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San Francisco, CA – Microcinema
International has inked an exclusive five-picture home video distribution
deal with newly launched label and distributor, Outcast Films. The
deal includes five films by award-winning filmmaker, Su Friedrich:
“The Ties That Bind,” “Damned if You Don’t,”
“Sink or Swim,” “Hide and Seek,” and “The
Odds of Recovery.” The five titles by avant-garde filmmaker,
Su Friedrich are described as, “personal, experimental films
that deal largely with issues of feminism, gender and lesbian sexuality,”
and are scheduled for wide home video DVD release on March 27th,
2007.
“Outcast Films is thrilled to form a partnership with Microcinema
International who has been a long standing distributor and exhibitor
of outstanding media by cutting edge filmmakers and we are very
excited that they are making the films of Su Friedrich accessible
to a broader and more mainstream audience,” said Vanessa Domico,
President and Founder of Outcast Films based in New York City.
Microcinema International Founder, Joel S. Bachar states, “We
have been looking to acquire important and relevant queer cinema
titles for many years, and after careful consideration we are thrilled
to establish this partnership with Outcast Films. Su Friedrich’s
films will add significant value to our catalogue, as will future
releases coming from the Outcast Films label.”
About Su Friedrich
From the onset of her career in the late 1970’s, Su Friedrich
has been a leading figure in avant-garde filmmaking and a pivotal
force in the establishment of Queer Cinema. Her work has radicalized
film form and content by incorporating a feminist perspective and
issues of lesbian identity and by creating a remarkable and innovative
synthesis of experimental, narrative and documentary genres. Friedrich’s
films are multi-lingual, moving fluidly between the personal and
the political, >from autobiographical films about family to the
investigation of society’s notions of sexual identity. Her
rich cinematic palette, which includes home movies, archival footage,
interviews, and scripted narratives, has resulted in a thrilling
body of work that continues to influence and inspire new generations
of independent filmmakers.
About Microcinema International DVD
Microcinema International DVD is a retail and wholesale distributor
of the moving image arts specializing in unique and diverse DVD
titles created by international artists and labels. The Microcinema
International DVD catalogue features short-film and animation compilations,
documentaries, art and artist, fashion design, motion design, graphic
design, political, LGBT, and experimental titles.
www.microcinemadvd.com
About Outcast Films
Newly launched Outcast Films is a film distribution company dedicated
to the fair and equal representation of media made by or about the
diverse Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender community. We are also
educators and activists and want to be a vehicle for voices that
may not otherwise be heard. Outcast Films outreaches to thousands
of teachers, community leaders, activists, policy makers and breakers,
institutions, and individuals. Through our efforts, we hope to foster
critical discussions around social justice issues, as well as providing
the public with a resource of cutting edge films and videos created
by and impacting the LGBT community. |
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