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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.
The Venus Effect
Green Light Cinema 221 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesLiv is in her early twenties. She works at her family’s garden center in the province. Totally unprepared, she falls in love with the chaotic but spirited Andrea. Andrea has sought refuge at her uncle’s idyllic apple plantation because of stress.
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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.
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Imagine Me & You
Green Light Cinema 221 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesRachel is a nice girl who is going to marry Hector ('Heck'), her longtime boyfriend. While she is working on the wedding preparations she meets wedding-florist Luce and unexpectedly falls in love with her and discovers what having love feelings for another woman is like.
I Can’t Think Straight
Green Light Cinema 221 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesTala, a London-based Jordanian of Palestinian origin prepares for an elaborate wedding with her Jordanian fiancé, when she encounters Leyla, a young British Indian woman who is dating her best friend Ali. Spirited Christian Tala and shy Muslim Leyla could not be more different from each other but the attraction is immediate.
Love Lies Bleeding
Green Light Cinema 221 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesLou is a reclusive gym manager who falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder who's heading to Las Vegas to pursue her dream. Their love soon leads to violence as they get pulled deep into the web of Lou's criminal family.