• Lawrence Hall Rm 115| University of Oregon
• February 25, 2009
• 7pm

Queer Film Festival (Film 1)

Directed by Guido Santi & Tina Mascara • USA • 90 minutes

Chris & Don: A Love Story, is the true-life story of the passionate three-decade relationship between British writer Christopher Isherwood and American painter Don Bachardy, thirty years his junior. From Isherwood’s Kit-Kat-Club years in Weimar-era Germany to the couple’s first meeting on the sun-kissed beaches of 1950s Malibu, their against-all-odds saga is brought to dazzling life by a treasure trove of multimedia. Bachardy’s contemporary reminiscences artfully interact with archival footage, rare home movies, reenactments, and, most sweetly, whimsical animations based on the cat-and-horse cartoons the pair used in their personal correspondence