Showing posts with label documentaire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label documentaire. Show all posts
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Trechos do documentário Alexander McQueen - Moda e Atitude
"O documentário acompanha o surgimento do estilista considerado um dos mais inovadores de sua geração."
Source by GNT documentário - Globo Videos
Thursday, 4 February 2010
BEAUTIFUL DARLING - A DOCUMENTARY FILM
BEAUTIFUL DARLING is delighted and honored to announce its world premiere at the Berlinale: in the prestigious Panorama section of the 60th Berlin International Film Festival, taking place from February 11 to 21, 2010.
Beautiful Darling, a documentary film, pays tribute to the short but influential life of an extraordinary person -- the actress Candy Darling, born James Slattery in a Long Island suburb in 1944. Drawn to the feminine from childhood, by the mid-Sixties James had become Candy, a gorgeous, blonde actress and well-known downtown New York figure. Candy's career took her through the raucous and revolutionary Off-off-Broadway theater scene and into Andy Warhol's legendary Factory. There she became close to Warhol and starred in two Factory movies that still shock and amuse today: Flesh and Women in Revolt. Candy used her Warhol fame to land further film roles, and her admirer Tennessee Williams cast her in his play Small Craft Warnings. She dreamed of becoming a Hollywood star, but tragically died of lymphoma in the early Seventies, at only twenty-nine.
Beautiful Darling Trailer
Beautiful Darling | MySpace Video
Candy's beauty, humor, and early death, the guts it took to live as a woman, the glamorous parties and the famous friends -- most of all the strength of will she demonstrated in her remarkable act of self-creation -- moved those who knew her in her lifetime and continue to gather fans today. It's a story of wild, creative times and of audacious people, but one that has a theme inspiring for anyone, anywhere: whatever the obstacles, be true to yourself.
The film uses both current and vintage interviews, excerpts from Candy's own diaries and letters, as well as vintage footage of Candy and friends.
Production credits:
Writer/Director: James Rasin
James Rasin is a New York City writer and filmmaker. His short film The Burning Ghat, starring Beat writer Herbert Huncke, was screened at the Venice Biennale, and won the Gold Plaque at the Chicago International Film Festival. His short documentary, Gregory Corso Reads From the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights, was included in the Whitney Museum's "Beat Culture and the New America", and was also in the Venice Biennale. Rasin has written several screenplays, including co-writing (with Jack Walls) Somebody's Sins, about the lives of Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith. He has also written, directed and produced Off-off-Broadway theater.
Performers (voice):
Chloe Sevigny as Candy Darling
Chloe Sevigny has been one of the most respected and in-demand actresses of her generation, from her 1995 debut in Larry Clark's Kids, to her Academy Award-nominated performance in Boys Don't Cry, to her ongoing role in the hit HBO series Big Love, for which she has just won a Golden Globe award.
Patton Oswalt as Andy Warhol and Truman Capote
Comedian, actor, and writer Patton Oswalt has appeared in his own stand-up specials on Comedy Central and HBO. He voiced hero Remy in the beloved animated film Ratatouille, and his comedy album 222 is an iTunes best-seller.
Performers (as themselves):
George Abagnalo
Paul Ambrose
Penny Arcade
Peter Beard
Bob Colacello
Jackie Curtis
Candy Darling
Ron Delsener
Vincent Fremont
Aaron Richard Golub
Sam Green
Pat Hackett
Helen Hanft
Robert Heide
Melba LaRose Jr.
Fran Lebowitz
Agosto Machado
Gerard Malanga
Taylor Mead
Paul Morrissey
Julie Newmar
Jeremiah Newton
Glenn O'Brien
Michael J. Pollard
Ruby Lynn Reyner
Geraldine Smith
Valerie Solanas
Andy Warhol
John Waters
Tennessee Williams
Holly Woodlawn
Producer: Jeremiah Newton
Jeremiah Newton was a close friend of Candy Darling and is the executor of her estate. He co-edited (with Francesca Passalacqua and D.E. Hardy) the book My Face for the World to See: The Diaries, Letters, and Drawings of Candy Darling (Hardy Marks Publications, 1997), and wrote additional material for Mary Harron's film I Shot Andy Warhol ('96). A former president of the STONEWALL Veterans' Association, he works as Film & TV Industry Liaison at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
Producer: Elisabeth Bentley
Producer: Gill Holland
Spirit Award-nominee Producer of the Year Gill Holland, of The Group Entertainment, has been involved in the production of over sixty films, including Loggerheads (Sundance '05), Spirit Award-winner Sweet Land, multiple award-winner Spring Forward, comedy The Adventures of Power and documentary FLOW: For Love of Water (both Sundance '08). In 1997 Holland produced Hurricane, written and directed by Morgan Freeman, which was the first feature to win three awards at Sundance.
