TIGLFF 34 - St. Petersburg, FL
Biography
CHAVELA
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesChavela is the captivating look at the unconventional life of beloved performer Chavela Vargas, whose passionate renditions of Mexican popular music and triumphant return to the stage late in life brought her international fame.
TOM OF FINLAND
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesFilmmaker Dome Karukoski brings to screen the life and work of artist Touko Valio Laaksonen (aka Tom of Finland), one of the most influential and celebrated figures of twentieth century gay culture.
TORREY PINES
AMC Sundial 12 151 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesBased on a true story, the animated film is a queer punk coming-of-age tale, taking place in the early 1990's. Raised by a schizophrenic single mother, Petersen's life story unfolds in a series of baffling and hallucinated events.
A Bigger Splash
Tampa Theatre 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL, United StatesDavid Hockney, still fruitful at 81, is a great American artist. He also is gay. His paintings of nude men and sun-kissed landscapes, in southern California and elsewhere, are instantly recognizable as uniquely his own. In 1973, filmmaker Jack Hazan documented Hockney’s evolving relationship with a young man who was once his lover and remained his muse.