Double the trouble: Twice the Fun – Pratibha Parmar
Wednesday October 4, 21.00, Misschiefs, Norra Stationsgatan 61
Cinema Queer proudly presents a retrospective of British director, activist and writer Pratibha Parmar. Multiple award-winning Parmar has tirelessly fought against oppression, discrimination and racism with his art. Here we present a retrospective with three of her films from the 1990s.
Khush
Pratibha Parmar / UK, 1991/ 26 min / English no subtitles
KHUSH means ecstatic pleasure in Urdu. For South Asian lesbians and gay men in Britain, North America, and India (where homosexuality was legalised in 2018, the term captures the blissful intricacies of being queer and of color.
Double the Trouble, but Twice the Fun
Pratibha Parmar / UK / 1992 / 24 min / English no subtitles
A rare and lively examination of disability and homosexuality as it affects both women and men. Double the Trouble, Twice the Fun advocates for acceptance rather than pity for participants in this video. Interviews with a wide range of disabled lesbian and gay people
Jodie: An Icon
Pratibha Parmar / UK, 1996 / 25 min / English no subtitles
Die hard Foster fans like comedienne Lea de Laria’s comment that “If I was Hannibal Lecter, it wouldn’t be her liver I’d want to eat,” express the desire and lust shared by Foster’s lesbian fans around the world. The film captures the Jodie Foster look alike contest in San Francisco and a visually slick montage of views on Foster’s butch femme indeterminacy all help to confirm Foster’s status as a dyke icon.