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SAT OCT 14| 1:15 PM | NORTHWEST FILM FORUM
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**PACIFIC NORTHWEST PREMIERE**

FILMMAKER MICHAEL V. SMITH WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE

THE FLOATING MAN
Michael V Smith, 2022, Canada, 77 min.

THE FLOATING MAN is an intimate self-portrait by self-described sissy and writer, Michael V. Smith. This unique blend of documentary, road trip, and public performance art examines Smith's provocative art and lifetime of untrue stories about his body. A Featured project includes Smith on a road trip through British Columbia's Sunshine Coast, searching for famed Canadian singer Joni Mitchell, all the while dressed as Peanut the Clown. The question here being, What does a particular body tell us about the world?

CONTENT WARNING: DISCUSSION OF TRANSPHOBIC VIOLENCE

Wesley Crusher

Clyde Petersen; 2023; USA; 3 min. 

Journey to the 24th century in this Star Trek: The Next Generation cosplay adventure. Wesley turns to his peers for answers to his teen angst, escapist fantasies, holodeck pass times and the question that weighs most heavily on his heart, his place in the very cosmos itself.