FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 24, 2024
MEDIA CONTACTS
Paul Gonter, paul@facets.org
FACETS ANNOUNCES DISORDERLY CONDUCT SHORTS PROGRAM PRESENTED BY FULL SPECTRUM FEATURES
Press Release
CHICAGO—FACETS is thrilled to partner with Full Spectrum Features to present DISORDERLY CONDUCT, short films from the queer underground curated by Henry Hanson that spotlight forms of rebellion in a society which seeks to punish deviance. The event takes place on Friday, May 24 starting at 7:30pm, and will feature a live electronic DJ set by easygoingtech, following the first screening at 9pm. Tickets purchased for either screening includes access to the live show. Tickets are $12 for general admission and $10 for FACETS Members with proof of active membership.
Full event description, schedule and ticketing can be found on FACETS’ website here.
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
Friday, May 24, 7:30-11:30pm
In these short films from the queer underground, unruly rebels trespass, shoplift, scheme, skate, surf, fuck, and joyfully plot their revenge on a society which seeks to punish deviance. Featuring a live DJ set by easygoingtech at 9pm.
America loves outlaws. Curious paradox: a police state which valorizes those who don’t fall in line, provided they have the right combination of individualism and normative appeal. Our ideal outlaws can transgress for themselves, for family, maybe for a love interest—but never for a group. Never for a community. Above all, our mythic outlaw, whatever his motivations, works alone. The valorized American outlaw-hero could either be a criminal living in bold defiance of the law or an upright citizen forced to tragically buck the rules of society due to unusual circumstances. But what about those who can neither disregard the law nor take temporary hiatus from its approval? Those for whom adhering to the rules of society means destruction?
Stealing testosterone to redistribute to trans men, trespassing to dance, shoplifting to feed your friends, defiling a colonizer’s grave, assassinating a billionaire: these short films find in criminality the potential for new social forms, beautiful acts of love, and collective liberation. The rules are fucked up. Why not break them?
This event is curated by Henry Hanson and presented by Full Spectrum Features. Tickets to either screening time include access to the 9pm the live set by easygoingtech.
Event Schedule
7:00 pm – Doors Open
7:30 pm – DISORDERLY CONDUCT (screening 1)
9:00pm – Live set by easygoingtech
10:00 pm – DISORDERLY CONDUCT (screening 2)
FILMS
Hormonal (Maz Murray, 2023) 12:22, UK
Young trans guy Gary catches eyes with brooding trans geezer Ian across the square of their Essex hometown, and unwittingly walks into a testosterone heist plot…
Cicada (FRANK/ie CONSENT, 2021) 6:30, USA
A single-take dance video shot in an abandoned industrial lot, set to a radio broadcast switching between music and Trump-era punditry. Used tires, hula hoops, cereal, chalk circles, and a burning mattress.
Skate Bitches (Samuel Shanahoy, 2012) 17:10, Australia
A DIY film about an all-girl skate gang who steal each other candy, terrorize the streets and are BFF’s. Will the gang survive the drama of a new girl on the block?
FUCK THE FASCISM – The Crossroad of Two Worlds (MariaBasura, 2020) 9:35, Chile
A group of queer activists take revenge on colonizers past and present through guerilla pornography.
Play Structure (FRANK/ie CONSENT, 2020) 2:28, USA
In this mixed-media music video combining live action and various animation styles, mischief-makers dance in the burning streets of Atlanta.
The Beach Boys (Milo Talwani, 2024) 20:32, USA
Two trans surfer bros are on a mission to suicide bomb Jeff Bezos…but not before spending one last, perfect day riding epic waves and smoking dank kush
Featuring interstitial video art by Franz Murder
PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP
DISORDERLY CONDUCT, curated by Henry Hanson, is presented in partnership with Full Spectrum Features, a Chicago-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to driving equity in the independent film industry by producing, exhibiting, and supporting the work of women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ filmmakers.
CURATOR BIO
Henry Hanson (they/he) is a filmmaker and programmer based in Chicago. His self-produced, self-distributed directorial debut “Bros Before” screened at dozens of venues internationally while gaining notoriety as an online cult hit, garnering several reviews deeming it “viral” and landing the highest Letterboxd rating of any short film with a 2022 festival premiere. As an independent programmer they partner with a variety of organizations — such as FACETS, The Music Box, and Solidarity Cinema — to present fresh, radical, and under-seen cinema with an emphasis on the queer/trans underground.
MUSICIAN BIO
easygoingtech is new sound from the underground.
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About FACETS
Established in 1975, FACETS expands perspectives and affirms a shared humanity through inclusive engagement with film. FACETS‘ mission is to create cinematic experiences for youth and adults that foster vital conversations and community action through film exhibitions, media education, and film resources. Learn more at facets.org
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