After the films don’t miss the fun, music and food at the Reel Pride Michigan Youth Afterparty following the 1:30pm screening of Surge of Power. Location to be announced after the screenings.

Saturday October 22, 2005 - 11:15 am
Main Art Theatre, Royal Oak

Night Swimming
Director: Daniel Falcone, US, 2005, Video, 19 minutes
A teenage punker named Otter sets out in a mission with his best friend to see a beloved band perform in New York City. Once Their Road Trip ends, the real adventure begins…

Delirious Jen
Director: Angus Oblong, US, 2004, 13 minutes
On her seach for her identity she stumbles apon her gay neighbor Ken and his community and joyfully declares herself a "Hag fag!"

Ryan's Life
Director: Nick Wauters, US, 2004, BETA SP, 24 minutes
High school student Ryan Harris certainly thinks that life at home, at school, and with friends, is getting more and more complicated

Bikini
Director: Lasse Persson, Sweden, 2005, 7 minutes
A delightful musical tale of a boy, his mother's itsy bitsy, teeny weeny, yellow polka dot bikini, the beach and two muscle men.

Just A Boy
Director; Aidan Orion Crawford,US, 2004, BETA SP, 15 minutes
A family comes to accept their transgender son.

Prom-troversy
Director: Leannna Creel, US, 2004, 15 minutes
It’s prom season and Cassie Stephens wants to run for prom king, but not if some concerned mothers and the Defense of Prom Initiative organzation have anything to say about it.

Saturday October 22, 2005 - 1:30 pm
Main Art Theatre, Royal Oak

  A comic book fan (Alan Mills) happens upon a merchant (Tom Tangen) who reveals Issue #1 of Surge of Power by introducing the wacky world of Big City where Gavin Lucas (Vincent J. Roth) is out and proud with his comic reading penchant and longing to be a superhero. This science-fiction spoof is complete with mad scientist, Professor Ronald Richards (Robert Hurt), his nemesis and former partner, Hector Harris (John T. Venturini) who sabotages Ronald's secret experiment (how naughty!) and a classic "freak accident" that causes superpowers!

  Gavin enlists the reluctant Professor in zany crime fighting exploits, fashioning a "battle suit" and Gavin's Surge of Power identity, repeatedly rescuing the same Young Man (Joey Bourgeois) and investigating a bizarre crime wave that indicates a new super-villain in Big City more powerful than Surge of Power!

  Even with input from science-fiction veterans Lou Ferrigno, Nichelle Nichols And Noel Neill, can Surge Of Power thwart the evil plans of the mysterious Metal Master? Are capes in fashion? Why can't Gavin throw a ball? Are some of these dudes... ambiguous? Find out all this and more! Watch in amazement as Gavin explores what it means to be a hero, seeks a higher power, and decides whether to wear a cape-in this exciting first installment of the Surge Of Power saga, "The Stuff of Heroes!"

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