Wolfe To Be Honored at Fresno Reel Pride (Sept 15-19)
On the evening of September 19th, the board of Fresno’s Reel Pride Film Festival (September 15-19) will present the Reel Pride Achievement Award in Queer Cinema to Kathy Wolfe and Maria Lynn of Wolfe Video in honor of the company’s 25th anniversary year.
When founder Kathy Wolfe describes the origins of Wolfe Video, she credits an early Frameline screening of the landmark documentary Word Is Out as her catalyst. The message she took out of the theatre that night — about being out and proud and actively working to improve lesbian and gay lives — resulted in the birth of Wolfe Video.
From the beginning twenty-five years ago, Wolfe has evolved into the largest exclusive distributor of gay and lesbian films. The company’s films are now reaching viewers via film festivals, theatrical and non-theatrical releasing, broadcast, DVD, and digital delivery.
Launched in 1985 on the eve of the “Gay New Wave,” which included the theatrical releases of classics like Desert Hearts and Parting Glances, this Northern California company began by producing short lesbian videos. When Maria Lynn, Wolfe’s current President, came aboard, her extraordinary business sense paved the way for the team’s skyrocketing success. They company’s first big break came from the support of Lily Tomlin, who chose Wolfe to distribute her entire catalog of performance works. With Tomlin’s films, Wolfe built a loyal customer base for their mail order distribution business.
Wolfe’s popular library of titles includes award-winning Reel Pride favorites like Big Eden, Claire of the Moon, Loving Annabelle, Were The World Mine, Itty bitty Titty Committee, and Brother To Brother. This tradition of excellence continues this year with the stunning Peruvian feature and Closing Night film titled Undertow (Contracorriente), one of Wolfe’s newest acquisitions among hundreds of other features, documentaries and shorts.
Get your tickets and find complete details for Fresno Reel Pride.
Cathy DeBuono & Jill Bennett on My Lesbian Radio
The latest installment of MyLesbianRadio.com’s Lesbian Lounge features a great 45 minute conversation with Hollywood hotties Jill Bennett and Cathy DeBuono talking about everything from Prop 8 and the Sweet cruise to the wave of success their show WE HAVE TO STOP NOW is experiencing.
Click thru to listen to: My Lesbian Radio.
And order your DVD of WE HAVE TO STOP NOW: SEASON 1 from WolfeVideo.com today.
Deutche Kinemathek: Romy Schneider. Vienna – Berlin – Paris
Check out the website promoting the current exhibition of photographs following the career of screen legend, Romy Schneider (star of the upcoming Wolfe DVD release, MADCHEN IN UNIFORM). The exhibition documents the eventful career of Romy Schneider, who by the late 1950s no longer wanted to be known as the child star of the Sissi films, and by the 1970s was a celebrated star of French cinema. A large number of unknown photographs of Romy Schneider, her film partners, and family from the 1950s and 1960s will be on display from the collections of the Deutsche Kinemathek. The exhibition will also present loans from private individuals and institutions from France and Austria. An accompanying catalogue under the same title as the exhibition has been published by Henschel Verlag; edited by Daniela Sannwald and Peter Mänz. Focusing on selected exhibits, it traces the various stages of the actress’ career – as a daughter, rebel, international star and a devastated women – while also examining the media’s marketing and legendization of Romy Schneider.
See more at: Deutsche Kinemathek – Museum für Film und Fernsehen.
And order your DVD of MADCHEN IN UNIFORM right now from WolfeVideo.com!
White House Asks All Americans To Join Pakistan Relief Effort
from The White House Blog:
“Flooding in Pakistan: Join the Relief, Recovery and Reconstruction Effort
“This flooding has already affected more people than the Indian Ocean tsunami, the Haiti earthquake, and the 2005 Pakistan earthquake combined,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday during an address to the United Nations. Over 20 million Pakistanis have been affected during this humanitarian crisis and as the rains relentlessly fall the risk of expanded flooding continues. Shortages in food, shelter, clean drinking water, and medical supplies face families across the region and as the water continues to rise, it may get worse before it gets better.
