Hello and welcome to the Scene 2 Seen podcast. I am Valerie Complex, and today we’re talking about the HBO documentary The Stroll with its directors Kristen Lovell (in her directorial debut), and Zackary Drucker, and one of the film’s subjects Carey Smith about the making of the film, how “The Stroll” became a tight knit community, and the repercussions of changes that exist in the Meatpacking District today. Here is a bit more info regarding today’s guest!
When Lovell moved to New York City in the 1990s and began to transition, she was fired from her job. With so few options to earn money to survive, Kristen, like many transgender women of color during this era, began sex work in an area known as “The Stroll” in the Meatpacking District of lower Manhattan. There is where trans women congregated and forged a deep camaraderie to protect each other from harassment and violence.
When Lovell moved to New York City in the 1990s and began to transition, she was fired from her job. With so few options to earn money to survive, Kristen, like many transgender women of color during this era, began sex work in an area known as “The Stroll” in the Meatpacking District of lower Manhattan. There is where trans women congregated and forged a deep camaraderie to protect each other from harassment and violence.
- 7/7/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Peter Murimi’s documentary to launch on digital platform Bohemia Euphoria.
Bohemia Media has acquired UK, Ireland and North America rights to documentary I Am Samuel and plans to launch it on upcoming streaming platform, Bohemia Euphoria.
The feature directorial debut of Kenyan journalist Peter Murimi is an intimate portrait of a queer Kenyan man and his partner, and their experiences in a country where their love is criminalized. The documentary previously played at the UK’s BFI Flare and London film festivals.
The deal, which was struck directly with the filmmakers, will see the film launch on June 3 in...
Bohemia Media has acquired UK, Ireland and North America rights to documentary I Am Samuel and plans to launch it on upcoming streaming platform, Bohemia Euphoria.
The feature directorial debut of Kenyan journalist Peter Murimi is an intimate portrait of a queer Kenyan man and his partner, and their experiences in a country where their love is criminalized. The documentary previously played at the UK’s BFI Flare and London film festivals.
The deal, which was struck directly with the filmmakers, will see the film launch on June 3 in...
- 4/30/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Documentary centres on a gang of activist lesbians in 1980s London.
Bohemia Media has secured UK and Ireland rights to Rebel Dykes, a documentary set to receive its world premiere at BFI Flare: London Lgbtiq+ Film Festival (March 17-28).
The London-based outfit, launched last year by Phil Hunt and Lucy Fenton, struck the deal with Riot Productions and plan to release the film in virtual cinemas this June.
The documentary marks the feature directorial debut of Harri Shanahan and Sian Williams, and centres on a gang of lesbians in 1980s London that aimed to unite Lgbtiq+ communities against hostility and homophobia.
Bohemia Media has secured UK and Ireland rights to Rebel Dykes, a documentary set to receive its world premiere at BFI Flare: London Lgbtiq+ Film Festival (March 17-28).
The London-based outfit, launched last year by Phil Hunt and Lucy Fenton, struck the deal with Riot Productions and plan to release the film in virtual cinemas this June.
The documentary marks the feature directorial debut of Harri Shanahan and Sian Williams, and centres on a gang of lesbians in 1980s London that aimed to unite Lgbtiq+ communities against hostility and homophobia.
- 2/17/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
The National Association of Latino Independent Producers has announced the winners of this year’s Latino Media Fest Awards.
Winners will be announced at a virtual ceremony on Friday afternoon.
“Pose” was named best Latinx TV show. Co-creator, writer, producer and director Steven Canals will accept the honor on the series’ behalf.
Netflix’s Walter Mercado documentary “Mucho Mucho Amor” picked up the trophy for best Latinx Film. The doc’s co-directors Cristina Costantini and Kareem Tabash will offer remarks along with their producer Alex Fumero.
Best Latinx director was awarded to Flavio Alves for “The Garden Left Behind.”
The jury award went to the short “By the River” from filmmaker Sofia Camargo.
Longtime journalist and president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Claudia Puig is the recipient of the excellence in entertainment journalism award.
Comedian and writer Al Madrigal will host the awards ceremony, starting at 2 p.m.
Winners will be announced at a virtual ceremony on Friday afternoon.
“Pose” was named best Latinx TV show. Co-creator, writer, producer and director Steven Canals will accept the honor on the series’ behalf.
