CT LGBT Film Festival: SNAPSHOTS

Director: Melanie Mayron

2018, USA, 91, NR

Screenwriter: Vincent Gagliostro, Anthony Johnston.

Cast: Piper Laurie, Brooke Adams, Brett Dier.

 

Fifty years at a lake home, one camera. Images and memories of love lost, love found, love betrayed. When a grandmother’s covered-up past collides with her granddaughter’s secret future and her daughter’s angry present, they wonder if the love of three generations is enough to overcome decades of deceit. It all begins and unwinds with a simple roll of film. Hollywood veteran and Emmy Award-winner Piper Laurie stars as Rose, the grandmother with a hidden past.

The Shorts preceding the feature are:

Amber Blue    (Connecticut Premiere)

Dir. Hong Anh Nguyen, 2017, UK, 10 min Blue and her pregnant wife are throwing a baby shower and invite Blue’s mother Amber. When Amber assertively declines, the atmosphere boils over only to reveal the truth about their peculiar relationship.

Lady Eva (Leiti Eva)    (New England Premiere)

Dirs. Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson & Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, 2016, Tonga/USA, 11 min, in English and Tongan with English subtitles A brave young transgender woman sets off on a journey to become her true self in the conservative Pacific Island Kingdom of Tonga. Along the way, she gets a little inspiration from Tina Turner.

 

 


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