These films explore a variety of topics related to the LGBTQ+ experience with different perspectives. The series includes the films Ty by Rodriguez, Skye by Park, and Pedazos by Peña.

Audiences will be able to watch the films before attending the virtual discussion.

About the Films:

Skye is a semi-autobiographical short film about a young teenage girl who starts to question her sexual orientation after yet again another breakup with a boy she didn't feel too much for. We follow Skye as she talks things out with her friends, discussions with her church youth group, and even as she comes out to her mom through and email. The biggest hurdle for Skye is if and how she'll ever tell her best friend that she is gay, and whether or not she's ready for her reaction, good or bad.

Ty was homeschooled by Claudia when she discovered he had Aspergers, but she was persuaded to let him experience his last year of high school. On Ty's first day, he experienced ableist comments from both staff and a classmate, Cynthia. However, Austin, a classmate, becomes friends with him. As weeks pass, Ty and Austin become good friends, to a point where Austin invites Ty over, and kisses him. Ty is unable to process this, so he stays home for a couple of weeks in order to figure out his emotions. But after needed conversations with Claudia, he returns to school.

After a garish and violent ceremony, two lovers are thrown into a mysterious cave inhabited by flying creatures. A reflection on the beautifully loud dress of the ancients, a meltdown of repressed romance and a hyper vision of a fantastical world. PEDAZOS is a series of technical video-art experiments strung together by a narrative about restrained, intimate feelings between two friends.