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Friday, October 17, 2008
Were The World Mine 9:00 SSW
Opening Night Party 11:00 SSW
Saturday, Oct. 18
Wrangler: Portrait of an Icon 2:00 SSW
Whirlwind 4:00 SSW
Discussion and Q&A with Whirlwind Screenwriter Jason Brown 5:30 SSW
Steam 7:00 SSW
Another Gay Movie Sequel 9:30 SSW
Girls Night Out 10:00 CAT
Sunday, Oct. 19
Traces / She’s A Boy 2:00 SSW
Ready? OK! 4:00 SSW
The Secrets 6:00 SSW
Changing Spots 8:30 SSW
Discussion and Q&A with the star, writer/director and producers of Changing Spots 10:00 SSW
Monday, Oct. 20
XXY 7:00 SSW
The New World 9:00 SSW
Tuesday, Oct. 21
Our Shorts 7:00 SSW
Antarctica 9:00 SSW
Wednesday, Oct. 22
Women’s Shorts 7:00 SSW
The World Unseen 9:00 SSW
Thursday, Oct. 23
Men’s Shorts 7:00 SSW
Between Love and Goodbye 9:00 SSW
Friday, Oct. 24
13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests 8:00 BT
3-Day Weekend 10:00 SSW
Boys Night Out 11:30 IMAGES
Saturday, Oct. 25
Kinsey Sicks 2:00 SSW
Dolls 4:00 SSW
Tru Loved 6:00 SSW
VIP Party 7:30 SSW
Mulligans 9:30 SSW
Q & A with the stars of Mulligans 11:00 SSW
Sunday, Oct. 26
Drifting Flowers 3:00 SSW
Dog Tags 5:00 SSW
Breakfast With Scot 7:00 SSW
Closing Night Party 8:30 CCF
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STEAM
Saturday, October 18th • 7:00 PM • SouthSide Works Cinema

USA
2007
117 min.
Genre/Subjects: Aging/Elders, Black/ African American, Coming Out, Drama, Lesbian, Parenting/Family, Youth

Trailer

During her first year at college, Elizabeth (Kate Siegel, Curse of the Black Dahlia) questions her sexual identity and struggles to break free from her strict Catholic parents. Middle-aged Laurie (Ally Sheedy, High Art) is a single mother dealing with the psychological games played by her ex-husband and the potential problems in a relationship with a much younger man. And recent Academy Award nominee Ruby Dee (American Gangster) gives another award-worthy performance as Doris, an older woman facing feelings of despair and emptiness after the death of her husband. When she meets another man, she opens herself up once again to the vulnerability of giving one’s heart to another.

Unbeknownst to them, these women share many of the same struggles and joys and separately learn to find strength, joy and beauty in their unique circumstances. By interweaving the stories of their individual journeys, director Kyle Schickner shows how age, race, class and religion have little to do with matters of the heart — ultimately, we all want the same things: love and happiness.

At times playful and uplifting and other times heartbreaking, Steam speaks to the universality of human experience and the resilient spirit that allows us to rebound from struggle and emerge triumphant.

• Nora Isaacs