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‘THEY/THEM’ FILM REVIEW: SHARP SCRIPT GIV BE TO GAY-CONVERSN CAMP HORROR STORY
We queers—we noble trans and genr-nonnformg folks, we lbian, gay, pan, and bisexual bab, we non-bary, tersex, asexual and aromantic dividuals have had to learn time and time aga: next to nothg. That spir has been ptured and thrown onto the big screen every year sce 1996 at the North Carola Gay + Lbian Film Ftival, held at the historic Carola Theater the heart of downtown Durham.
It stars Dakota Johnson as Lucy and Sonoya Mizuno as Jane, two bt iends whose relatnship is thrown to chaos when one gets a promotn, and the other out as gay. Also receivg drive- screengs throughout the ftival are Alan Ball’s gay road dramedy “Uncle Frank” starrg Pl Bettany, and Matt Fifer and Kieran Mulre’s “Cida” alongsi a seri of Brooklyn-based short films.
The trop about lbian bed ath and oversexed gay persist, and media generally rerc this false dichotomy. As a searchg tobgraphil portra of -director Matt Fifer’s own life and stggl wh timacy and buried childhood trma, “Cida” feels like a private nfsnal, but also lot the universal plight of beg a gay lennial navigatg romance amid a Grdr-domated datg system. Kieran Mulre -directs this searg and sexy act of gay self-analysis, wh Fifer starrg as Ben, a Brooklyn dweller patchg together a life the gig enomy, occupyg a vaguely sketched sk job when he’s not patg ho or dog home repairs for phy olr queens.