Producer Scheduled to Appear
A film that examines the complex legacy of Kevin Smith's Chasing Amy on LGBTQ+ people and its life-saving impact on director Sav Rodgers. Q&A with the film's producer to follow!
In Chasing Chasing Amy, filmmaker Sav Rodgers goes on a journey of self-discovery while making a documentary on the development and creation of Kevin Smith's controversial LGBTQ+ film Chasing Amy. The film explores the transformational impact of a '90s rom-com on a 12-year-old kid from Kansas, coming of age and contending with queer identity. [95 min; documentary; English]
A Q&A with the film's producer, Lela Meadow-Conner, will follow the screening. Meadow-Conner is a creative producer and founder of mama.film, which curates films that center women, identity, and the human experience. mama.film runs rePROFilm, a virtual monthly film series advocating for reproductive justice and operates as a nomadic cinema experience. She has 20 years of experience in independent cinema exhibition, with recent filmmaking credits including Chasing Chasing Amy (Tribeca, 2023) and Run Amok (2024). Meadow-Conner sits on the board of the Vidiots Foundation and is a member of the Brown Girls Doc Mafia.
"Chasing Chasing Amy comes closest to any modern documentary to actually solve the problem of, or at least offer something meaningful to the conversation about, whether or not it’s appropriate to like something deeply problematic." — Maria Lattila, Film Stories
"As the documentary also contemplates the '90s indie film scene, which often rewarded men like Smith at the expense of queer filmmakers, Rodgers likewise takes a personal journey onscreen as he realizes he’s a trans man." — Andrea Thompson, Chicago Reader
"A fascinating work of film criticism and personal discovery." — Michael J. Casey, Boulder Weekly
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