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"I think that warning should read, "Gay-enviro whacko alert."

Do you have any specifics or whatever re the Gay label. Redford is an Icon of the Gay community as noted by the article below from a gay group:

May 5, 1999
Outlines

Sundance Channel comes to Chicago

Sundance Channel, well known for its innovative programming of independent films, is now available on TCI´s Digital Cable service in the Chicago area.

Sundance is always inclusive of gay and lesbian films, and their special May women´s month of programs, "She Said Cinema," is no exception. The lesbian films When Night Is Falling and Treyf, as well as the lesbian classic Entre Nous, are among the highlights in May. In June, Sundance will program a gay and/or lesbian film each night for Pride Month. Walking & Talking, starring Anne Heche, will also air. A program on Lesbians in Film airs May 6, 10 and 16.

Robert Redford, the man behind the Sundance Institute for filmmakers, the Sundance Film Festival, and now the Sundance Channel, was in town to launch the station´s availability in the Chicago market. Redford was asked questions about women and minority filmmakers, as well as gay and lesbian films. He said both the festival and channel are all about diversity, and they will continue to be inclusive of gay and lesbian works.

As part of TCI´s digital package, Sundance is currently available to TCI Digital Cable customers in the Chicago area and will be available in the northwest suburbs beginning May 11. Call your TCI outlet, or on look on the web for program schedules: www.sundancechannel.com

"She Said Cinema" will present the world premieres of two films: Me and Will follows the blazing path of Jane and Will, who meet in rehab; and Treyf, a moving and witty documentary by Alisa Lebow and Cynthia Madansky that examines the filmmakers´ relationship to one another and Judaism. The Yiddish word treyf refers to a food that is forbidden or does not meet kashrut guidelines; in the film, the term also refers to Jewish lesbians who do not fit into Jewish family structure.

Fans of the French filmmaker Diane Kurys won´t want to miss Six Days, Six Nights, starring the luminous Anne Parillaud (La Femme Nikita) and Beatrice Dalle (Betty Blue). Another Kurys film, the much loved 1983 drama Entre Nus, is one of the watershed films celebrated by "She Said Cinema." Starring Isabelle Huppert and Miou Miou, Entre Nous is a subtle and provocative portrait of female friendship that is widely considered one of the finest films to come out of France in the last 20 years.

"She Said Cinema" will also spotlight several not to be missed short films, including Amnesia, directed by Alex Sichel (All Over Me), a lyrical tone poem about the relationship of mothers and daughters. In Dinner Party by Lisa Cholodenko (High Art), a love triangle reveals itself over a dinner table.

Other highlights follow, but see Sundance´s web page for more info:

Me & Will (World Premiere May 7). Directed by Melissa Behr and Sherrie Rose.

Six Days, Six Nights (U.S. Premiere May 14). Directed by Diane Kurys. An Artist and her boxer boyfriend find their domestic tranquility disrupted by ann emotionally unstable houseguest, who may or may not be the artist´ sister.

Conceiving Ada (TV Premiere May 28). Directed by Lynn Hershmann Leeson. A computer programmer researching artificial life and a high tech form of time travel accesses the memory of Ada Lovelace, the inventor of the first computer language as well as the only daughter of poet Lord Byron.

Treyf (World Premiere May 17, 25, 30). Directed by Alisa Lebow and Cynthia Madansky.

Not 14 Again (U.S. Premiere MAy 5, 9, 13, 21). Directed by Gillian Armstrong (My Brilliant Career, Little Women) has been following the lives of three women since the age of 14. This film checks in with them at 25.

Sofie (May 9, 13, 26, 29). Directed by Liv Ulmann. Ulmann´s solo directorial debut set in late 19th century Copenhagen about a young Jewish woman named Sofie (Karen Lise Mynster) who is unable to break free of family tradition, ruining her one chance at true love.

