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In the coastal town of Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers call themselves the ex-presidents. commit their crimes while wearing masks of ex-presidents Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. The F.B.I. believes that the members of the gang could be surfers and send young agent Johnny Utah undercover at the beach to mix with the surfers and gather information. Utah meets surfer Bodhi and gets drawn into the lifestyle of his new friend.

Food and snacks provided by Chef Chanklas Chefware • Burgerworld shorts before the movie

Fidel, an award-winning documentary by Cuban-American journalist, Estella Bravo, is a portrait of the Cuban leader. The film spans a period of 40 years of Castro’s rule from his early childhood and college days to his Presidency of Cuba and includes interviews with Harry Belafonte, Nelson Mandela, Alice Walker, Gabriel Garcia-Marquez, Sydney Pollock, and others. Rare footage shows him swimming with his bodyguards, working in the fields cutting sugar cane, visiting his childhood school and talking with Elian Gonzales, the six-year old boy who became a rallying point for Cuban exiles in Miami.

Released from prison after serving two years of a fifteen-year sentence, Castro took a ragtag army of volunteers and recruited farmers, women, and working people into the mountains to fight a decade-long guerilla war that led to the overthrow of American-backed Fulgencio Batista and his takeover of Cuba in 1959. 91min.,  2001

BoyfriendRobotique IS the cutting edge. They are a troupe of five, comprised of gay straight and trans performers who put on a show fusing vaudeville and DaDa. For inspiration they draw on the Surrealists, the Cockettes, Jean Genet and the Spice Girls; performing a full on collision of the most beautiful and the most mundane. Previously they have re-interpreted Disney numbers (dressed as flowers in breast bindings) whilst sweeping the floor and have also staged a glam rock funeral dirge. Their shows are an attempt at undermining every cherished notion of what a “good show” should be, as such you will hear dialogue to make John Waters blush, witness choreography reminiscent of spiders having seizures, and enjoy the flimsy production values of a high school play. Truly BoyfriendRobotique is the revolution!

Press quotes:

“Like watching Liza Minnelli and the Cockettes form a suicide pact at
Euro-Disney.”  (Time)

“The High School production from Hell” (New York Times)

“If the Dadaists were alive they’d hate this too.” (The Independent)

“10 out of 10; a hoot and a half!” (Vanity Fair)