Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Iconic LGBT magazine The Advocate is celebrating its 40th year in style, including a huge kickoff event last night in Los Angeles. Calpernia Addams and Andrea James of Deep Stealth productions were on hand, along with LGBT celebrities, activists, and media leaders. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa gave a speech to the crowd, as did Advocate editor in chief Anne Stockwell, TR Knight, Jane Lynch, and Staff Sgt. Eric Alva.
* Advocate 40th website
* Advoacte: 40 Heroes
Saturday, September 15, 2007
The Sacramento International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival has announced “Casting Pearls” will screen on a double bill with the 2002 French drama “Un Autre Femme” ("Another Woman"):
Saturday, October 13, 2007 @ 2:00 PM
The Crest Theater
1013 K Street
Sacramento, CA
- Casting Pearls
Director Andrea James, 2006, USA, 7min
Calpernia Addams stars as a transsexual actress who endures a series of Hollywood auditions, each humorously spotlighting a different prejudice or misconception that transwomen encounter.
- Another Woman (Un Autre Femme)
Director Jerome Foulon, 2002, France
French with English Subtitles, 106min
Transsexual woman Lea returns to France and the family she left behind after disappearing for years during her transition.
For more information:
* SIGLFF 2007 program
* http://www.siglff.org/tickets.html
Friday, September 14, 2007
Deep Stealth Productions’ short film “Casting Pearls” will be playing with the groundbreaking documentary “Red Without Blue” at the Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Festival:
Saturday, September 29 @ 3:00pm
Southwest Film Center
University of New Mexico Student Union Building
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
505.277.5608
Red Without Blue
Identical twins Mark and Alex Farley began life as close as two brothers born minutes apart can be, happily visiting Disneyland, celebrating birthdays, and being each other’s best friend. Their childhood, while appearing happy, was later revealed to be a tragic, disturbing and chaotic mess of divorce, drugs and sexual confusion. After a joint suicide attempt, the two young men part ways and move to opposite ends of the country. Unbeknownst to each other, they also gravitate to opposite ends of the sexual spectrum, with Mark finding a boyfriend in San Francisco and Alex finding himself transforming into a woman named Claire in New York City. Red Without Blue is a true-life chronicle of three years in the life of the Farley brothers as they succumb to the desire to reunite and attempt to reconcile their obvious differences with their parents, each other, and their inner selves. – Jeremy Olsen (USA, 2007, 76 min, dir: Brooke Sebold/Benita Sills/Todd Sills)
Casting Pearls
Calernia Addams stars as a transsexual actress who endures a series of Hollywood auditions.
(USA, 2006, 7 min, dir: Andrea James)
More information:
* Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
* Film schedule
* Casting Pearls website
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Deep Stealth Productions is pleased to announce that “Casting Pearls” has been selected for the 2007 Fresno Reel Pride Festival. It will be screening with the French feature Un Autre Femme.
Friday, September 21 at 7:00pm
The Starline
831 E. Fern Avenue, Fresno, CA 93728
(next to Livingstone’s Restaurant)
The Starline is located one block north of the Tower Theatre. The box office at the Starline will open 20 minutes before each screening.
Casting Pearls
Director: Andrea James
2006, USA, 7 Minutes
Calpernia Addams stars as a transsexual actress learning the ins and outs (mostly outs) of auditioning for female parts in Hollywood.
Un Autre Femme
Director: Jerome Foulon
2002, France, 106 minutes. In French with English subtitles
French actress Nathalie Mann is captivating in this award-winning performance as a post-op transsexual woman trying to connect, albeit reluctantly at first, with the family she produced years ago as a miserable man.
Fresno Reel Pride, through the universal appeal of movies, works to produce a major cultural event for the entire Central Valley community designed to enhance community acceptance and understanding while adding to the diversity of a culturally rich city.
For more information:
* Casting Pearls/Un Autre Femme screening
* Ticketing information: Fresno Reel Pride
* “Casting Pearls” website
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
The Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival (aGLIFF) has announced its 2007 lineup in Austin September 28 - October 4. “Casting Pearls” by Deep Stealth Productions will play in the “Trans Journeys” series:
Saturday, September 29
2:15 PM
Regal Arbor Theater
9828 Great Hills Trail
Austin, TX 78759
Films in “Trans Journeys”:
- Through The Woods (directed by Malic Amalya, 14 minutes) : A transgendered retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.
- Jaywalking (directed by Kathy Huang and Leigh Iacobucci, 9 minutes): About up-and-coming drag king star Jay Walker.
- Donny & Ginger (directed by Jon Bush, 10 minutes): A drag-queen hooker and a cop meet up on a lonely street one cold dark night.
- Casting Pearls (directed by Andrea James, 7 minutes): Calpernia Addams stars as The Actress as she endures a series of casting calls.
- The Birthday (directed by Daisy Mohr and Negin Kianfar, 63 minutes): An Iranian transsexual woman’s experiences transitioning.
The Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival (aGLIFF) is the oldest and largest gay and lesbian film festival in the Southwest. For more information on the program, see:
* aGLIFF: Trans Journeys (Shorts)
For more on the Deep Stealth short:
* “Casting Pearls” website
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
"Casting Pearls,” a short film directed by Andrea James and starring Calpernia Addams, will screen as part of Frameline’s Best of the Fest Shorts in San Francisco: “This Best of the Fest shorts program highlights five fantastic shorts representing the best from the year’s LGBT cinema. Be inspired and delighted with these bold, beautiful and award-winning short films.”
Saturday, September 22, 2007 at 11:00 AM
Roxie Film Center
3117 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103
Buy tickets online
- Casting Pearls (directed by Andrea James, 7 minutes): Starring Calpernia Addams
- Members Only (directed by Carolina Roca-Smith, 10 minutes)
- Prada Handbag (directed by Stuart Vauvert, 22 minutes)
- Cowboy Forever (directed by Jean-Baptiste Erreca , 26 minutes)
- Pariah (directed by Dee Rees, 28 minutes): Frameline31 Audience Award Winner for Best Short Film
Full descriptions:
Frameline: Best of the Fest Shorts
Reserve your tickets now:
Buy tickets online
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