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COPYRIGHT 2003 Curve Magazine, Outspoken Enterprises, San Francisco, CA 94102 (415) 863-6538
I'd be the first to claim Nina Jacobson as a cinematic lesbian's dream. President of Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group, Jacobson greenlit the summer's biggest (and girl-friendliest) hits Freaky Friday (with Jamie Lee Curtis) and Finding Nemo (with Ellen DeGeneres)--and helped her empire garner over $600 million. But who are filmdom's up-and-comers? You asked; we answered.
THE DOUBLE THREAT: MARGARET BROUCEK
Imagine a Fargo-esque thriller about an FBI agent sent to find a missing girl in rural Maine. The local police follow her lead, but lose confidence in her when she's unable to find enough evidence to prosecute the obvious perpetrator--and she has an affair with a local woman. Can she redeem herself and put away the killer? Find out when Margaret Broucek's screenplay East Paris becomes a major motion picture. A winner of two recent awards--the Woods Hole Film Fest screenwriting competition and the New England Emerging Filmmaker Award--Broucek's highest honor is that movie producers are actually considering her script. Broucek, who directed Your Better Butch Fashion, spent seven years on the script, based loosely on a real story told to her by a forensic scientist. Of course, Massachusetts-based Broucek might land a television show first (a few networks are looking over her lesbian pilot, Boston Marriage), or she might have to find lesbians to help finance her feature debut. "Many films are funded by private individuals, but there are not enough lesbians providing equity funding, and there is no vehicle in place to connect such funders with filmmakers," she admits. "This is one of the reasons for the paucity of lesbian scripts that are not full of stereotypes."
Honorable Mention: Director Jamie Babbit has taken on television with Popular and Gilmore Girls and has redefined lesbian film with the incredible comedy But I'm a Cheerleader and shorts collections Stuck (about elderly lesbian couples) and Sleeping Beauties (which, like Cheerleader, stars Clea DuVall). Plus, you can't say she's not...
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