In 1967, an instituted gender check changed Erika Schinegger’s life forever. Erik(a) was raised as a girl in a small Austrian town in the Alps and became the Women’s World Downhill Skiing champion in 1966. She was declared a biological man and decided to undergo gender completion surgery to become a man. The doc shows Erik take on his own stereotypes of what it is to be man: he gets married, becomes a father, drives fast cars - is this what it really is like to be Erik? It takes determination, and many years, for Erik to become the man he truly is.

The videos in this program give a voice to the fighters in our communities - whether defeated, depleted or victorious - who struggle to keep us all alive, Up from the Gutter, Yours in Struggle keeps up with the heavy heartbeat of resistance. See you in the streets and on the screen.

Inspired by a collection of personal notebooks, Books of James is an experimental documentary on art, AIDS and activism. Based on the writing, drawing, video footage and personal revelations of James Wentzy, an artist/activist in New York City, the film illustrates a 30-year timeline from the late 1970s to the present, examining changes in the social and political landscape of America.

In the midst of tabloid breakdowns and reality TV confessions, Camp comes to the rescue! When artifice reveals more than documentary, I say to hell with virtual reality, gimme fiction! A collection of short works curated by Rachel E. McRae.