aGLIFF ANNOUNCES SEPTEMBER 2023 SCREENING BARRIO BOY
Media Contact: Motley Crew Media for aGLIFF
Nicole Shiro | 512.740.6665 | nicole.shiro@motleycrewmedia.com
(AUSTIN, Texas) – Austin’s oldest film festival, aGLIFF announces the September 2023 screening of BARRIO BOY by Dennis Shinners on Wednesday, September 27 at the Galaxy Theatres. Open to aGLIFF members and guests for free; individual tickets are $15 and available for purchase at agliff.org/queer-spectrum.
SEPTEMBER 2023 QUEER SPECTRUM SCREENING
BARRIO BOY | SEPTEMBER 23, 2023
BARRIO BOY | USA | 82 minutes
Writer and Director: Dennis Shinners | Cast: Dennis Garcia, James Physick, Keet Davis
The Galaxy Theatres | 6700 Middle Fiskville Rd. | Austin 78752
7:00 p.m. Screening
A Latinx barber in a macho world faces a tough road ahead when feelings develop for a handsome stranger during a hot and sweaty summer in Brooklyn.
A chance encounter on a basketball court sparks an instant attraction between the Nuyorican barber and a handsome Irish stranger passing through town to settle his late father’s affairs. As this friendship blossoms, so do suspicions about the nature of their relationship, especially to the jealous eye of a childhood friend turned local bully. BARRIO BOY is a quest for love and self-acceptance as one navigates their way through the complex and often messy layers of sexuality, family, friends, race and class.
About Writer/Director Dennis Shinners
Dennis Shinners is an Emmy award winning filmmaker and promotional content creator based in NYC. He has created multiple campaigns for Peacock, AMC, IFC, Nickelodeon, WE Tv and TV Land among several other networks and brands. His short films including Area X (2007) or Barrio Boy (the short, 2013), have collectively screened at over 100 festivals worldwide. Barrio Boy is his first feature film.
Trailer for BARRIO BOY can be found HERE.
Community partners for this screening are allgo and Cine Las Americas.
TICKETS: All events are FREE for aGLIFF Members and guests who register in advance. BARRIO BOY is $15 for non-members. aGLIFF Members also receive unlimited guest passes to the Queer Spectrum series until further notice. Event registration for members and single tickets are available now at agliff.org/queer-spectrum.
aGLIFF MEMBERSHIP: Members get the best access, support aGLIFF’s year-round programming, and receive festival badges and an array of other perks depending on the level. Memberships start for as low as $25 a month and are available for purchase now at agliff.org/members.
PRESS: aGLIFF logo and assets, including film stills can be found HERE.
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SPONSORS: aGLIFF is made possible by the generous support of Tito's Handmade Vodka, KIND Clinic, Crunch Consulting, EDGE Media Network, Estes Audiology, and Topo Chico with additional support from the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department and Texas Commission on the Arts.
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About aGLIFF:
Founded in 1987, aGLIFF is Austin’s oldest film festival and became a 501(c)3 in 1995. The festival began as a four-day event with just four films primarily focused on coming out and the AIDS epidemic. It has grown into a multifaceted nonprofit organization with year-round community programs and events culminating each year in the annual PRISM film festival. Originally named the Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival (1987) the organization changed its name in 2018 to All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival to reflect the changing landscape of how queer people identify and now just goes by aGLIFF. In 2019, the Board of Directors selected PRISM as the festival theme to highlight the way the festival can refract a single beam of art into multiple viewpoints, showcasing all the voices in the spectrum of our LGBTQIA+ community through film.
The organization’s mission is to create positive and visible film programs relevant to the lives of LGBTQIA+ identified people, to educate the community about LGBTQIA+ issues, to produce and promote the best in LGBTQIA+ community building events, and to support and partner with other organizations to enlighten the public.
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