Executive Producer: Michael J. Newman
Executive Producer: D.J. Martin
Co-Producer: Jessica Marx
Co-Producer: Zac Stuart-Pontier
Associate Producer: Meg E. Newman
Associate Producer: Hilary McCutcheon
Original music composed by: Gerald Busby
Original music composed by: Louis Durra
Music Supervisor: Peter Iselin
Director of Photography: Martina Radwan
Title Design: Deborah Ross
Color Correction: Paul Roman (West Post Digital)
Additional Cinematography: Luis Colon
Additional Cinematography: Gabriel Judet-Weinshel
Assistant Camera: Marcela Coto
Assistant Camera: Ganesh Hennigs
Editor: Zac Stuart-Pontier
Additional editing: Brian Gates
Sound Mixer: Tyler Cartner
Additional Sound: Jesse Flower-Ambroch
Sound Design, Re-recording Mixer: Andy Hay, Spank Machine
Casting: Michael Nicolo
Production Coordinator: Carly Hugo
Post-production Assistant, Los Angeles: Jack Michael Marshall
Production Assistant: Jon Ryan McMahon
Production Assistant: Miranda Sajdak
Production Assistant: Cymbre Walk
Production Assistant: Jenna Friedenberg (Digital Asssistant)
Assistant to Mr. Newton and Mr. Rasin: Anne Loretto
Source by http://www.beautifuldarling.com and myspace video (Beautiful Darling)
Monday, 31 August 2009
Wednesday, 5 August 2009
Sunday, 28 June 2009
INDEPENDENT LENS | AT HOME IN UTOPIA | Trailer | PBS
"http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/at... A home of your own: that’s the American dream. But what happens when the dreamers are immigrants, factory workers and Communists? Director Michal Goldman traces the history of "The Coops," a cooperative apartment complex built in the Bronx by Jewish garment workers. The film tracks the rise and fall of the community from the 1920s into the 1950s, bearing witness to lives lived across barriers of race, convention and sometimes even common sense.
AT HOME IN UTOPIA premieres Tuesday, April 28 on INDEPENDENT LENS, a weekly series airing on PBS. Hosted by Terrence Howard, the acclaimed series showcases powerful and innovative independent films. Presented by ITVS, INDEPENDENT LENS is broadcast on PBS stations nationwide. Visit the Web site for more: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/"
SOURCE BY PBS
INDEPENDENT LENS | AT HOME IN UTOPIA | Film Clip #3 | PBS
"http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/at... A home of your own: that’s the American dream. But what happens when the dreamers are immigrants, factory workers and Communists? Director Michal Goldman traces the history of "The Coops," a cooperative apartment complex built in the Bronx by Jewish garment workers. The film tracks the rise and fall of the community from the 1920s into the 1950s, bearing witness to lives lived across barriers of race, convention and sometimes even common sense.
In this clip, former residents of the Coops recall celebrating May Day, also known as International Workers' Day, and marching in parades.
AT HOME IN UTOPIA premieres Tuesday, April 28 on INDEPENDENT LENS, a weekly series airing on PBS. Hosted by Terrence Howard, the acclaimed series showcases powerful and innovative independent films. Presented by ITVS, INDEPENDENT LENS is broadcast on PBS stations nationwide."
SOURCE BY PBS
INDEPENDENT LENS | AT HOME IN UTOPIA | Film Clip #2 | PBS
"http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/at... A home of your own: that’s the American dream. But what happens when the dreamers are immigrants, factory workers and Communists? Director Michal Goldman traces the history of "The Coops," a cooperative apartment complex built in the Bronx by Jewish garment workers. The film tracks the rise and fall of the community from the 1920s into the 1950s, bearing witness to lives lived across barriers of race, convention and sometimes even common sense.