Smithereens (May 15, 21, 24, 30). Directed by Susan Seidleman. A restless and abrasive young woman eschews the the affections of a sensitive young portrait artist, preferring to case punk singers in a misguided desire for fame and fortune.

Desperately Seeking Susan (May 7, 15, 27, 30). Directed by Susan Seidelman.

Border Radio (May 9, 12, 18, 29). Directed by Allison Ander, Kurt Voss and Dean Lent.

Smooth Talk (May 7, 16, 26, 31). Directed by Joyce Chopra. A 15 year old girl (Laura Dern), just beginning to realize the power of her sexuality in the midst of a restless summer, meets up with a mysterious, vaguely sinister stranger (Treat Williams) in this powerful and realistic portrait of female adolescence.

Celestial Clockwork (May 9, 10, 15, 26). Directed by Fina Torres. Ana (Ariadna Gil) bolts from her wedding alter and flies from Venezuela to Paris to realize her dream of becoming a great opera singer. The great Parisian director Italo Medici is filming an operatic Cinderella but will Ana realize her dream before she is deported back to Caracas? With a host of eclectic characters on her sidefrom a lesbian psychoanalyst to a voodoo witch doctordestiny seems to be on her side.

Everything Relative (May 17, 22). Directed by Sharon Pollack. Old college chums get together for a weekend that is bound to open old wounds and perhaps heal them. New romances find a spark while old ones rekindle.

Party Girl (May 6, 9, 17, 22). Directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer. Mary (Parker Posey) is a free spirited young women with a run down New York apartment and a high fashion wardrobe.

Walking & Talking (May 8, 14, 20, 26, 31). Directed by Nicole Holofcener. A smart and dead on funny portrait of the longstanding friendship between two women, laura (Anne Heche) and Amelia (Catherine Keener), as their lives begin to take different directions.

Entre Nous (May 9, 13, 19). Directed by Diane Kurys. Lena was confined in a concrentration camp and Madeleine´s first husband was killed by a stray Resistance bullet during World War II. In the years following, the two, who are now young mothers, find in each other fulfillment their husbands cannot provide. Nominated for the 1984 Academy Awards for Best Freign Film. Starring Isabelle Huppert and Miou Miou.

When Night is Falling (May 9, 11, 19, 29). Directed by Patricia Rozema. A professor at a Potestant college comes to question her dully ordered life with her theologian fiancŽ after she meets an enchanting female magician. Starring Pascale Bussieres, Rachael Crawford and Henry Czerny (Priest). Airs as part of Saturday Night Special: Movie We Love.

Citizen Ruth (May 1, 7, 11, 16, 27). Directed by Alexander Payne. Ruth (Laura Dern) a shabby mother of four addicted to anything sniffable, finds herself pregnant again and the center of a politically motivated tug of war. Mary Kay Place, Swoosie Kurtz (as a lesbian opposite Kelly Preston) costar.

Lavender Limelight: Lesbians in Film (May 6, 10, 16). Directed by Marc Mauceri. Interviews with seven filmmakers explore lesbian cinema. Among those are Rose Troche (Go Fish), Monika Treut (Virgin Machine), Maria Maggenti (The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love), Cheryl Dunye (The Watermelon Woman) and Jennie Livingston (Paris is Burning).

Little Red Riding Hood (May 9, 10, 19). Directed by David Kaplan. Quentin Crisp narrates this refreshing twist on a classic tale. The girl, the wolf and the grandma still play their parts but the motive is quite new. Part of "She Said Shorts."

Sundance Channel, under the creative direction of Robert Redford, brings viewers nationwide the best of new independent features, as well as documentaries, shorts, animation and international cinema, running uncut and commerical free 24 hours a day. It is available throughout the U.S. via cable, wireless cable, and direct to home satellite. Sundance Channel, launched in 1996, is a venture among Robert Redford, Showtime Networks Inc. and PolyGram Filmed Entertainment. Sundance Channel operates independently of the non profit Sundance Institute and the Sundance Film Festival.

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