Unruly queers are coming to Spectacle! DISORDERLY CONDUCT emerges as a radical revolt against histories of violent colonization, modern-day capitalism, police brutality, and class inequality to strive for collective liberation through transgression. Five emerging queer filmmakers pull their work from the underground and become agitators out to undermine oppressive systems and find vital alternative ways of life. Expect to see dances through burning streets, testosterone theft and redistribution, the daily activities of mischievous gangs, revenge plotting while getting stoned, taking a dildo to statues of colonizers, delinquency, defiance, vandalism, and more.
For one night only, Spectacle will present these short films along with a Q&A with curator Henry Hanson and some of the featured filmmakers.
Presented in partnership with Full Spectrum Features, a Chicago-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to driving equity in the independent film industry by producing, exhibiting, and supporting the work of women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ filmmakers.
SATURDAY, JULY 27 – 7:30 PM
HORMONAL
Dir. Maz Murray, 2023.
UK. 12 min.
A timid young trans guy gets wrapped up in a plan to heist testosterone from cis bodybuilders.
CICADA
Dir. FRANK/ie CONSENT, 2021
USA. 6 min.
A dynamic dance video in an empty concrete lot accompanied by a radio sound collage.
SKATE BITCHES
Dir. Samuel Shanahoy, 2011
Australia, 17 min.
Trouble brews between members of a skater girl gang when they’re asked to share the streets with another girl who doesn’t match their garbage punk aesthetic.
FUCK THE FASCISM — THE CROSSROAD OF TWO WORLDS
Dir. MariaBasura, 2020
Chile, 10 min.
In Spanish with English subtitles.
Part documentary, part experimental performance video, queer activists travel to historical sites to sexually defile monuments to colonizers.
PLAY STRUCTURE
Dir. FRANK/ie CONSENT, 2020
USA. 2 min.
A psychedelic vision of three masked performers dancing among flames. Through a portal, others tend to a green community garden.
THE BEACH BOYS
Dir. Milo Talwani, 2024
USA. 20 min.
It’s no longer enough for trans surfer besties to spend their days catching waves and smoking weed. Their plan? Kill Jeff Bezos.
Featuring interstitial video art by Franz Murder
Total runtime: 67 min.