Lesbian Looks Film Series
When
Where
THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT (Jan Oxenberg, 1992)
Loft Cinema
Tues Feb 13, 7pm
FREE - tickets available day of screening
IN PERSON: Jan Oxenberg
Continuing our 30th anniversary celebration, Lesbian Looks is thrilled to welcome director, producer, editor and screenwriter Jan Oxenberg to present 4K restorations of two of her classic films.
A lost-and-found revelation from indie film and TV maverick Jan Oxenberg is a docu-fantasy narrative focused on the filmmaker’s hilarious, messy, Jewish family as they prepare to say goodbye to someone they love. Narrated by a cardboard cutout of Oxenberg’s scowling child self, Thank You and Good Night takes us on a journey through the proceedings, attempting to defeat death and never say goodbye.
The program opens with Oxenberg’s 1973 short Home Movie. Using home movie footage and her trademark talent for parody, Oxenberg gives herself a cheerful lesbian childhood: “The thing I liked best about being a cheerleader was being with the other cheerleaders.”
Jan Oxenberg is an independent filmmaker turned television writer. Her film Thank You and Good Night screened at the Sundance film festival and was released theatrically in 1992. She went on to be a writer/producer on TV series including Parenthood, Pretty Little Liars, Cold Case, and many more. On the ABC series Nothing Sacred, Oxenberg wrote the first prime time episode on which a main character had an abortion since Maude and on Relativity, she wrote the first network series lesbian kiss! She won Planned Parenthood’s Margaret Sanger Award for an episode of Cold Case featuring a woman associated with the “underground railroad” Jane, an organization which helped women get safe abortions.
Reviews, trailer and more at the LLooks website. Learn about the 30-year history of LL here.
Co-sponsors of Lesbian Looks 2024 include the UA LGBTQ+ Institute the Hanson Film/TV Institute, and the School of Theatre, Film & Television.