Netflix’s Walter Mercado documentary “Mucho Mucho Amor” picked up the trophy for best Latinx Film. The doc’s co-directors Cristina Costantini and Kareem Tabash will offer remarks along with their producer Alex Fumero.
Best Latinx director was awarded to Flavio Alves for “The Garden Left Behind.”
The jury award went to the short “By the River” from filmmaker Sofia Camargo.
Longtime journalist and president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Claudia Puig is the recipient of the excellence in entertainment journalism award.
Comedian and writer Al Madrigal will host the awards ceremony, starting at 2 p.m.
- 10/16/2020
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Monday, Oct. 5 Filipina Music Drama ‘Yellow Rose’ Backed by Gold House
Cultural movement Gold House is supporting the Filipina music drama “Yellow Rose” through its #GoldOpen campaign, which backed “Parasite,” “The Farewell,” “Crazy Rich Asians” and “Just Mercy.”
The Sony release, which opens Oct. 9, centers on an undocumented Filipina teen from a small Texas town who fights to pursue her dreams as a country music performer while having to decide between staying with her family or leaving the only home she has known.
The film, directed by Diana Paragas in her narrative feature debut, stars Eva Noblezada and Lea Salonga. Events include a live Twitter watch party on Oct. 8 and a streamed Q&a on Oct. 9 with the “Yellow Rose” cast and Paragas director moderated by Jazz Tangcay of Variety. The campaign also includes efforts to celebrate Filipino American history and Filipino storytellers through Cinema Sala and the Filipino American Historical Society.
Cultural movement Gold House is supporting the Filipina music drama “Yellow Rose” through its #GoldOpen campaign, which backed “Parasite,” “The Farewell,” “Crazy Rich Asians” and “Just Mercy.”
The Sony release, which opens Oct. 9, centers on an undocumented Filipina teen from a small Texas town who fights to pursue her dreams as a country music performer while having to decide between staying with her family or leaving the only home she has known.
The film, directed by Diana Paragas in her narrative feature debut, stars Eva Noblezada and Lea Salonga. Events include a live Twitter watch party on Oct. 8 and a streamed Q&a on Oct. 9 with the “Yellow Rose” cast and Paragas director moderated by Jazz Tangcay of Variety. The campaign also includes efforts to celebrate Filipino American history and Filipino storytellers through Cinema Sala and the Filipino American Historical Society.
- 10/6/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
Bad Vacations
I imagine your summer plans didn’t go as expected, but in at least a few films in a new Criterion Channel series, some characters have it worse off than having to quarantine inside. Titled Bad Vacations, the collection includes Bonjour tristesse (Otto Preminger, 1958), La collectionneuse (Éric Rohmer, 1967), The Deep (Peter Yates, 1977), House (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977), Long Weekend (Colin Eggleston, 1978), The Green Ray (Eric Rohmer, 1986), The Comfort of Strangers (Paul Schrader, 1990), The Sheltering Sky (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1990), Funny Games (Michael Haneke, 1997), Fat Girl (Catherine Breillat, 2001), La Ciénaga (Lucrecia Martel, 2001), Unrelated (Joanna Hogg, 2007), and Sightseers (Ben Wheatley, 2012).
Where to Stream: The Criterion Channel
Epicentro (Hubert Sauper)
“This is utopia, bright and burning.
Bad Vacations
I imagine your summer plans didn’t go as expected, but in at least a few films in a new Criterion Channel series, some characters have it worse off than having to quarantine inside. Titled Bad Vacations, the collection includes Bonjour tristesse (Otto Preminger, 1958), La collectionneuse (Éric Rohmer, 1967), The Deep (Peter Yates, 1977), House (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977), Long Weekend (Colin Eggleston, 1978), The Green Ray (Eric Rohmer, 1986), The Comfort of Strangers (Paul Schrader, 1990), The Sheltering Sky (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1990), Funny Games (Michael Haneke, 1997), Fat Girl (Catherine Breillat, 2001), La Ciénaga (Lucrecia Martel, 2001), Unrelated (Joanna Hogg, 2007), and Sightseers (Ben Wheatley, 2012).
Where to Stream: The Criterion Channel
Epicentro (Hubert Sauper)
“This is utopia, bright and burning.
- 8/28/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week […]
The post This Week In Trailers: Eternal Beauty, The Planters, Undergods, The Garden Left Behind appeared first on /Film.
