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QDOC: PORTLAND QUEER DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL 2019

QDoc is the only festival in the U.S. devoted exclusively to LGBTQ documentaries, and it's coming to the Hollywood Theatre this year May 2-5!

Documentaries offer a unique vehicle to creatively engage core issues of queer identity – politics, history, culture, diversity, sexuality, family, aging, and coming-out issues. Documentary as a form of expression is as vital and energetic as it has ever been, and QDoc brings the highest caliber of films – and their makers – to share with Portland audiences.

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Gay Chorus Deep South

Thursday, May 2, 10:30 PM

OPENING NIGHT!

In response to a wave of discriminatory anti-LGBTQ laws in Southern states and the divisive 2016 election, the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus embarks on a tour of the American Deep South.

For tickets, visit the QDoc website here. Hollywood Theatre members, for details on your member access, email destynee@hollywoodtheatre.org.

XY Chelsea

Friday, May 3, 9:00 PM

After leaking classified U.S. documents to WikiLeaks, this film follows the release from prison of Chelsea Manning a trans woman, former U.S. Army soldier and intelligence analyst, convicted of violating the Espionage Act in 2013.

For tickets, visit the QDoc website here. Hollywood Theatre members, for details on your member access, email destynee@hollywoodtheatre.org.

Deep in Vogue

Friday, May 3, 11:00 PM

A celebration of the queer heroes of Manchester’s Vogue ball scene, which takes its inspiration from the US model of competing Houses that were developed in the black, gay ballrooms of 1980s New York.

For tickets, visit the QDoc website here. Hollywood Theatre members, for details on your member access, email destynee@hollywoodtheatre.org.

Scream, Queen!

Saturday, May 4, 12:45 AM

Some have called it the ‘gayest horror movie ever made!’ But for Mark Patton, the star of A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge, it was anything but a dream come true.

For tickets, visit the QDoc website here. Hollywood Theatre members, for details on your member access, email destynee@hollywoodtheatre.org.

Circus of Books

Saturday, May 4, 4:00 PM

When Karen and Barry Mason took over an adult bookshop in the biggest gay neighborhood in Los Angeles, the couple never imagined the dramatic effect it would have on their lives and the their customers.

For tickets, visit the QDoc website here. Hollywood Theatre members, for details on your member access, email destynee@hollywoodtheatre.org.

Seahorse

Saturday, May 4, 6:30 PM

Jeanie Finlay’s latest documentary thoughtfully chronicles a transgender man’s path to parenthood. It's an intimate portrait of a transgender man’s profound reckoning with conventions of masculinity, self-definition and biology.

For tickets, visit the QDoc website here. Hollywood Theatre members, for details on your member access, email destynee@hollywoodtheatre.org.

The Fruit Machine

Saturday, May 4, 9:15 PM

Nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Documentary, The Fruit Machine details the Canadian government’s systematic attempts to purge its armed services of queers following the anti-gay hysteria that ran from the beginning of the Cold War through to the 1980s.

For tickets, visit the QDoc website here. Hollywood Theatre members, for details on your member access, email destynee@hollywoodthea…

Crystal City

Saturday, May 4, 11:45 PM

After surviving AIDS, the gay community must once again unite against a new killer. This frightening but hopeful documentary explores the myriad of causes and effects of crystal meth addiction.

For tickets, visit the QDoc website here. Hollywood Theatre members, for details on your member access, email destynee@hollywoodtheatre.org.

THE COMING BACK OUT BALL

Sunday, May 5, 3:00 PM

In the middle of Australia’s bitterly divisive marriage equality vote, Melbourne hosts a gala event to honor and celebrate its LGBTI elders. It's a glittering red-carpet evening held to celebrate these pioneers and their achievements.

For tickets, visit the QDoc website here. Hollywood Theatre members, for details on your member access, email destynee@hollywoodtheatre.org.

Q Shorts

Sunday, May 5, 5:00 PM

Four wonderful queer shorts in a row...

INVISIBLE WOMEN

The story of the lesbian pioneers in England who formed the Northern branch of the GLF and put women’s rights on the agenda.

MACK WRESTLES

"Mack Beggs broke records and changed history when he won the Texas state title as a transgender wrestler. Now with high school ending and college on the horizon, the sports champion and national activis…

CASSANDRO, THE EXOTICO!

Sunday, May 5, 7:30 PM

Cassandro, known as the “Liberace of Lucha Libre" is a Mexican professional wrestler known for outrageous gender presentation and equally spectacular wrestling moves. Beautifully shot on 16mm over the course of five years, Marie Losier’s film follows this gay champion coming to terms with his body and its inevitable limitations.

For tickets, visit the QDoc website here. Hollywood Theatre memb…

FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO

Sunday, May 5, 10:00 PM

When the Supreme Court legalized marriage equality, the backlash by the religious right was swift, severe, and successful. A look at four faith-based families with LGBTQ children caught in the crosshairs of sexuality, identity, and scripture.

For tickets, visit the QDoc website here. Hollywood Theatre members, for details on your member access, email destynee@hollywoodtheatre.org.