20.04.2022
18:30 - 20:00
18:30 - 20:00
Bali Kinos, Kulturbahnhof Kassel
Death and Bowling
USA, 2021
A film by Lyle Kash
With Will Krisanda, Tracy Kowalski, Fath Eileen Bryan, Denise Trukan, Leontine White Foster, D’Lo
Omu (English)
64 minutes
Omu (English)
64 minutes
[German version below]
In a fractured, dream-like world, a transgender actor struggles with what it means to be seen after the beloved captain of his lesbian bowling league dies and a mysterious stranger shows up at the funeral.
X (Will Krisanda) is a white transgender actor who struggles with what it means to be seen, both as a representation of transgender identity on screen, and interpersonally as the beloved outsider to his queer community of amateur-bowling lesbians who meet as The Lavender League. When the captain of the Lavender League, Susan, asks X to speak at her funeral, X finds himself thrown into a time of not only intense grief, but also of desire. At the funeral, an unexpected and handsome stranger arrives. No one recognizes him. This is Alex, Susan’s estranged transgender son.
Alex and X inherit Susan’s hand-drawn map of her desired location for her ashes and lead their community through a hot and slow march across the desert. When the mourning party arrives, they discover that there’s nothing there. On their journey, X and Alex are joined by Arnie (Susan’s widow), who dons her dead lover’s wig, Gio (Arnie’s son and X’s confidante), who is a queer Tamil-Sri Lankan-American butcher, and Joyce (Susan’s best friend), who is a Black body-positive gym dominatrix, to make their way through the fragmented and dream-like fugue state that follows Susan’s death. (Wolfe Releasing)
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X (Will Krisanda) is a white-located transgender actor, who struggles with it, what it means, to be seen. Both in terms of representing a transgender identity on screen and interpersonally as a beloved outsider to his queer community of amateur bowling lesbians, coming together as The Lavender League.
Als Susan, the captain of the Lavender League, X asks for it, to speak at her funeral, X finds himself in a time of intense grief and intense longing.
At the funeral, an unexpected and handsome stranger shows up. Nobody recognizes him. It's Alex: Susan's feuding transgender son.
X (Will Krisanda) is a white-located transgender actor, who struggles with it, what it means, to be seen. Both in terms of representing a transgender identity on screen and interpersonally as a beloved outsider to his queer community of amateur bowling lesbians, coming together as The Lavender League.
Als Susan, the captain of the Lavender League, X asks for it, to speak at her funeral, X finds himself in a time of intense grief and intense longing.
At the funeral, an unexpected and handsome stranger shows up. Nobody recognizes him. It's Alex: Susan's feuding transgender son.
Alex and X inherit Susan's hand-drawn map. She shows them the way to the place she has chosen for their own ashes and leads them on a hot and slow path through the desert. When the mourners arrive there, they have to find out, that there is nothing there.
on their journey, the way through the broken and dreamlike twilight state, which entails Susan's death, to tread, they will by Arnie (Susan's widow), wearing the wig of her deceased lover, Gio (Arnie's son and X's confidante), a queer Tamil-Sri Lankan-American butcher and Joyce (Susan's best friend), accompanied by a black body-positive gym dominatrix.
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on their journey, the way through the broken and dreamlike twilight state, which entails Susan's death, to tread, they will by Arnie (Susan's widow), wearing the wig of her deceased lover, Gio (Arnie's son and X's confidante), a queer Tamil-Sri Lankan-American butcher and Joyce (Susan's best friend), accompanied by a black body-positive gym dominatrix.
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Queerfilm on Wednesday, 20 April 2022 at 6:30 pm
at cinema “Little Bali” (Rainer-Dierichs-Platz 1, 34117 Kassel, http://filmladen.de)
at cinema “Little Bali” (Rainer-Dierichs-Platz 1, 34117 Kassel, http://filmladen.de)
in cooperation with:
Autonomous Queer* department at the University of Kassel
https://queere.studierende-kassel.de
Autonomous Queer* department at the University of Kassel
https://queere.studierende-kassel.de
Autonomous FLINTA * Report of the University of Kassel
https://flinta.studierende-kassel.de
https://flinta.studierende-kassel.de
The usual prices of the Filmladen/ Bali/ Gloria cinemas apply.
The usual prices of the film shop / Bali / Gloria cinemas apply