See it on the big screen

Wicked Queer's 40th year

Festival program runs April 5 -14
SPOTLIGHT
US PREMIERE
WORLD PREMIERE
FROM 2023

CHUCK CHUCK BABY

FREE

Thu
Apr 11
 @ 
8:30 pm
Brattle Theater
What happens when love dares to exist in a small town, late in life and in a small town at a chicken processing plant? This musical dramedy will get you rooting for our two leads against some flying feathers and a few wet hens.
Helen (Louise Brealey), a reserved, gentle woman, is slowly collapsing under the weight of her inexplicable life. She lives with her torpid husband and his much younger girlfriend (and their new colicky baby), working nights at the local chicken processing plant. There are two things that keep her hanging on: music, and her dear elderly mother-in-law Gwen (Sorcha Cusack), whom she cares for. This dismal state of affairs is interrupted when Joanne (Annabel Scholey), a former neighbour (and Helen’s schoolgirl crush), arrives back in town after her father’s death. His house holds difficult childhood memories for Joanne, of events that many on the street remember, but since she’s been away, she’s become unapologetic in facing down the small-town malice that’s slung at her. What begins as a casual meeting between the two women swiftly turns to friendship and then to love. Joanne is beguiled by Helen’s sweet naiveté, and Helen is in awe of Joanne’s courage and confidence. Their burgeoning relationship is threatened when Helen’s home life is further upended, accompanied by turbulence within the tight-knit group of women who work with her on the factory floor. Soon, Helen and Joanne each face a difficult, perhaps impossible, emotional choice about their futures.
Janis Pugh
101
 min
English
UK
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Virtual Screenings

All online screenings are "pay what you can" starting at $5. All films are only available to stream in Massachusetts unless stated otherwise starting 4/15
SHORT FILM PROGRAM

(Trans)portation: Transgender Stories

Streaming
Apr 15
-
Apr 30
Streaming until
Apr 30
Available to watch in
Massachusetts
This shorts program seeks to highlight the lesser told trans stories, especially those told by trans people themselves. The stories often found and repeated in the world are not often the stories that resonate the most with the living trans experience. Transport yourself out of that narrative and into a more authentic trans experience.
SHORT FILM PROGRAM

PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER: Reel Queer Stories

Streaming
Apr 15
-
Apr 30
Streaming until
Apr 30
Available to watch in
Massachusetts
This collection of short documentary films highlights our histories, our current realities and our activism in our collective fight for a better future.
SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Avant-Drag!

Streaming
Apr 15
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Apr 22
Streaming until
Apr 22
Available to watch in
Massachusetts
SHORT FILM PROGRAM

The Queen of My Dreams

Streaming
Apr 15
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Apr 22
Streaming until
Apr 22
Available to watch in
Massachusetts
SHORT FILM PROGRAM

The Summer With Carmen

Streaming
Apr 15
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Apr 22
Streaming until
Apr 22
Available to watch in
Massachusetts
SHORT FILM PROGRAM

QBIPOCS: STILL. WE. RISE.

Streaming
Apr 15
-
Apr 30
Streaming until
Apr 30
Available to watch in
Massachusetts
This program is dedicated to BIPOC resilience. We endure bias and turn it into beauty, pain into progress, slavery into strength, discrimination into dance, mistreatment into music and marches. Yet, after everything we've been through we hold our crowns high; and still, we rise.