| V. Queer Kin B (Totally 84 min 50 sec): |
| Between│Keep Not Silent |
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Queer people each experience a different degree of bodily and psychological injury when they confront the historically and culturally formed stereotypes about gender and sexual orientation society gives them. They struggle to find their own safety zone in the family, school, workplace and society at large. |
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【Queer Kin B 】Films' Introduction：
Between
Hyunseung LEE∣2002∣South Korea∣Fiction∣Color∣32 min∣Korean dialogues∣Chinese & English subtitles
Passive Jiwon is always forced, by her parents, to an unwanted marriage meeting. One day a young lady called Ami, who only gives lighters to women, comes to Jiwon's record shop. After becoming drawn to each other, they naturally start a relationship.
Keep Not Silent
Ilil ALEXANDER∣2004∣Israel∣Documentary∣Color∣52min∣Hebrew & English dialogues∣Chinese & English subtitles
Winner of an Israeli Oscar for Best Documentary 2004, Keep Not Silent boldly documents the clandestine struggle of three lesbian women fighting for their right to love within their beloved Orthodox communities in Jerusalem. All three are members of a secret support group called the “Ortho-dykes.”
Ingenious cinematic techniques underscore the excruciating pain of constant self-suppression, and provide the anonymity necessary for these women to continue living in their communities. Their courageous fight for self-realization, honesty and acceptance is an extraordinary model for those who seek truth for themselves and a place within their world.
Despite fears of excommunication, three Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox women secretly fight for their right to love within their restricted religious communities. All three are part of a secret group named Jerusalem Ortho-Dykes, all three are lesbians and are considered “sinners.” Through internet web-cams, windows and curtains each woman shares her life choices and the huge price of reconciling her dualities, painfully caught between her sexual identity and her love for her children, husband, community and God.
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