QUEER CINEMA: LOST & FOUND

THE RUBBER GUN

TIME & LOCATION

AFS Cinema - 6259 Middle Fiskville Road, 78752

Monday, December 16 at 7:00 p.m.

ABOUT THE EVENT

aGLIFF, Austin’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival in partnership with AFS Cinema present THE RUBBER GUN as part of AFS Cinema’s QUEER CINEMA: LOST & FOUND monthly screening series curated by Elizabeth Purchell from the popular podcast Ask Any Buddy. THE RUBBER GUN is a rarely-seen classic of 70s independent queer cinema that’s been newly restored by Canadian International Pictures.

ABOUT THE FILM

THE RUBBER GUN | Canada | 1977 | 1 hr 26 mins

Director: Allan Moyle | Writers: Allan Moyle, Stephen Lack, John Laing | Cast: Joe Mattia, Armand Monroe, Allan Moyle

The charasmatic leader of a pansexual drug commune unwittingly becomes the subject of a shy young sociolgy student’s thesis in this feature debut from future Times Square and Empire Records director Allan Moyle and Scanners star Stephen Lack. A unique mix of cinéma vérité documentaries and hard-boiled crime thrillers with an earworm-filled original soundtrack by Lewis Furey.

Screening with a video introduction by Queer Cinema: Lost & Found programmer Elizabeth Purchell.

QUEER CINEMA: LOST & FOUND

From Austin Film Society

Archivist and historian Elizabeth Purchell (of Ask Any Buddy) explores the history of queer cinema and its many groundbreaking pioneers in this refreshing behind-the-scenes look at the evolution of queer representation on screen.

THANKS TO THE PRESENTING PARTNER: