Scout's Honor

Directed by Tom Shepard

United States

EAST COAST PREMIERE

Two years before a gay Boy Scout faced the Supreme Court in August 2000, a lesser-known movement of California youth and adult leaders, both gay and straight, coalesced in opposition to the Boy Scouts of America's anti-gay ban.Ý At the heart of the movement, and at the heart of this confident and deeply affecting new documentary, is an unwavering love of scouting itself, a conviction that the BSA's policy contradicts the moral code and camaraderie so central to the group's tradition.Ý Wonderful archival footage and contemporary scenes of scout acitivities and outings take on a wrenching resonance as the grassroots campaign faces court defeats, community hostilityÝ and BSA retaliation.Ý Standing out among the film's many heroes is straight scout Steven Cozza, who grows from a fidgety 12-year old into a charismatic national activist during the shooting of the film.Ý Steven's sense of justice, like the film's storytelling grace, is at once unassuming and breathtaking. Winner of the Documentary Audience Award and Freedom of Expression Award at this year's Sundance Film Festival.Ý Director Tom Shepard will attend the screening and discuss the film with the audience.

Preceded by Audit, Dir. Brian To, United States,

EAST COAST PREMIEREÝÝ At this branch of the IRS they're digging up more than your old receipts.Ý When a Hollywood-handsome couple (he's an upcoming TV star, she does feng-shui) gets called in for an audit, they're set upon by an examiner with his own private axe to grind, played by gay indie-king Alexis Arquette, and his lecherous lesbian secretary, the classically off-kilter Sally Kirkland. Stolen kisses (not the heterosexual variety), old betrayals and truly strange behavior give this bittersweet comedy a biting edge.Ý Director Brian To and actor Alexis Arquette will attend the screening.

7:00 PM Screening $10

Followed by Festival Club @ Twist with no additional admission charge