“Oliver BLAH-on Is‘ at Si-our” Pvewxi

On Sunday, November 18, the AIDS Project of Southern Vermont will
host the area premiere of Oliver Button isA Star, an hour-long video ‘docu-
performance’ that explores bullying, tolerance and positive alternatives for
expressing children’s gender differences. ,

Filmmaker’s john Scagliotti (Before <9 After Stonewall, In the Life) and
Dan Hunt (After Stonewall) use the Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus
Production of Tomie dePaola’s children’s classic book, Oliver Button Is A
Sissy, as their narrative structure, interweaving a mix of animation, archival
film, news stories, home movies and personal interviews with such well
known figures as arctic explorer Ann Bancroft, dancer/choreographer Bill
T. Jones, makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin and Tomie dePaola, who offer mov-
ing accounts of the defining moment in their childhood when they were
forced to confront conventional constructions of “masculine” and “femi-
nine” (Tomie dePaola “actinglike Shirley Temple or Mae West”, Ann
Bancroft playing Tarzan, Kevyn Aucoin being subjected to endless beatings
in school because of his “effeminate” behavior, Bill T. Jones “sitting—like-a-
girl”).

Also sprinkled throughout this production is documentary footage of ele-

mentary school teacher, Mary
Cowhey, reading dePaola’s
book to her first grade class
as well as conducting
engaging “tolerance” exer-
cises. .

Oliver Button is a Star is
being released at an impor-
tant time in America as its
theme strikes a deep chord
that is currently resonating
throughout our society. The
almost daily headlines about
young boys, alienated and
neglected, causing violence,
hate crimes and needless
suffering confront us with
the question — What does it
take to pass into manhood?
In its whimsically powerful
way Oliver Button’s story
presents a positively trans-
forming answer.

 
  
    
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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