Reel Deal Movies That Matter Review> Janis: Little Girl Blue a documentary on Janis Joplan by Amy Berg

Janis: Little Girl Blue directed by Amy Berg: Janis died at age 27 in a LA motel room of a heroin overdose in the middle of a recording session for a new album. Amy Berg knows we all know that. So her Janis does not overly dwell on the “Behind the Music” dark backstory. Instead she gives us a vibrant Janis who got out of Port Arthur, TX, as soon as soon as she could. First Austin TX for college, next San Francisco (where I became friends with her while both of us were living in North Beach). Berg covers the essentials and includes some very much neglected facts. She has on camera Janis’s black lesbian lover from her coffee house singing days who fills in missing information; she interviews Big Brother members, lovers like Country Joe McDonald and ends with her last and perhaps most important love, a hippie hobo traveling the world.  Berg made the right decision by making the core of her film Janis performing live . I suspect that the only place Janis felt whole and happy was singing on stage. It is evident in the collection of live performances Berg’s brings to us. Kudos to Berg and her fellow producer Alex Gibney for capturing the magic that was Janis live. I think you will love it !

Here is a clip from Little Girl Blue

Note; Amy Berg also made one of the most important documentaries of the year . It was on the sexual harassment of teenage boys in Hollywood, It opened and disappeared , I would say it was industry censorship. Look for it  

(cc) Jim fouratt reeldealmovies@gmail.com

Let the Record Show a new documentary about the AIDS devastation told through the eyes, hearts, vision and rage of artists living and dead.

LET THE RECORD SHOW  a new documentary about the AIDS devastation told through the eyes, hearts, vision and rage of artists living and dead. It premiers at Leslie Lohman Gallery On World Aids Day December 1-3

watch the trailer.

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Just in time for the Holidays master film maker Kenneth Anger has put on sale this seasons most sought after collectable .His limited edition and Anger authenticated bomber jacket is just perfect for that person who hates presents and thinks christmas is a capitalist plot or that special person who wants to snatch the rainbow back out of the hands of the assimilated queer robots The jacket is uni-sex  

Did I say limit edition ? Well I have now.  

here is the only place you can buy it ..ANGER's own web site

EXCLUSIVE Buy at KenethAnger's website http://www.kennethanger.org/new-products/kenneth-angers-official-lucifer-rising-jacket


oh you might want to catch up with where Lucifer Rising (rolling stones funded and features among other lovelies Marianne Faithfull) here

Lucifer Rising 1972 from Jeremy Waldow on Vimeo.

and what happened to Anger's first choice for Lucifer? Ask Charlie Mansion

bobby IS lucifer

Pussy Riot - Refugees In (at Banksy's Dismaland)

Less we forget ,,,given the average attention span today is two days becasue digital media... artist fight back against dominate media hegemony . Enjoy . Thanks Pussy Riot , Thanks  Banks  Thanks Joly MacFie

Happy Birthday Marsha : clips and commentary from the dirs Raina Gossett and Sasha Wortzel. + Q&A ...

Sneak peek of much anticipated  experimental documentary on Marsha P. Johnson. Based on the emotions and survival on the streets of Marsha P Johnson and v friend Sylvia Rivera and their lives HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARSH is not simply rooted in the facts, but is an exploration of what might have happened . HBO is financing a factual documentary pn Marsha directed by David France

Please watch this and go to the indiegogo campaign to complete the film .. yes it is fully shot .. and the two actors who play MPJ and Sylvia Rivera have found the mojo, sound and essence of these two remarkable street queens  circa 1969

Here is the Q&A that took place after the screening  ..




and now that you have seen and head all of this, please help to complete the fully shot film .. go here to help and to watch the trailer
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/happy-birthday-marsha-post-production/x/5630925#/

Happy Birthday Marsha : clips and commentary from the dir Raina Gossett ...

Sneak peek of much anticipated  experimental documentary on Marsha P. Johnson. Based on the emotions ands survival on the streets of Marsha P Johnson and their life and not simply rooted in the facts, HBO is financing a factual documentary pn Marsha directed by David France  watc this and go to the indiegogo campaign  (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/happy-birthday-marsha-post-production/x/5630925#/) to complete the film .. yes it is fully shot .. and the two actors who play MPJ and Sylvia Rivera have found the mojo, sound and essence of these two remarkable streets circa 1969

Barbara HAMMER career retrospective lecteur @ Lesley Lomen MUSEUM

 Barbara Hammer, The Hidden Hammer
Visual artist working primarily in film and video. She has made over 80 moving image works in a career that spans 40 years. She is considered a pioneer of queer cinema. Here she is LIVe and in person .. this is the Q&A that followed her lecteur

Barbara HAMMER career retrospective lecteur @ Lesley Lomen MUSEUM

 Barbara Hammer, The Hidden Hammer
Visual artist working primarily in film and video. She has made over 80 moving image works in a career that spans 40 years. She is considered a pioneer of queer cinema. Here she is LIVe and in person .. this is the Q&A that followed her lecteur

Dr Vaginal Davis and Professor Jose Munoz(NYU) in a serious discusion o...

More on Dr Vaginal Davis : in conversation with the beloved punk Professor Jose Munoz (RIP) when Vaginal was last visiting from Berlin. The LA expat is directing v vision of THE MAGIC FLUTE  at NYU.

When My Sorrow Died ..... Is there life after drag? Yes if you are a theremin Master/Mistress ... fascinating

Watch the trailer .. oh my  theremin master is sometimes a mistress ..

In 1978, Anger re-cut his landmark 1954 film, Inauguration Of The Pleasure Dome rarely seen

Cultural Legacy and the fascinating world of Kenneth Anger

via Justin Bozung "In 1978, Anger re-cut his landmark 1954 film, Inauguration Of The Pleasure Dome by several minutes as well as changing the score of the film he had previous selected, Glagolitic Mass by the Czech composer Leoš Janáček. This re-constructed version, offered here today features Anger's choice of the 1974 Electric Light Orchestra album, 'Eldorado' as score. This edition of the film would be labeled by Anger as his "Sacred Mushroom Edition". Anger successfully screened this E.L.O. version of the film at the 1978 Boston Film Festival. This festival exhibition would be the only time in history this version of Anger's film had been seen, until now."

The Young Professionals - All Of It But Me ft. Anna F.

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The Young Professionals - All Of It But Me ft. Anna F.

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