What's Up Q Doc? Queer Film Fest About To Hit PDX

Tuesday, 18 May 2010 14:43 | Written by Byron

Image above from "A Drag King Extravaganza"

Q-ING UP: My buddy, Jessica Lyness, is promoting a really cool queer documentary festival that takes place in Portland early next month. That's why I am sharing with you guys what she just shared with me:

Portland Queer Doc is back with a world of drag and a world premiere (June 3-6):
The fourth incarnation of this one-of-a-kind event, this year featuring a number of films dealing with music, with drag kings and queens, and with the politics of the gay rights movement. The Festival opens June 3, with visiting director Michelle Lawler and transgender drag queen/documentary subject Vicki Marlane in person to introduce their film “Forever’s Gonna Start Tonight”, a compelling profile about the San Francisco drag legend, who is still going strong well into her 70s. After the screening, the audience is invited to the Opening Night Party, hosted by Clinton neighborhood favorites, Broder and The Savoy Tavern & Bistro. June 5 catch the world premiere of “Le Tigre: On Tour”, a trip with the feminist electroclash band trio Kathleen Hanna, Johanna Fateman, and JD Samson of Le Tigre, known for their dance mixes and LGBT activism. Closing up the four day festival is the award winning documentary directed by Leanne Pooley, “The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls”, about twin yodeling lesbian sisters, Jools and Lynda Topp, one of New Zealand’s most cherished and charmingly irrepressible performing duos. The Topp Twins will be in attendance.
More at: www.queerdocfest.org.