Benjamin Shearn

Editor

Biography

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Filmography

5.8

By Design

A woman swaps bodies with a chair, and everyone likes her better as a chair.

7.6

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

An exploration of the cinematic history of the folk horror, from its beginnings in the UK in the late sixties; through its proliferation on British television in the seventies and its many manifestations, culturally specific, in other countries; to its resurgence in the last decade.

5.8

Please Baby Please

After witnessing a murder in the gritty streets of 1950s Manhattan, newlyweds Suze and Arthur become the dangerous obsession of a greaser gang that awakens a sleeping quandary into the couple's sexual identity.

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Worry Time

Something terrible has happened to Annette’s friend, Vivian, and everyone’s decided to move on from it. Everyone except Annette. She will not “process”. She will not forgive. She’s going to make an allegorical sci-fi film – a reflection on women’s accommodation of male dominance– whether or not Vivian wants her to.

4.7

Ladyworld

After a catastrophic event, eight girls find themselves stranded in a house without electricity. As they run out of food and water, their sanity begins to crumble, and soon they regress to their baser instincts.

7.7

The Queens

This documentary chronicles over two years in the heels of four of the world’s most famous drag queens including former RuPaul’s Drag Race winners Jinkx Monsoon and Sharon Needles, former All Stars champion Alaska Thunderf*ck and season 7 and All Stars 2 contestant Katya Zamolodchikova. From performing across world stages to winning (and losing) Drag Race or dealing with major tragedies, The Queens lifts the lace front, giving an insight into one of the most fascinating and quickly ascending entertainment artforms.

5.0

Silk

100% Silk is an independent record label and taste-maker in the expanding and evolving world of electronic dance music. In June of 2012, four core acts from the label, LA Vampires, Ital, Magic Touch and Maria Minerva, embarked a lengthy group tour through the UK, Europe, and beyond. SILK is an expressionistic documentary that chronicles the performances, cultural environments, and global scenes through which the trip traveled. The motivating philosophies and emotions of the artists involved are visually articulated with seven fully staged dance sequences conceived and choreographed by Mecca Vazie Andrews and the Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company. SILK is a music documentary, live concert experience, essayistic travelogue and above all, dance film.

5.7

Paris Window

Two siblings share an unhealthy life full of games and codes; however, their peaceful life is interrupted when a doppelgänger appears out of nowhere.

5.4

Trixie Mattel: Skinny Legend

Skinny Legend features the classic Trixie variety show stylings her fans love from her performances. Don’t be fooled by her Disney on Acid aesthetic – these jokes are not for the faint of heart.

6.5

Help Me I'm Dying

Filmed live at the Wilbur Theater in Boston, the self-proclaimed sweatiest woman in show business brings you her first ever standup special. Told in three acts and influenced heavily by her loves of surrealism and Russia, with multiple scripted sketches and filmed segments, her unique brand of humor will have you laughing while wondering, “is she ok?”.

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The Occupant of the Room

Based on the short ghost story of the same name by Algernon Blackwood from 1909, The Occupant of the Room centers on a schoolteacher whose late-night arrival at a hotel in the Alps leads to a sleepless night full of uncanny occurrences.

5.0

Edge of Everything

A teenager on the cusp of turning 15, straddles the line between childhood and adulthood when she is forced to move in with her father and his younger girlfriend after her mother's death. Looking for direction, Abby befriends the rebellious Caroline, who doesn't always set a good example...

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Intervene

INTERVENE is a surreal, hypnogogic parable about an unstable young man whose family feeds his madness by staging religious visions.

8.0

Give Me Pity!

Sissy St. Claire graces the small screen for her first ever television special, an evening full of music and laughter, glamour and entertainment! But Sissy's live event quickly begins to curdle into a psychedelic nightmare of vanity, insecurity and delusional ambition, provoked by the glowering presence of a mysterious masked man.

5.0

So Unreal

A cinephile collage, both historical and philosophical, of films on artificial intelligence, cyberspace and virtual reality, from 1981 to 2001: cinema as a way and an instrument to cope with humanity's euphoria, anxiety, fear and obsession with technology.

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Bettas

On vacation for a friend's wedding, boyfriends Francisco and David get into a trivial argument that quickly escalates.

6.8

Bob the Drag Queen: Live at Caroline's

Live from New York's famous Caroline's comedy club, RuPaul’s Drag Race season 8 winner Bob the Drag Queen performs a hilarious standup set filled with personal stories about his family, race, and the LGBTQ community.

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Some Day All This Will Be Yours

A queer autofiction comedy/horror short, Some Day All This Will Be Yours was shot in the filmmaker's childhood home. The film follows an increasingly strange pregnant woman giving her unborn child a tour of its inheritance. Amidst a riot of crumbling 1970s interior design, Some Day uncannily twists the tropes of motherhood, home, and family legacy.

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live

A short, staged multimedia performance film for the hip hop act True Neutral Crew

8.0

Yes Repeat No

Three actors audition to play the Palestinian-Jewish actor and activist Juliano Mer-Khamis, a former IDF paratrooper who defiantly identified as “100% Palestinian and 100% Jewish”. During a tense rehearsal meant to determine which of them is most suited to authentically portray Juliano Mer-Khamis, the three Julianos find their sense-of-self fractured and disrupted.