The post This Week In Trailers: Eternal Beauty, The Planters, Undergods, The Garden Left Behind appeared first on /Film.
- 8/22/2020
- by Christopher Stipp
- Slash Film
Flavio Alves' debut feature, The Garden Left Behind, starring Michael Madsen, has been picked up by Hewes Pictures for all international distribution rights outside North America.
The film also stars Carlie Guevara, Ed Asner and Danny Flaherty. The story revolves around a young Mexican trans woman and her grandmother who navigate life as undocumented immigrants.
The Garden Left Behind, which was written by John Rotondo alongside Alves, won the audience award at SXSW in 2019 and other awards in the Nashville Film Festival, Woodstock Film Festival, Queerscope Germany, Gina Davis’ Bentonville Film Festiva and Glasgow Film Festival, amongst others.
The deal ...
The film also stars Carlie Guevara, Ed Asner and Danny Flaherty. The story revolves around a young Mexican trans woman and her grandmother who navigate life as undocumented immigrants.
The Garden Left Behind, which was written by John Rotondo alongside Alves, won the audience award at SXSW in 2019 and other awards in the Nashville Film Festival, Woodstock Film Festival, Queerscope Germany, Gina Davis’ Bentonville Film Festiva and Glasgow Film Festival, amongst others.
The deal ...
- 5/20/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Flavio Alves' debut feature, The Garden Left Behind, starring Michael Madsen, has been picked up by Hewes Pictures for all international distribution rights outside North America.
The film also stars Carlie Guevara, Ed Asner and Danny Flaherty. The story revolves around a young Mexican trans woman and her grandmother who navigate life as undocumented immigrants.
The Garden Left Behind, which was written by John Rotondo alongside Alves, won the audience award at SXSW in 2019 and other awards in the Nashville Film Festival, Woodstock Film Festival, Queerscope Germany, Gina Davis’ Bentonville Film Festiva and Glasgow Film Festival, amongst others.
The deal ...
The film also stars Carlie Guevara, Ed Asner and Danny Flaherty. The story revolves around a young Mexican trans woman and her grandmother who navigate life as undocumented immigrants.
The Garden Left Behind, which was written by John Rotondo alongside Alves, won the audience award at SXSW in 2019 and other awards in the Nashville Film Festival, Woodstock Film Festival, Queerscope Germany, Gina Davis’ Bentonville Film Festiva and Glasgow Film Festival, amongst others.
The deal ...
- 5/20/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Check out the trailer for the indie trans drama The Garden Left Behind. This directorial debut from the Brazilian filmmaker Flavio Alves been wracking up numerous best of fest awards at film festivals this past year -- we told you about it once before -- so check it out when it arrives in theaters in early 2020. We basically demand just that in text form in the trailer. ...
- 11/20/2019
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
What’s mostly a vérité document of lead character Tina’s (Carlie Guevara) trajectory towards chemically transitioning from male to female despite being an undocumented immigrant in an expensive city like New York, Flavio Alves’ The Garden Left Behind is also a rather potent expression of humanity’s collective dysphoria. Tina is at the center and her plight as a trans woman struggling to survive a world that sees her as “less than” is the main through-line, but Alves isn’t afraid to add to her story by shifting focus onto those who surround her—supportive and antagonistic figures alike. By doing this he’s able to play with our preconceptions of what these social dramas provide, using cinematic language to increase anxiety before ultimately choosing to diffuse or exacerbate our fears with action.
Alves and co-writer John Rotondo accomplish this with an intentional mirroring of characters for a better...
Alves and co-writer John Rotondo accomplish this with an intentional mirroring of characters for a better...
- 10/7/2019
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Carlie Guevara in The Garden Left Behind
In the first part of my interview with Flavio Alves about The Garden Left Behind, we discussed how the film was influenced by his own experiences as a South American immigrant in the Us, and he spoke at length about the research he had done with transgender people to bring authenticity to this story of a young trans woman, Tina [Carlie Guevara], trying to build a life for herself and her grandmother while navigating the bureaucracy of medically-supported transition. we began to second part of our discussion by talking abut the way he portrayed activism within the film. Tina herself is a quiet woman and not the sort of person who would normally speak out, but her friends persuade her to do so after a local trans woman is murdered. At the time of writing, at least 15 trans people, mostly people of colour, have been murdered in.