In this clip, Jewish immigrants buy land in the Bronx to realize their dream: the largest cooperative apartment complex built to date in America. AT HOME IN UTOPIA premieres Tuesday, April 28 on INDEPENDENT LENS, a weekly series airing on PBS. Hosted by Terrence Howard, the acclaimed series showcases powerful and innovative independent films. Presented by ITVS, INDEPENDENT LENS is broadcast on PBS stations nationwide."
INDEPENDENT LENS | AT HOME IN UTOPIA | Film Clip #4 | PBS
"http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/at... A home of your own: thats the American dream. But what happens when the dreamers are immigrants, factory workers and Communists? Director Michal Goldman traces the history of "The Coops," a cooperative apartment complex built in the Bronx by Jewish garment workers. The film tracks the rise and fall of the community from the 1920s into the 1950s, bearing witness to lives lived across barriers of race, convention and sometimes even common sense.
In this clip, while the Coops were racially integrated, residents confronted racism in other parts of New York.
AT HOME IN UTOPIA premieres Tuesday, April 28 on INDEPENDENT LENS, a weekly series airing on PBS. Hosted by Terrence Howard, the acclaimed series showcases powerful and innovative independent films. Presented by ITVS, INDEPENDENT LENS is broadcast on PBS stations nationwide. Visit the Web site for more: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/"
SOURCE B PBS
La Fin Des Cathares (1 sur 3)
La Fin Des Cathares (1 sur 3)
Video sent by rapharaons
Les dossiers secrets de l'Inquisition n°1
En 1308, le village occitan de Montaillou, dernier bastion cathare, tombe sous le joug de l’Inquisition.
C'est l'aboutissement d'une terrible lutte menée contre les Cathares, qui représentaient une menace aux yeux de l’Eglise.
Les Dominicains qui conduisent l'Inquisition n’épargneront personne, pas même le prêtre ni la châtelaine.
En effet, au siècle précédent, les papes Innocent III puis Grégoire IX ont donné toute latitude aux Dominicains pour éradiquer «l’hérésie cathare».
Le village entier sera interrogé, lors d'un vaste procès.
La documentation exhaustive soigneusement archivée par l’évêque Fournier a permis aux historiens d'en reconstituer le déroulement.
partie 2:http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6qirh_la-fin-des-cathares-2-sur-3_tech
La Fin Des Cathares (3 sur 3)
La Fin Des Cathares (3 sur 3)
Video sent by rapharaons
Les dossiers secrets de l'Inquisition n°1
En 1308, le village occitan de Montaillou, dernier bastion cathare, tombe sous le joug de l’Inquisition.
C'est l'aboutissement d'une terrible lutte menée contre les Cathares, qui représentaient une menace aux yeux de l’Eglise.
Les Dominicains qui conduisent l'Inquisition n’épargneront personne, pas même le prêtre ni la châtelaine.
En effet, au siècle précédent, les papes Innocent III puis Grégoire IX ont donné toute latitude aux Dominicains pour éradiquer «l’hérésie cathare».
Le village entier sera interrogé, lors d'un vaste procès.
La documentation exhaustive soigneusement archivée par l’évêque Fournier a permis aux historiens d'en reconstituer le déroulement.
La Fin Des Cathares (2 sur 3)
La Fin Des Cathares (2 sur 3)
Video sent by rapharaons
Les dossiers secrets de l'Inquisition n°1
En 1308, le village occitan de Montaillou, dernier bastion cathare, tombe sous le joug de l’Inquisition.
C'est l'aboutissement d'une terrible lutte menée contre les Cathares, qui représentaient une menace aux yeux de l’Eglise.
Les Dominicains qui conduisent l'Inquisition n’épargneront personne, pas même le prêtre ni la châtelaine.
En effet, au siècle précédent, les papes Innocent III puis Grégoire IX ont donné toute latitude aux Dominicains pour éradiquer «l’hérésie cathare».
Le village entier sera interrogé, lors d'un vaste procès.
