Film showings explore queer stories

CELEBRATE queer cinema at the Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre.

The Queer Art of Film is a mini season of films coming to the cinema April 20 and May 4.

The first showing on Sunday is 1969’s Funeral Parade of Roses. A celebration of youth and subcultures, a condemnation of intolerance, and a one-of-kind cinematic experience, the film is a kaleidoscopic masterpiece and one of the most intoxicating films of the 60's. Transgender actor Pîtâ gives an astonishing performance as Eddie, hostess at Bar Genet – where she’s ignited a violent love-triangle with reigning drag queen Leda for the attentions of club owner Gonda. Shining a light on the gay subcultures of the 1960's Tokyo underground, Toshio Matsumoto’s pop-art masterpiece did what few films of the international new wave era ever did: put queer experience front and centre

Then on May 4 there will be a showing of 2022’s 'The People’s Joker'. The film unofficially parodies characters from the Batman comics, this absurdist dark comedy that boldly reimagines the Joker’s origin, a painfully unfunny aspiring clown grapples with her gender identity while unsuccessfully attempting to join the ranks of Gotham City’s sole comedy programme in a world where comedy has been outlawed. Writer, director and star Vera Drew uses her own life experiences as a basis for the film.

For more information about both showings visit the cinema's website.