil, who is in love with
the daughter of her boss at the hospital, the dancer Vivian
Shing. Once her grandfather has promised that her mother would
only return to Flushing remarried or proving that it was an
immaculate conception, Wil tries to find a Chinese bachelor
to marry Ma.
"It was hard for me to choose just one film. Several are
in my top list, like The Gymnast, But I’m a cheerleader, Tucked,
and so many more. Ultimately,I chose this sweet film because
it tackles stereotypes about race.gender, age and sexuality.
It was one of the first lesbian films to star Asian actors.
It’s a sweet and funny and hopeful film that stars the incomparable
Joan Chen as a widowed Chinese woman with a secret who moves
in with her (closeted) daughter who is at the start of a budding
relationship with her girlfriend." - Tim Thomas
IN-PERSON EVENT ONLY Sunday, August 20, at 3:00pm
Location: Green Light Cinema, 221 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg,
FL 33701 (Directions/Map)
Tickets: $11.77/pp includes taxes and fees
(Student and Senior Discounts Available)
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