La documentation exhaustive soigneusement archivée par l’évêque Fournier a permis aux historiens d'en reconstituer le déroulement.
partie 3:http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6qj88_la-fin-des-cathares-3-sur-3_tech
Thursday, 18 June 2009
Wednesday, 10 June 2009
Monday, 8 June 2009
Coco Chanel 1/10
Coco Chanel 1/10
Video sent by apocalyptique00
Coco Chanel
Réalisation: Christian Duguay.
Coco Chanel est au faîte de sa gloire. Mais, avec nostalgie, elle se penche sur ses jeunes années. Née Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel, elle a grandi avec sa mère Jeanne et son père Albert. La famille vivote de foires en marchés. Lorsque sa mère meurt d'épuisement, la jeune Gabrielle est placée en orphelinat. En effet, son père décide de tout quitter pour faire fortune aux Etats-Unis. Ses deux frères sont placés dans une ferme. Durant son adolescence, la jeune fille apprend la couture. Très douée, elle est vite embauchée comme couseuse dans une maison spécialisée en layettes. Mais Gabrielle refuse de mener une vie modeste. Elle se rend à Vichy en 1908, où tout le monde remarque rapidement sa jolie silhouette...
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Sunday, 31 May 2009
Milk
Scenes from the Gus Van Sant film "Milk" starring Sean Penn & James Franco. Song: Time after time, performed by John Barrowman.
Tuesday, 31 March 2009
Los Angeles Times, February 23,2001
Poignant Documentary Recalls Nazis’ Gay Victims
The Film Explores How an 1871 German Law Led to Prison and Death for Thousands During WW II
Los Angeles Times, February 23, 2001
Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, CA, 90053
Fax: 213-237-7679 or 213-237-5319
Email: letters@latimes.com
http://www.latimes.com/print/calendar/20010223/t000000003.html
By Kevin Thomas, Times Staff Writer
When filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman went to the 1997 Amsterdam premiere of their documentary "The Celluloid Closet," based on Vito Russo’s landmark survey of how gays and lesbians have been depicted in the movies, they met Dr. Klaus Muller, a German historian and European project director for the U.S. Holocaust Museum. They then embarked upon a collaboration with Muller, who had been researching gay survivors of the Nazis since the early ‘90s.
The result is their prize-winning new documentary, "Paragraph 175," which takes its title from the German anti-gay law passed in 1871 and enforced in East Germany until 1968 and West Germany until 1969.
At once illuminating, poignant and heartening, "Paragraph 175," eloquently narrated by Rupert Everett, calls attention to the fact that the Third Reich systematically targeted gay men as well as Jews, Gypsies, Communists and anyone else it deemed undesirable.
That gays were rounded up and sent to concentration camps, required to wear pink triangles, just as Jews had to wear yellow Star of David patches, is not all that well-known. A 1993 survey commissioned by the American Jewish Committee revealed that only half of the adults in Britain and only one-fourth of American adults knew that gays were victims of the Nazis.
What’s more, the 20th century ended without any effort on the part of the German government to offer reparations to gay survivors, whose fate went unnoticed at the Nuremberg trials. Muller, who looks to be thirty-something, tells us he grew up in Germany unaware of the Nazi treatment of gays.
In the course of the 12 years of the Third Reich, about 100,000 men were arrested for homosexuality. Roughly half were sent to prisons and 10,000 to 15,000 were sent to concentration camps. Since most gay men were Gentiles, they were not slated for execution but were made slave laborers or subjected to medical experimentation; their death rate, however, is estimated to be as high as 60% — the highest percentage for non-Jewish victims of the Nazis.
By 1945, only 4,000 had survived. By the time "Paragraph 175" was shot, only 10 were known to be still alive, with two declining to participate. We meet six of them, with one man appearing only long enough to protest, "Oh, I’ve talked about this so much," and then refusing to say more.
While the Nazis regarded male homosexuality as contagious and therefore a threat to the Third Reich, they curiously viewed lesbianism as a "temporary, curable" condition. Only five lesbians are on record as having been sent to concentration camps, although the Nazis closed down lesbian bars as swiftly as gay bars and gathering places. Also participating in the film is Annette Eick, a lesbian and a Jew, who speaks of her miraculous escape to England while losing her entire family to Auschwitz. The Nazis were soon not only enforcing Paragraph 175, but also extending it. Gossip and innuendo were enough to have a man arrested and imprisoned without trial.
