Shinjuku Boys | A Dykeumentary Night Screening

A film exploring the lives of three non-binary or transgender men who work at the New Marilyn Club in Tokyo, Japan.

Dykeumentary Night is a monthly lesbian movie night in Toronto. This month's film is Shinjuku Boys.

OVERVIEW

This documentary from Kim Longinoto and Jano Williams (DREAM GIRLS), offers rich insight into gender and sexuality in Japan via a candid portrait of Kazuki, Tatsu, and Gaish, three trans masculine hosts working at the New Marilyn Club in Tokyo’s bustling Shinjuku district. As the film follows them at home and on the job, all three (who self-describe themselves as onabe) talk frankly about their lives, revealing their views on love, sex, sexual orientation, traditional relationships, and identity. Alternating with these illuminating interviews are fabulous sequences shot inside the club, a place patronized largely by heterosexual, cisgender women.

   Chicago Film Festival, Silver Hugo
   Houston Film Festival, Gold Prize
   SF Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Outstanding Documentary

   London Film Festival
   NY Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
   Honolulu Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
   Sydney Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
   One Gallery, CA
   Reykjavik Shorts&Docs Festival
   OutFest Los Angeles

Doors: 7:30 PM

Screening: 8:00 PM

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