Films by Todd Verow & Charles Lum

Showcasing the collaborative works of films by Todd Verow and the Legendary Charles Lum.

7pm: Friends & Family Potluck in remembrance of Charley. Bring a dish and share a story at the garden.

8:30pm: Screening

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CHARLES LUM: THIS IS WHERE I GET OFF
71 minutes. Color. Sound. Video and super8 film compiled and edited by Todd Verow.

A tribute to Charles Lum’s life told through his work as a film maker. Featuring Super-8 films Charlie shot as a teenager in the 1970s up to the last film he made about his battle with AIDS related lymphoma. Charlie AKA Clublum was a much-loved and valued member of our queer and film community, whose films defied the taboos and stigmas of sex, sex in public places and sex with HIV. His films embody a quirky earnestness and a wacky and wicked sense of humor and always the utter delight and pleasure of another body.

Charly was a much-loved and valued member of our queer and film community whose films defied the taboos and stigmas of sex, sex in public places and sex with HIV. His films embody a quirky earnestness and a wacky and wicked sense of humor and always the utter delight and pleasure of another body.

F***ED IN THE HEAD A film by Todd Verow.
90 minutes. Color. Sound. Starring David White, Marie Smalley, James Kleinmann, Joanna Arnow, Sam Stillman, Mario Galeano, Jordan Hall, Linda Simpson, Gregg Timmes, Chris Rehmann and Justin Ivan Brown.

Todd Verow made his feature film debut with "FRISK" in 1996. He has directed over 30 features and numerous shorts, establishing himself as the most prolific auteur emeritus of the New Queer Cinema.

The program contains Adult content. +18 ID will be required for entry. No refunds will be made to under-aged patrons turned away at the door.

Charles Lum (1958–2021) was a New York based artist working in video using documentary and cinematic narrative, photo, and performance. A 2004 MFA in Photography from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Charles was also a career Location Manager and Director’s Guild of America Assistant Director with twenty years experience scouting and managing feature film and television commercial locations across North America. Credits include: Wall Street, Beat Street, CHUD, Angel Heart, Sid & Nancy, Mississippi Burning, Fatal Attraction and commercials for most major advertisers. Lum’s short video collection has been exhibited internationally. Varied in content, most works deal confrontationally with gay sexuality ethics and how the changing realities of HIV affect culture and personal experience. Programmed regularly at prominent Gay Film Festivals, Charles has presented work in academic lecture and a variety of art and cinema venues including: The Anthology Film Archives; The British and Irish Film Institutes; The George Eastman House; le Grande Cinema REX, Paris; the Svetozor Cinema, Prague; the Redcat @ Walt Disney Hall, LA; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Association of The Bar of the City of New York; the Queens Museum of Art; and as part of the 2006 AIDS Conference, The Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. Charly was a much-loved and valued member of our queer and film community whose films defied the taboos and stigmas of sex, sex in public places and sex with HIV. His films embody a quirky earnestness and a wacky and wicked sense of humor and always the utter delight and pleasure of another body. Copyright Clublum/Bangorfilms 2022 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/toddv... Twitter: https://twitter.com/toddverow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/club... Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/channels/clu... Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@clubl...

F***ED IN THE HEAD A film by Todd Verow. 90 minutes. Color. Sound. starring David White, Marie Smalley, James Kleinmann, Joanna Arnow, Sam Stillman, Mario Galeano, Jordan Hall, Linda Simpson, Gregg Timmes, Chris Rehmann and Justin Ivan Brown.

Scott (DAVID WHITE) is still sleeping with his ex-boyfriend and floundering through life when his mother (MARIE SMALLEY) calls to tell him his older sister Maggie (also portrayed by DAVID WHITE) is in the hospital with a brain tumor. Scott rushes to be by her side. As she lies unconscious, he remembers the times their lives intersected. She was a party girl, a popular girl, she got around. Scott imagines what Maggie would say but ultimately realizes that you can never truly know anyone and decides to take a chance on love and life. "A true Todd Verow film featuring all the marks of his DIY-filmmaking style, “Fucked In the Head” tells the story of a young gay man Scott and the relationship he has with his childhood hero and older sister Maggie (both played by David J. White). When Scott visits a terminally ill Maggie in the hospital back in his home of Maine, the two recount a youth of sex, drugs and drama in which Maggie looks after the troubled Scott but as time goes on, roles reverse. A gay, nostalgic coming-of-age story that is funny, touching and full of a surprising amount of heart." - Walter Crasshole Todd Verow was born in the town of Bangor, Maine on November 11th, 1966. He made short experimental films and worked as a cinematographer before making his feature film debut with "FRISK" in 1996. Starting his own production company Bangor Films, Todd has directed over twenty-five features and numerous shorts, establishing himself as the most prolific auteur emeritus of the New Queer Cinema. Fiercely independent, Todd Verow produces his films using whatever money he has. He was one of the first filmmakers to embrace video as a cheap and easy means of production famously declaring that “film is dead” way back in 1997. He proudly describes himself as an underground film maker in the tradition of his idols George and Mike Kuchar, Kenneth Anger, Jack Smith and Andy Warhol. Copyright Bangorfilms 2022 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/toddv... Twitter: https://twitter.com/toddverow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/todd... Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/toddverow/vo... Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TVero...

Todd Verow was born in the town of Bangor, Maine on November 11th, 1966. He made short experimental films and worked as a cinematographer before making his feature film debut with "FRISK" in 1996. Starting his own production company Bangor Films, Todd has directed over twenty-five features and numerous shorts, establishing himself as the most prolific auteur emeritus of the New Queer Cinema. Fiercely independent, Todd Verow produces his films using whatever money he has. He was one of the first filmmakers to embrace video as a cheap and easy means of production famously declaring that “film is dead” way back in 1997. He proudly describes himself as an underground film maker in the tradition of his idols George and Mike Kuchar, Kenneth Anger, Jack Smith and Andy Warhol. Copyright Bangorfilms 2022 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/toddv... Twitter: https://twitter.com/toddverow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/todd... Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/toddverow/vo... Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TVero...