Through a treasure trove of vintage stills and archival footage the filmmakers evoke the glittering high life of Weimar Republic Berlin, a center of avant-garde art and literature and and a mecca for gays and lesbians, who could live openly at a time when pioneer gay activist Dr. Magnus Hirshfeld, founder of the prestigious Institute of Sexual Science, was leading a campaign to repeal Paragraph 175. Even with the rise of Hitler, gays, like many Jews, considered themselves Germans first, which in many instances slowed their response to danger. Many gays were also given a false sense of security when Hitler, shortly after coming to power, stood by Ernst Roehm, his burly chief organizer of the fearsome storm troopers, when Roehm came under fire for his well-known homosexuality. However, in the following year, 1934, during the notorious Night of the Long Knives, Roehm was murdered after he refused to commit suicide.
Gad Beck, Heinz Dormer, Pierre Seel, Heinz F. and Albrecht Becker, ranging in age from late 70s to mid-90s, recall with pleasure and amusement sexual adventures of long ago, many of them carried out in a spirit of defiance and at high risk. These men come across as sturdy survivors, which provides uplifting and crucial contrast to the terrible stories they have to tell. Alsatian Seel recounts, among other atrocities, witnessing a concentration camp friend being eaten alive by German shepherd dogs.
Especially moving is the dignified Heinz F., who beginning in 1935 spent nearly nine years in concentration camps, returning home to help his brother run the family store without ever speaking of his ordeal until, at age 93, he recounts for this documentary his experiences for the first time. There are tears shed for the dozen friends he witnessed being summarily shot to death, but at the end of his account, he says with a smile, "I’ve got a thick skin, no?" As for Heinz Dormer, not only did he spend nearly a decade behind bars for Paragraph 175 violations, being released only with the war’s end in 1945, he spent another eight years in prison for post-World War II arrests.
Reparations, should they ever be made, seem unlikely to arrive in time for these men. Muller, however, has seen to it that the experiences of gays during the Third Reich have been acknowledged and preserved at the U.S. Holocaust Museum.
Unrated. Times guidelines: Persecution accounts are too stark and intense for youngsters. ‘Paragraph 175’
A New Yorker Films release of a Telling Pictures production. Producers-directors Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman. Producers Michael Ehrenzweig, Janet Cole; co-producer Howard Rosenman. Director of research/associate producer Klaus Muller. Writer Sharon Wood. Cinematographer Bernd Meiners. Editor Dawn Logsdon. Music Tibo Szemzo. Running time: 1 hour, 21 minutes.
Exclusively at the Nuart through Thursday, 11272 Santa Monica Blvd., West Los Angeles, (310) 478-6379.
*SODOMYLAWS
The Film Explores How an 1871 German Law Led to Prison and Death for Thousands During WW II
Los Angeles Times, February 23, 2001
Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, CA, 90053
Fax: 213-237-7679 or 213-237-5319
Email: letters@latimes.com
http://www.latimes.com/print/calendar/20010223/t000000003.html
By Kevin Thomas, Times Staff Writer
When filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman went to the 1997 Amsterdam premiere of their documentary "The Celluloid Closet," based on Vito Russo’s landmark survey of how gays and lesbians have been depicted in the movies, they met Dr. Klaus Muller, a German historian and European project director for the U.S. Holocaust Museum. They then embarked upon a collaboration with Muller, who had been researching gay survivors of the Nazis since the early ‘90s.
The result is their prize-winning new documentary, "Paragraph 175," which takes its title from the German anti-gay law passed in 1871 and enforced in East Germany until 1968 and West Germany until 1969.
At once illuminating, poignant and heartening, "Paragraph 175," eloquently narrated by Rupert Everett, calls attention to the fact that the Third Reich systematically targeted gay men as well as Jews, Gypsies, Communists and anyone else it deemed undesirable.
That gays were rounded up and sent to concentration camps, required to wear pink triangles, just as Jews had to wear yellow Star of David patches, is not all that well-known. A 1993 survey commissioned by the American Jewish Committee revealed that only half of the adults in Britain and only one-fourth of American adults knew that gays were victims of the Nazis.
