Dear Colleagues, Frameline, the nonprofit leader in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) educational media, would like to announce several new releases for use in Cinema Studies and Media Studies programs: IS IT REALLY SO STRANGE? Documentary about the fanatical new Smiths/Morrissey fan base: Latino youths in East Los Angeles. ³...provides a welcome alternative to the "Behind the Music" approach, spotlighting first-person narrative and heart-breaking, tender interviews with fans. The film shows how fan culture may unexpectedly bridge the lines of race, age, sexual orientation, and geography, and will be of interest for courses in cultural studies, gender and sexuality, ethnic studies, and performance studies.² ‹Homay King, Assistant Professor of Film Studies, Bryn Mawr College http://cart.frameline.org/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=T623 WITH WHAT SHALL I WASH In this beautifully animated short, a transwoman ends her day reminiscing about her great love and about her life working in a red light district in Spain. Set to an aria by an unknown composer, With What Shall I Wash is an homage to all homosexual artists of the twentieth century: http://cart.frameline.org/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=T622 SMALL TOWN SECRETS A highly textured film that travels back to the early 1980s, documenting a woman¹s exploration of her childhood growing up with closeted gay parents in a small, mid-western town. By weaving together a collection of home movies and conversations with her parents recorded via web cam, SMALL TOWN SECRETS remembers why keeping it a secret felt like the only option. SCREAMING QUEENS: THE RIOT AT COMPTON'S CAFETERIA An Emmy-nominated documentary about the first known act of collective, violent resistance to the social oppression of queer people in the USA: http://cart.frameline.org/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=T636 SHABNAM MOUSI An action-packed Bollywood musical based on the true story of an Indian eunuch who transcends societal oppression to become a successful politician: http://cart.frameline.org/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=T627 These and 200 other LGBT-themed films from almost every genre can be found at http://www.frameline.org/distribution, where you can download our 2005 Catalog and 2006 Catalog Supplement, and subscribe to our free monthly e-newsletter (where we announce our new releases and offer special discounts to subscribers). Thank you for perusing our collection of LGBT films/videos for educators, and for signing up for our free newsletter. Please contact me if I can be of service! Best, Andy -- Andy Moore Educational Distribution Manager FRAMELINE 145 9th Street, Suite 300 San Francisco, CA 94103 P 415.703.8650 x316 F 415.861.1404 http://www.frameline.org/distribution Frameline¹s Educational Distribution Program --Since 1981, the leading educational distributor solely dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) film and video. --More than 200 titles, spanning every genre and 72 subject area headings. --A non-profit organization. --Visit our website (http://www.frameline.org/distribution) to browse our collection and to sign up for our free monthly e-newsletter, the Frameline Distribution Dispatch. Frameline30 San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival ³Thirty years of revolutionary film² June 15-25, 2006 Persistent Vision Conference ³Envisioning the future of queer media arts² June 19-22, 2006 ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org