A film by Ina Adele Ray

 
 

HD Color Short Comedy TRT: 11 min.

 

 

Debbie Gibson is her idol, hulahoops are her passion, and New York City is in her horizon---Gem, the totally outrageous Jersey Dyke, knows no boundaries!

Available on DVD, DVCAM, and BetaSP.

(WARNING: Contains strong sexual & offensive language.)

Inspired by John Waters and very bad lesbian romance films, star-crossed Catholic-school-girl lesbian lovers are torn apart by family pressures. Marcy, the ingénue, backs down from her true love, Gem, in fear of her mother's wrath. Gem, the film's hero, escapes the social pressure to be 'straight' in Jersey by running away to the Big Apple where she hopes to pursue her dream of becoming a professional hula-hooper.

 

Co-Writer | “Gem”
Teale Failla is an award winning filmmaker, photographer, and broadcasting professional. She wrote and directed the films Cosmopolis (2003) and Open (2005) which is distributed by Alluvial Filmworks. Her career has taken her as far as Thailand, the Philippines, and Laos to shoot documentaries about the lives of underprivileged children. In addition to Jersey Dyke, Teale has collaborated on other Adele Ray films such as Lost Pictures on which she worked as director of photography. Currently, Teale lives in Scotland where she studies Film and Culture at The University of Edinburgh.

 

Producer | Director | Editor | Writer
Ina Adele Ray is professional video editor in New York City with 10 years of multimedia, video, and film production experience. She also teaches film and media courses at the New School and has previously taught at NYU and Parsons School of Design. Her past film, El Paso Vietnam (2003), received awards and screened at various venues locally, nationally, and abroad. She recently produced a short documentary with director, Adele Pham called Parallel Adele, and is currently in post-production of a feature-length documentary, Lost Pictures.

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
CAST:
 
  Gem .....................Teale Failla
Marcy....................Karl Mendonca
Lisa.....................Lisa Lipscomb
Mother..................Saumitra Mathur
Dude....................Nicholas Whitaker
 
 

 

Screenings:

Reeling 2008: The 27th Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival at Landmark Theater on Monday, November 10th at 7:15pm in the category,“Tomboys, Princesses & Drag Kings...Oh My!”

North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival on August 14-17, 2008 "Eve and That Damn Apple" Screening

 

 

 

 
For more information email: adeleray@gmail.com