What’s more, the 20th century ended without any effort on the part of the German government to offer reparations to gay survivors, whose fate went unnoticed at the Nuremberg trials. Muller, who looks to be thirty-something, tells us he grew up in Germany unaware of the Nazi treatment of gays.
In the course of the 12 years of the Third Reich, about 100,000 men were arrested for homosexuality. Roughly half were sent to prisons and 10,000 to 15,000 were sent to concentration camps. Since most gay men were Gentiles, they were not slated for execution but were made slave laborers or subjected to medical experimentation; their death rate, however, is estimated to be as high as 60% — the highest percentage for non-Jewish victims of the Nazis.
By 1945, only 4,000 had survived. By the time "Paragraph 175" was shot, only 10 were known to be still alive, with two declining to participate. We meet six of them, with one man appearing only long enough to protest, "Oh, I’ve talked about this so much," and then refusing to say more.
While the Nazis regarded male homosexuality as contagious and therefore a threat to the Third Reich, they curiously viewed lesbianism as a "temporary, curable" condition. Only five lesbians are on record as having been sent to concentration camps, although the Nazis closed down lesbian bars as swiftly as gay bars and gathering places. Also participating in the film is Annette Eick, a lesbian and a Jew, who speaks of her miraculous escape to England while losing her entire family to Auschwitz. The Nazis were soon not only enforcing Paragraph 175, but also extending it. Gossip and innuendo were enough to have a man arrested and imprisoned without trial.
Through a treasure trove of vintage stills and archival footage the filmmakers evoke the glittering high life of Weimar Republic Berlin, a center of avant-garde art and literature and and a mecca for gays and lesbians, who could live openly at a time when pioneer gay activist Dr. Magnus Hirshfeld, founder of the prestigious Institute of Sexual Science, was leading a campaign to repeal Paragraph 175. Even with the rise of Hitler, gays, like many Jews, considered themselves Germans first, which in many instances slowed their response to danger. Many gays were also given a false sense of security when Hitler, shortly after coming to power, stood by Ernst Roehm, his burly chief organizer of the fearsome storm troopers, when Roehm came under fire for his well-known homosexuality. However, in the following year, 1934, during the notorious Night of the Long Knives, Roehm was murdered after he refused to commit suicide.
Gad Beck, Heinz Dormer, Pierre Seel, Heinz F. and Albrecht Becker, ranging in age from late 70s to mid-90s, recall with pleasure and amusement sexual adventures of long ago, many of them carried out in a spirit of defiance and at high risk. These men come across as sturdy survivors, which provides uplifting and crucial contrast to the terrible stories they have to tell. Alsatian Seel recounts, among other atrocities, witnessing a concentration camp friend being eaten alive by German shepherd dogs.
Especially moving is the dignified Heinz F., who beginning in 1935 spent nearly nine years in concentration camps, returning home to help his brother run the family store without ever speaking of his ordeal until, at age 93, he recounts for this documentary his experiences for the first time. There are tears shed for the dozen friends he witnessed being summarily shot to death, but at the end of his account, he says with a smile, "I’ve got a thick skin, no?" As for Heinz Dormer, not only did he spend nearly a decade behind bars for Paragraph 175 violations, being released only with the war’s end in 1945, he spent another eight years in prison for post-World War II arrests.
Reparations, should they ever be made, seem unlikely to arrive in time for these men. Muller, however, has seen to it that the experiences of gays during the Third Reich have been acknowledged and preserved at the U.S. Holocaust Museum.
Unrated. Times guidelines: Persecution accounts are too stark and intense for youngsters. ‘Paragraph 175’
A New Yorker Films release of a Telling Pictures production. Producers-directors Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman. Producers Michael Ehrenzweig, Janet Cole; co-producer Howard Rosenman. Director of research/associate producer Klaus Muller. Writer Sharon Wood. Cinematographer Bernd Meiners. Editor Dawn Logsdon. Music Tibo Szemzo. Running time: 1 hour, 21 minutes.
Exclusively at the Nuart through Thursday, 11272 Santa Monica Blvd., West Los Angeles, (310) 478-6379.
*SODOMYLAWS
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