TIGLFF 34 - St. Petersburg, FL
Coming of Age
Jewelle: A Just Vision/Swimming in the Dark
Green Light Cinema 221 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesDorothy Allison (Bastard Out of Carolina,) says of Jewell Gomez’s The Gilda Stories, “Why hadn’t it occurred to anybody that the perfect vampire would be a Black Lesbian?” Why, indeed! After graduating from Columbia School of Journalism Jewelle started writing poetry and plays. Screening with Swimming in the Dark.
Barrio Boy
Green Light Cinema 221 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesBarrio Boy is a coming of age story with an edge and with heart. Quique is surrounded by machismo at the Nuyorican barber shop where he cuts hair. One summer day while playing ball with his coworkers, he has a chance encounter with an Irish stranger.
Golden Delicious
Green Light Cinema 221 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesEveryone wants something from high school senior Jake: his father is pushing him to try out for the basketball team—an abandoned dream of his own—and his girlfriend wants to take their relationship to the next level. But it’s not until Aleks, an openly gay teen with a love for basketball, moves in across the street that Jake begins to struggle with his own desires.
Before I Change My Mind
Green Light Cinema 221 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesIt’s 1987, and while the other students wonder if new kid Robin is a boy or a girl, Robin forges a complicated bond with the school bully, making increasingly dangerous choices to fit in.
Rivière
Green Light Cinema 221 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesSeventeen-year-old Manon leaves the Swiss mountains to head out in search of her father, who is nowhere to be found. As she forms new bonds and encounters her first love , she is determined to follow the path she has set herself on the ice: to become a professional hockey player.
SPONSORED BY: St. Pete Clearwater Film Commission
Egghead and Twinkle
Green Light Cinema 221 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesAfter coming out to her parents, an Asian American teenage girl takes off on a road trip to meet her online crush with the help of her nerdy best friend.
The Way He Looks
Green Light Cinema 221 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesLeonardo is a blind teenager dealing with an overprotective mother while trying to live a more independent life. To the disappointment of his best friend Giovana, he plans to go on an exchange program abroad. When Gabriel, a new student in town, arrives in their classroom, new feelings blossom in Leonardo that make him question his plans.
Moonlight
Green Light Cinema 221 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesThree time periods - young adolescence, mid-teen and young adult - in the life of black-American Chiron is presented.
Moonlight
Green Light Cinema 221 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesThree time periods - young adolescence, mid-teen and young adult - in the life of black-American Chiron is presented.