Program 22: 1985

Yen Tan / ASL Interpreted, Narrative Feature, Tuesday, Oct. 9 / USA / 2018 / 85 mins

Adrian, a gay man in his twenties, is returning home to spend Christmas 1985 with his family in Fort Worth, Texas. He lives openly in New York, but is not out to anyone back home, making the time spent with his ultra-conservative family particularly onerous.

Program 23: Good Manners (As boas maneiras)

Marco Dutra and Juliana Rojas / Subtitled, ImageOut There! Series, Narrative Feature, Tuesday, Oct. 9 / Brazil, France / 2017 / 135 mins

There’s often at least a hint of horror to the most enduring fairy tales. They captivate and entertain us, luring us with fantastical and outlandish stories before digging into questions of real-world morality. It’s much the same with the atmospheric fable Good Manners, a haunting tale of love and motherhood that delicately weaves in themes of race, class, and social inequality.

Program 24: Buddies

Arthur J. Bressan Jr. / Narrative Feature, Tuesday, Oct. 9 / USA / 1985 / 81 mins

David is a 25-year-old gay man from New York City. He loves his job and his boyfriend, Steve. His parents accepted him when he came out. But as a terrifying new disease begins to ravage New York’s gay community, David feels he has to help in whatever way he can. He volunteers through the Gay Center to be a “buddy” to an AIDS patient.