Frameline50: Nineties & Zeros Fucks: Sexy Frameline Shorts of the ’90s & 2000s

Curated by Jenni Olson, this block is a wild tangle of hot, hilarious, and seldom-seen rarities from Frameline’s history.

Expected guests: Jenni Olson and Jennie Livingston

Short films showing in this program:

All You Can Eat (Michael Brynntrup, 5 mins)

Safe sex in the 1970s. A classic from legendary gay experimental filmmaker Michael Brynntrup.

Forever Bottom (Nguyen Tan Hoang, 4 mins)

In a “psuedo-instructional” videotape, director Nguyen Tan Hoang embraces the desires of full, unrepentant bottomhood, showing the independence and gratification of being the bottom. Forever Bottom! is a humorous take on the insatiable appetite of an Asian male bottom, posing a challenge and an invitation — aggressive, unapologetic, and ubiquitous — without revealing too much!

Ifé (H. Lenn Keller, 5 mins)

Cruising the streets of San Francisco in her vintage Buick, a charming Black French lesbian shares her butch Casanova philosophy, “You can never experience too many women.” An irresistible debut short from the late photographer, filmmaker, and co-founder of the Bay Area Lesbian Archives, H. Lenn Keller. Newly restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive in collaboration with Frameline.

Impact Zone (K.K. & Sophie Constantinou, 10 mins)

Pumping high octane fuel into the ride of your life!

Law & Order (Gay Men’s Health Crisis, 4 mins)

In this historically significant and genuinely educational hardcore gay roleplay and bondage safe sex PSA, a white cop gets fucked and fisted by a Black construction worker. Produced by Gregg Bordowitz and Jean Carlomusto for Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC) — one of the hottest safe sex PSAs of the genre.

Matzo Maidels (Jenni Olson, Monica Nolan & Julie Dorf, 5 mins)

Brooklyn Bloomberg and friends do some steamy kibbitzing in this fascinating piece of Yiddish-keit, circa 1923. Matzo Maidels combines rare 16mm archival lesbian porn footage overlaid with an outrageous Jewish porno voiceover — sprinkled with colloquial Yiddishisms.

Phineas Slipped (Cary Cronenwett, 15 mins)

Restless schoolboys daydream in Super 8 in this homoerotic free-for-all where trans-masculine and gender nonconforming actors dominate.

Pussy Buffet (K.K. & Ursula Rodriguez, 6 mins)

A delicious spread of decadent delights that will keep you coming back for more.

Stafford’s Story (Susan Muska, 3 mins)

In this early ’90s transmasc/butch classic, the one and only Stafford recounts a memorable encounter at a lesbian sex club. Digital restoration by UCLA Film & Television Archive.

Who’s the Top? (Jennie Livingston, 23 mins)

Venturing forth to explore her BDSM desires, Alixe is torn between her loving relationship with her girlfriend and her ambition to be an edgy artist in this wry, rarely-seen musical-comedy fantasia from Paris Is Burning director Jennie Livingston, starring Steve Buscemi.