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Thursday, December 2, 2010

Chocolate Babies (1997) Film Screening
Billy Wilder Theater In Los Angeles, California
Friday, December 10th, 2010 @ 7:30PM





“Chocolate Babies” (1997)
Directed by Stephen Winter
Running Time: 83 minutes (35mm film print)

When a band of HIV-positive African American drag queens have had enough of patronizing activists and politicians, they launch an underground terror campaign to fight for justice. Writer-director Stephen Winter's scathingly funny and tender feature debut hits like a hand grenade, demolishing independent film conventions as thoroughly as the political marginalization and complacency that are its main targets.

Part of the UCLA Film & Television Archive's Legacy Project series, in partnership with OutFest. Chocolate Babies is distributed by Frameline Distribution.


Producer: Jason Kliot, Joana Vicente.
Screenwriter: Stephen Winter.
Editor: Francisco Macias.
Cast: Suzanne Gregg Ferguson, Dudley Findlay, Jr., Jon Kit Lee, Michael Lynch, Claude E. Sloan.


In person: Ernest Hardy, Tisa Bryant, editors, War Diaries; Kevin Simmonds, contributor, War Diaries; Pato Hebert, AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA); Keith M. Harris, associate professor, UC Riverside.

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2 comments:

  1. GregThursday, December 9, 2010 at 11:32:00 AM EST

    I will look forward to when it screens here in NYC

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  2. UnknownThursday, December 9, 2010 at 3:18:00 PM EST

    Hey Greg,

    I totally agree with you. Being that I reside in New York City, I'd like to see a screening here as well.

    My former lover has an original pre-recorded VHS tape of Chocolate Babies that he showed me years ago (his favorite film) and that was the only time I saw the film.

    Also, I had a conversation with actor (and friend) Bryan Webster (who played Councilman Melvin Freeman) and he tells me writer/director Stephen Winter is trying to work on a DVD release of the film. So let's really hope that happens as well.

    Thanks for stopping by Nubian Knights Network, Greg.

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