In the first part of my interview with Flavio Alves about The Garden Left Behind, we discussed how the film was influenced by his own experiences as a South American immigrant in the Us, and he spoke at length about the research he had done with transgender people to bring authenticity to this story of a young trans woman, Tina [Carlie Guevara], trying to build a life for herself and her grandmother while navigating the bureaucracy of medically-supported transition. we began to second part of our discussion by talking abut the way he portrayed activism within the film. Tina herself is a quiet woman and not the sort of person who would normally speak out, but her friends persuade her to do so after a local trans woman is murdered. At the time of writing, at least 15 trans people, mostly people of colour, have been murdered in.
- 8/20/2019
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Roster includes third annual Trans Summit, Martha Stephens’ Sundance selection To The Stars, Rodrigo Bellott’s Tu Me Manques.
Berlinale Teddy winner Brief Story From The Green Planet is among the selection at 2019 Outfest Los Angeles Lgbtq Film Festival, set to run from July 18-28.
The festival will feature 28 world premieres across features, short films and special events, including Rodrigo Bellott’s Tu Me Manques inspired by his hit play from Bolivia, and Elegance Bratton’s documentary Pier Kids, which follows the queer and trans Poc youth who gather at New York City’s Christopher Street pier.
The roster includes Megan Rossman’s The Archivettes,...
Berlinale Teddy winner Brief Story From The Green Planet is among the selection at 2019 Outfest Los Angeles Lgbtq Film Festival, set to run from July 18-28.
The festival will feature 28 world premieres across features, short films and special events, including Rodrigo Bellott’s Tu Me Manques inspired by his hit play from Bolivia, and Elegance Bratton’s documentary Pier Kids, which follows the queer and trans Poc youth who gather at New York City’s Christopher Street pier.
The roster includes Megan Rossman’s The Archivettes,...
- 6/12/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Beto O’Rourke was a winner at South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in Austin, Texas, or at least the film chronicling his campaign to unseat Ted Cruz in the U.S. Senate, “Running With Beto,” was, as it took home the Audience Award for Documentary Spotlight Saturday.
The audience favorite Narrative Spotlight section went to “The Peanut Butter Falcon,” starring Shia Labeouf, Jon Bernthal, Dakota Johnson and Bruce Dern. The film is about a young man with Down syndrome (Zack Gottsagen) who runs away from a nursing home to become a professional wrestler.
Also Read: Jimmy Fallon Debuts His Really, Really Excitable Beto O'Rourke Impression (Video)
Headliners and 24 Beats Per Second Audience Award winners will be announced on Monday, March 19.
Here’s a complete list of Saturday’s winners:
Narrative Feature Competition
“Saint Frances ”
Director: Alex Thompson
Documentary Feature Competition
“For Sama ”
Directors: Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts
Narrative Spotlight
“The...
The audience favorite Narrative Spotlight section went to “The Peanut Butter Falcon,” starring Shia Labeouf, Jon Bernthal, Dakota Johnson and Bruce Dern. The film is about a young man with Down syndrome (Zack Gottsagen) who runs away from a nursing home to become a professional wrestler.
Also Read: Jimmy Fallon Debuts His Really, Really Excitable Beto O'Rourke Impression (Video)
Headliners and 24 Beats Per Second Audience Award winners will be announced on Monday, March 19.
Here’s a complete list of Saturday’s winners:
Narrative Feature Competition
“Saint Frances ”
Director: Alex Thompson
Documentary Feature Competition
“For Sama ”
Directors: Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts
Narrative Spotlight
“The...
- 3/16/2019
- by Rosemary Rossi
- The Wrap
Audiences at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in Austin, Texas, are famously enthusiastic, cheering for movies with the same kind of bring-down-the-house applause they show bands at the event’s overlapping music fest — so it can be helpful to know which movies they really loved when the 10-day showcase winds to an end and SXSW announces its Audience Awards.
These popular prizes, tallied via ballots at screenings in each category, follow several days after the Grand Jury awards, announced midway through the festival. The SXSW juries selected Josephine Mackerras’ French-language “Alice” in the narrative feature competition and Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts’ Syria-set “For Sama” as the top documentary.
Passholders and the general public clearly also responded to “For Sama,” which won the Audience Award in the same category, while “Running With Beto” — about the Senatorial campaign of local favorite and presidential contender Beto O’Rourke — took the Documentary Spotlight prize.
