NewFilmmakers LA Takes Pride in LGBT Film,
June 27th in Downtown LA
This month NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) is
excited to celebrate Pride Month with three ‘In Focus:
LGBT’ screening programs, spotlighting creative works
directed by locals and internationals from all around the
world. The festivities— held at the AT&T center in Downtown LA — will kick off with a pre- reception and close
with an after party.
From activists such as Chaz Bono, to our most recent
transformation of Olympic athlete and adored celebrity,
Bruce Jenner, heartwarming and inspirational stories of
the LGBT community are advocating change; as public
figures, they are paving the way and empowering our
youth to stand up for the comfortable and compassionate relationships they deserve.
This month, NewFilmmakers LA is honored to announce
three LGBT Pride programs from artists who have made
it possible to share their stories; to bring awareness to
the hardships they have witnessed through friends and
family. The festival will include ten films with four shorts,
a documentary feature, and a narrative feature as part of
the In Focus: LGBT program.
KITTENS IN A CAGE
directed by Jillian Armenante
(USA)
Ukulele-playing bad girl Junie Butler (Cold Case’s Rebecca Mozo) gets muscled into prison by her rat fink friends.
Abandoned by all, she turns to the warm embrace of her
pyromaniac cellmate as they plot to escape from a power
hungry prison matron (Gigi Bermingham of Scandal) and
an axe-murdering beauty queen. Also starring Michelle
Monaghan (Gone Baby Gone), Joel McHale (The Soup,
Community), Lauren Weedman (Date Night), Jonathan
Sadowski (She’s the Man), Felicia Day (The Guild, Dr.
Horrible’s Sing- a-Long Blog, Supernatural), Misha Collins (Girl, Interrupted), Phil LaMarr (Pulp Fiction), Michaela
Watkins (The Back-up Plan), Connor Trinneer (One Life
to Live), Sadie Alexandru (Gamer), Rebecca Field (Horrible Bosses 2) and Jillian Armenante (Judging Amy.)
The series, which was originally a stage play, written by
Kelleen Conway Blanchard, is a project among friends
and family, all of which are involved in the cast and
crew, including cinematographer Peter Alton (Borderland).
The series has been featured in over a dozen articles
including Variety, Backstage, and BroadwayWorld.