That is why the United States Government through the Department of State created the Pakistan Relief Fund for people like you to contribute money to the ongoing relief efforts in Pakistan. Though Secretary Clinton acknowledged that these are tough economic times and everyone has tight budgets, every dollar makes a difference in providing immediate relief and assistance to support a sustained recovery. Five dollars can buy 50 high energy bars providing desperately needed nutrition, $10 can provide a blanket for a mother or a child, and about $40 can buy material to shelter a family of four who has lost their home in the floods.
Americans can help the Pakistani people confront this challenge by donating $10 through their mobile phone by texting the word FLOOD to 27722. Your contribution will provide life sustaining items to help people in the flood-affected area.
President Obama is committed to continuing to assist the Government of Pakistan in their immediate response and being a partner in the long term recovery.”
via Flooding in Pakistan: Join the Relief, Recovery and Reconstruction Effort | The White House.
Fruit Fly
DVD Wolfe Price: $17.96 Available: October 19, 2010
Synopsis:
Bright, effervescent and witty, Fruit Fly gives a musically gay twist to this “Tales of the City”-esque drama with sparkling results. H.P.Mendoza’s (Colma:The Musical ) critically-acclaimed directorial debut follows Bethesda (L.A. Renigen), a young performance artist in search of her career and birth mother in San Francisco. Moving into the city’s vibrant queer neighborhood, and surrounding herself with a loving gay family, she becomes the “fruit fly” of choice for her circle of gay male buddies, while uncovering long-hidden family secrets. Full of quirky, melodic and uplifting musical/dance performances, Fruit Fly is a glittering mash-up that will have you humming for days.
Year Produced: 2010
Directed By: H.P. Mendoza
Starring: L.A. Renigen
Language: English
Run Time: 94 min.
Rating: Not Rated
Glee Complete First Season
DVD Wolfe Price: $39.95 Now Shipping!
Synopsis:
Join the club and bring home the fun with Glee Karaoke and Glee Jukebox— available only on DVD! A talented group of high school misfits transforms into a performing sensation with the help of a dedicated teacher. Through laughter, tears, irreverent humor and unforgettable music, they learn to follow their hearts and chase their dreams.
Includes Volume 1 and 2 of this highly popular TV series starring Jane Lynch!
| Bonus Features: |  |
Disc 1: **Pilot – Director’s Cut **Showmance **Acafellas **PreggersDisc 2: **The Rhodes Not Taken **Vitamin-D **Throwdown **Mash-UpDisc 3: **Wheels **Ballad **Hairography Disc 4: Disc 5: Disc 6: Disc 7: |
Year Produced: 2010
Directed By: Ryan Murphy
Language: English/Closed Captions
Run Time: 1045 min.
Rating: Not Rated
Glee Season 1 Volume 2: Road to Regionals
DVD Wolfe Price: $27.95 Now Shipping!
Synopsis:
Season 1 – Volume 2
From Ryan Murphy, the creator of “Nip/Tuck“ comes a musical comedy that follows an optimistic high school teacher as he tries to transform the Glee Club and inspire a group of outcasts to make it to Nationals.
Bonus Features:
Disc 1:
**Hell-O
**The Power of Madonna
**Home
**Bad Reputation
**Glee Music Jukebox
Disc 2:
**Laryngitis
**Dream On
**Theatricality
**Glee Music Jukebox
Disc 3:
**Funk
**Journey
**Glee Music Jukebox
**Glee Sing-Along Karaoke
**Staying in Step With Glee
**Bite Their Style: Dress Like Your Favorite Gleek
**The Power of Madonna
**Making of a Showstopper
Year Produced: 2010
Directed By: Ryan Murphy
Language: English/Closed Captions
Run Time: 407 min.
Rating: Not Rated
Eyes Wide Open
DVD Wolfe Price: $19.95 Available: November 16, 2010
Synopsis:
Aaron, a butcher and devout family man in Jerusalem’s ultraorthodox Jewish community, has his quiet existence interrupted one day when Erzi, a handsome, young Yeshiva student, happens on his shop. Intrigued by the young man, Aaron offers Erzi a job and over time becomes his friend and mentor.
The two men, working side by side, grow closer, and soon other feelings surface. As their forbidden desire for each other grows, Aaron begins to neglect his business and his family. But guilt, torment and pressure from the community lead him to make a radical decision.
Year Produced: 2010
Directed By: Haim Tabakman
Language: Hebrew
Run Time: 90 min.
Rating: Not Rated
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