These popular prizes, tallied via ballots at screenings in each category, follow several days after the Grand Jury awards, announced midway through the festival. The SXSW juries selected Josephine Mackerras’ French-language “Alice” in the narrative feature competition and Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts’ Syria-set “For Sama” as the top documentary.
Passholders and the general public clearly also responded to “For Sama,” which won the Audience Award in the same category, while “Running With Beto” — about the Senatorial campaign of local favorite and presidential contender Beto O’Rourke — took the Documentary Spotlight prize.
- 3/16/2019
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
In addition to hosting world premieres of some of the most exciting horror films of 2019, including Jordan Peele's Us, the 2019 South by Southwest Film Festival will also be home to the debuts of the premiere episodes of some of the most anticipated TV series of the year, including FX's What We Do in the Shadows and AMC's NOS4A2.
Here is the official info on the SXSW world premieres of What We Do in the Shadows and NOS4A2:
NOS4A2
Showrunner/Screenwriter: Jami O'Brien
NOS4A2 introduces Vic, a young woman who has a supernatural ability to find lost things. This ability puts her on a collision course with the evil and immortal Charlie Manx, a supernatural villain who feeds off the souls of children. Cast List: Zachary Quinto, Ashleigh Cummings, Jahkara J. Smith, Olafur Olafsson, Virginia Kull, Ebon Moss-Bachrach (World Premiere)
What We Do in the Shadows
Showrunners: Jemaine Clement,...
Here is the official info on the SXSW world premieres of What We Do in the Shadows and NOS4A2:
NOS4A2
Showrunner/Screenwriter: Jami O'Brien
NOS4A2 introduces Vic, a young woman who has a supernatural ability to find lost things. This ability puts her on a collision course with the evil and immortal Charlie Manx, a supernatural villain who feeds off the souls of children. Cast List: Zachary Quinto, Ashleigh Cummings, Jahkara J. Smith, Olafur Olafsson, Virginia Kull, Ebon Moss-Bachrach (World Premiere)
What We Do in the Shadows
Showrunners: Jemaine Clement,...
- 1/16/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Year-long fellowship awarded to 10 first-time filmmakers.
The Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp) has announced the projects selected for the 13th Ifp Narrative Labs.
Ifp’s year-long fellowship provides an all-encompassing mentorship and resources for 10 first-time filmmakers currently in post-production on their debut narrative feature.
The selected fellows for the 13th Ifp Narrative Labs are:
American Thief Miguel Silveira writer-director, Melissa Hernandez co-writer, Michel Stolnicki writer-producer;
Cubby Mark Blane writer-director, Carolina Gimenez producer, William Colby editor;
Dead Pigs Cathy Yan writer-director;
The Garden Left Behind Flavio Alves director, Roy Wol producer, Alex Lora editor;
Geppetto Z Behl writer-director, Sam Kuhn director of photography, Justin Cox music supervisor;
Jinn Nijla Mu’min writer-director, Avril Z. Speaks producer, Collin Kriner editor;
Jules Of Light And Dark Daniel Laabs writer, director and editor, Jeff Walker producer, Judd Myers producer-editor;
Kids Go Free To Fun Fun Time Ben Hicks writer-director;
Nancy Christina Choe writer-director, Amy Lo producer, David Gutnik editor...
The Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp) has announced the projects selected for the 13th Ifp Narrative Labs.
Ifp’s year-long fellowship provides an all-encompassing mentorship and resources for 10 first-time filmmakers currently in post-production on their debut narrative feature.
The selected fellows for the 13th Ifp Narrative Labs are:
American Thief Miguel Silveira writer-director, Melissa Hernandez co-writer, Michel Stolnicki writer-producer;
Cubby Mark Blane writer-director, Carolina Gimenez producer, William Colby editor;
Dead Pigs Cathy Yan writer-director;
The Garden Left Behind Flavio Alves director, Roy Wol producer, Alex Lora editor;
Geppetto Z Behl writer-director, Sam Kuhn director of photography, Justin Cox music supervisor;
Jinn Nijla Mu’min writer-director, Avril Z. Speaks producer, Collin Kriner editor;
Jules Of Light And Dark Daniel Laabs writer, director and editor, Jeff Walker producer, Judd Myers producer-editor;
Kids Go Free To Fun Fun Time Ben Hicks writer-director;
Nancy Christina Choe writer-director, Amy Lo producer, David Gutnik editor...
- 5/9/2017
- ScreenDaily
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