Deep Stealth’s Andrea James and Calpernia Addams attend the 2007 OutFest Legacy Awards at the Directors’ Guild in Hollywood
Calpernia Addams and Andrea James of Deep Stealth Productions attended the Outfest Legacy Awards Thursday evening. Hosted by Caroline Rhea, the event honored Judith Light and Showtime for their commitment to LGBT film. As part of Outfest’s silver anniversary in 2007, they featured 25 groundbreaking feature films from the past quarter century that profoundly impacted LGBT audiences. Outfest announced it will be preserving a short subject documentary about trans culture in the 1960s as part of their next round of preservations:
QUEENS AT HEART (1965), 22 minutes, USA, color, 35mm
Produced by the Southeastern Pictures Corporation and is believed to have been shown before the feature exploitation flick She-Man (1967).
A rare and surprisingly poignant glimpse into pre-Stonewall transsexual life, as four NYC trans women are interviewed for a six-month psychological project, and includes rare footage of the pre-Stonewall club scene. Narrated by Jay Martin.
On October 3, 2002, Deep Stealth Productions opened for business with the release of the instructional video ‘Finding Your Female Voice.’ Some of the key projects with which Deep Stealth has been involved in its first five years:
* ‘Finding Your Female Voice’ released
* ‘Soldier’s Girl’ released
* ‘Mark 947’ published
* ‘Becoming You’ makeup video released
* ‘Conversation with Calpernia’ released
* Our VDay event: first all-trans performance of the ‘Vagina Monologies’
* ‘Transamerica’ released
* ‘Beautiful Daughters’ released
* ‘Middle Sexes’ released
* GenderLife web resource portal opened
* ‘Coming Out’ series released
* ‘Survival Kits’ released
* Dozens of media and personal appearances
* ‘Casting Pearls’ released
Our suite of websites currently gets hundreds of thousands of visitors each month. Stay tuned for some exciting news about our latest project “Casting Pearls” in the next few weeks, and watch for a fun project around the end of the year.
And to celebrate our anniversary month, we are offering a $5.00 discount on all Survival Kits (Voice, Face, Coming Out or Ultimate) throughout the month of October! Just enter the code “GWZC4SKU” during your order to get $5.00 off.
On 26 September 2007, “Casting Pearls” star Calpernia Addams joined director Andrea James for a screening at Outfest’s Best of Girls’ Shorts program. A reception and Q&A followed the screening at the historic Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. The clip above has edited excerpts from the evening.
Star Calpernia Addams and director Andrea James were on hand last night for Outfest’s Best of Girls’ Shorts program at the historic Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. The screening included:
Audience and filmmakers had a chance to mingle at the reception sponsored by Absolut after the Q&A. Stay tuned for video of the Q&A in an upcoming post.
This year’s Woodstock Film Festival in upstate New York features a number of shorts, narrative features and documentaries that highlight the beauty of the Hudson Valley and the filmmakers who call it home. The Poughkeepsie Journal highlights several of these, including:
"Casting Pearls,” a short film produced by Woodstock-area resident and Woodstock Film Festival Advisory Board member Ron Nyswaner, who wrote the screenplays for “The Painted Veil” and “Philadelphia."
The short stars Calpernia Addams as an actress enduring a series of casting sessions, and was directed by Andrea James.
Many of the filmmakers, cast and crew of these films will be present at the screenings, which take place Oct. 11-14. Tickets range from $8 to $20. To purchase tickets, call 845-810-0131, visit http://www.woodstockfilmfestival.com, or go to the festival box office, 34 Tinker St., Woodstock.
Calendar item from LA Weekly, the essential online resource for Los Angeles:
Outfest Wednesdays Favorite Girls’ Shorts, featuring Andrea James’ Casting Pearls, Rebecca Feldman’s My First Time Driving, Christy Wegener’s Long Ago, Nicola Marsh’s Last Exit, Melanie McGraw’s Pitstop, and Dee Rees’ Pariah, winner of the Outfest 2007 Audience Award and Grand Jury Award for Dramatic Short Film.
Calpernia Addams and Andrea James of Deep Stealth Productions attended the Outfest Legacy Awards Thursday evening. Hosted by Caroline Rhea, the event honored Judith Light and Showtime for their commitment to LGBT film. As part of Outfest’s silver anniversary in 2007, they featured 25 groundbreaking feature films from the past quarter century that profoundly impacted LGBT audiences. Outfest announced it will be preserving a short subject documentary about trans culture in the 1960s as part of their next round of preservations:
