Visiting Filmmaker: RAYMOND REA and PUT THE BRIGHTS ON

1662 Broadway Boulevard,Kansas City MO 64108

31 March, 2022

Description

Stray Cat is Proud to host experimental filmmaker RAYMOND REA and their newest work PUT THE BRIGHTS ON! "It starts with one person, with you and that's what this film did, showed me how easy it is to do it and how uninformed it is. That realization was truly one of the top ten of all realizations I've had while watching films and that makes this film one of my favorite of all time." - Positivevideography, LETTERBOXD Put the Brights On interviews four rural Transgender subjects from the Minnesota Lakes Region. The film works against common use portrayals of the rural and life in “the country” as quaint, cute, or dangerous and dumb, often with a sense of humor. Use of found footage, 16mm and Super 8 matched with the contemporary audio track give Put the Bright On a parallel low fi visual/hi fi audio contrast. Ray Rea is a 16mm and digital hybrid experimental filmmaker and writer who creates original and risk-taking work. At times focusing on aspects of performance, at other times using technical elements to elicit an outsider's distance, Ray focuses on the boundaries between lived experiences and the recording of lived experiences. At one point asked why he prefered short work over features, Ray replied that he preferred density over duration. He has been operating under the production company name Density Over Duration since. Proof of vaccination or proof of negative test within the past 48 hours will be required to enter Stray Cat Film Center. Please contact us with any questions. Updated Mask Policy: To follow current CDC recommendations, masks will be mandatory at Stray Cat Film Center. For the safety of other patrons and our volunteers, please keep your mask on unless you are actively eating or drinking. Thank you for complying, let us know if you have any questions.