Mazer Archives Screening curated by Betsy Kalin – February 12th at 3pm

(total run time 1:33:00)

For Valentine’s Day, these films take us on a journey of love and its many forms: a celebration of a 40-year relationship, the awakening of new passion, the rejuvenation of a troubled marriage, the awkward pratfalls of falling in love, the bond between a mother and son, and a love letter to a remarkable Los Angeles neighborhood.

Tiny and Ruby: Hell Divin' Women

An intimate and humorous portrait of legendary jazz trumpeter Tiny Davis and her partner of over 40 years, drummer-pianist Ruby Lucas with rare jazz recordings, live performances, vintage photographs, and narrative poetry by Cheryl Clarke.

Directed by Greta Schiller, Andrea Weiss – USA, 1989, 30 min

Fresh Air Therapy

In this offbeat comedy from Germany, a lesbian couple discovers that counseling isn’t the only way to work out their differences.

Directed by Christoph Scheermann– Germany, 2009, 6 min

Audience Award Melbourne Queer Film Fest Australia 2010

Lust Life

Caught between what was and what could be, a woman who has lost her lust for life in the world’s most passionate city takes a chance.

Directed by Lynda Tarryk – USA, 2011, 9 min

Falling for Caroline

This feel-good romantic comedy tells the tale of Darcy, who becomes uncontrollably accident-prone whenever she's around the girl of her dreams.

Directed by Christine Chew – Canada, 2010, 20 min

Audience Award for Best Short, ImageOut, 2009 (Rochester, NY);

Best Short Film, Queersicht Festival, Bern, Switzerland, 2009

and i am me

An honest and touching portrayal of the relationship between a lesbian mother and her adopted, Ethiopian son.

Directed by Alison Segar – USA, 2010, 16 min

East L.A. Interchange

This trailer for a work-in-progress documentary shows how excavating Boyle Heights’ unique multicultural past serves as a field guide for understanding how to encourage and support diversity, active citizenship, and a respect for differences.

Directed by Betsy Kalin – USA, 2012, 12 min

There will be a Q& Q  after with some of the filmmakers!

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Thank you and Happy Holidays!

Today the Mazer morns the loss of a great lesbian icon, Barbara Grier.
A early member of Daughters of Bilitis and one of the founders of Naiad Press.

Barbara made sure that the Mazer Lesbian Archives had a copy of every book Naiad Press

ever published and we have her own personal collection of LGBT Periodicals as well. Our hearts

go out to her partner Donna McBride.