Revry Celebrates the Spirit of the Latinx Community during Hispanic Heritage Month
José Pescina as an Oaxacan muxhe in Carmín Tropical
For Revry, Hispanic Heritage Month is a time to honor celebrate and a community that is diverse and vibrant. For this reason we are programming selected movies starting September 15t that inspire exploration of the authentic diverse voices in the Hispanic Community.
Each of these titles is available to watch on Revry and will be playing on Revry live TV wherever you watch Revry. Whether on your smart TV, Roku, Apple TV, Comcast Xfinity, DirecTV, TiVo, Revry has movies, series, TV and Originals without a subscription. Premium programming is available with a monthly subscription to Revry.
September 15
XXY
Feature Film | Drama | Coming of Age
For just about everybody, adolescence means having to confront a number of choices and life decisions, but rarely any as monumental as the one facing 15 year-old Alex, who was born an intersex child. As Alex begins to explore her sexuality, her mother invites friends from Buenos Aires to come for a visit at their house on the gorgeous Uruguayan shore, along with their 16-year-old son Álvaro. Alex is immediately attracted to the young man, which adds yet another level of complexity to her personal search for identity, and forces both families to face their worst fears.
September 16
Saturday Church
Feature Film | Drama
SATURDAY CHURCH tells the story of 14-year-old Ulysses, a shy and effeminate boy, who finds himself coping with new responsibilities as “man of the house” after the death of his father. Living alongside his mother, younger brother, and conservative aunt, Ulysses is also struggling with questions about his gender identity. He finds an escape by creating a world of fantasy filled with dance and music. Ulysses’ journey takes a turn for the better when he encounters a vibrant transgender community, who take him to “Saturday Church,” a program for LGBTQ youth. Ulysses manages to keep his two worlds apart; appeasing his aunt and discovering his passion for the NYC ball scene, and voguing, until his double life is revealed. Ulysses must find the courage to be who he truly is, all while risking losing those he cares about most.
September 17
Girl Gets Girl
Feature Film | Comedy | Romance
Inés has lived the American dream in Miami for 10 years. When she's caught cheating on her girlfriend, her world tumbles down. For the first time in years Inés asks herself what she wants in life: It's time to get back to Spain.
September 18
Carmin Tropical
Feature Film | Drama | Mystery
Mabel, a muxe, returns home to her village in Oaxaca, Mexico to find her friend's killer.
September 19
Ti@s
Feature Film | Documentary
Inspired by the discrimination suffered by his uncle Ramón because of his sexual condition, John Petrizzelli uses the screen to narrate the lives of different people who have something in common: sexual-diversity.
September 20
Ann
Feature Film | Drama | Experimental
Ann is a feature film narrating the story of Ruben, a visual artist who has decided to abandon his tormented life by taking refuge within his own imagination; creating a world parallel to reality.
September 22
Between the Miles
Feature Film | Drama
Florence, a struggling musician, takes three homeless teens off the streets of Los Angeles and into her care only to realize she has to overcome her own reckless tendencies in order to care for them.
September 23
Detective Willy
Feature Film | Comedy | Mystery
Willy Echevarria is a policeman in a small town in the Dominican Republic. He's also a fan of and yearns to be like the leads of classic Film Noir. After being fired in a bumbled operation with his bad cop partner Bruce Garcia.
September 24
El Canto Del Colibri
Feature Film | Documentary | Family
Much like the seldom-heard song of the hummingbird, the voices of Latino fathers are rarely heard addressing LGBTQ issues. These voices are amplified in a groundbreaking documentary - the first of its kind.
September 25
La Gunguna
Feature Film | Comedy | Action
The stories behind a .22 caliber pistol that brings bad luck and misfortune to any person that takes possession of it. La Gunguna tours the Caribbean underground leaving a trace of bad luck and unfortunate events, marked with tones of black humor.
September 26
Gay Positive
Feature Film | Documentary | Activism
Gay Positive educates viewers about the controversial ban on queer men donating blood in the USA. The film captures opinions of people from all walks of life, asking, If you were in need of blood would you take it from a queer? Organizations are forced to reject healthy individuals from donating. During the filming of this documentary, Mexico and the UK lifted their ban, while the FDA insists it remain. Through insightful conversations with Laverne Cox, Rutanya Alda, Blanche Baker, Jim Colucci, Frank DeCaro, Trapper Felides, Tiago Grade, Carly Hughes, Chelsey Keding, Yetta Kurland, Lisa Lampanelli, Vincent Leggett, Danny Logan, Dave McRee, Anthony Lee Medina, Eric Millegan, Kaitlin Monte, Tym Moss, Garry Novikoff, Athena Reich, and Justin Luke Zirilli; Gay Positive raises public awareness on the potential benefits of lifting the ban.
September 28
Death in Buenos Aires
Feature Film | Drama | Thriller
A gripping police thriller about corruption, paranoia, and the secret gay lives of the wealthy elite of Buenos Aires. Veteran police inspector Chavez (Demian Bichir) seeking the killer of several prominent gay men, elicits the help of Gomez (Chino Darin), a handsome young rookie cop with dreams of advancement. Gomez is sent into the gay underworld as a cutie in search of a sugar daddy. As he works lure the killer, the young cop begins to explore and enjoy this new gay world.
September 29
Horacio
Feature Film | Drama | Crime
"Horácio" tells the story of a dysfunctional family, in which social norms no longer exist, and where relationships are submitted to each one's impulses. The head of the family is Horácio, a smuggler on the run from the law, hiding in a surreal, baroque apartment with his daughter, Petula, and Milton, his favorite thug. While he keeps his daughter locked up in her bedroom, Horácio flirts with his goon, for whom he has had repressed feelings for years. However, Milton's love for a mysterious woman, and Petula's attempts to free herself with the help of a former lover, clash with Horácio tyrannical whims.
September 30
Half Brother
Feature Film | Drama
Sandra’s mother has been missing for days. Disoriented and without money, she asks Jorge, her distant half-brother, for help. But he is going through a difficult situation: after recording a homophobic aggression, he is being threatened to not release the images.
September 30
O Que Resta (The Remains)
Feature Film | Drama | Romance
In this relatively isolated house - always crowded with friends, lovers, music, laughter, where the parties happen for no particular reason, the frustrations and repressed desires of a young middle class couple finally reach the point of eruption. Bárbara and Luiz seem to have finally got rid of the vague artistic ambitions they cherished at the age of twenty. Attached to jobs they hate, exhausted by the demands imposed by an increasingly expensive and chaotic city, the couple finds occasional comfort by visiting, the mountain property of Yuri, a wealthy friend of the couple. Both Barbara and Luiz will eventually be forced to deal with the repressed passion they feel for their long-time friend, as well as the personal frustrations they have been ignoring for years. Times that return, bodies that meet, vices that remain.