Lampkin Music Group Screens Alexandra Billings' STEALTH 6/30

Lampkin Music Group in association with Scorpio Rising Films, Jackie Frost Films and Reeling: The Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival, announce the One Night Only Chicago screening of Marlo Bernier's transgender tale, Stealth, a 20 minute short film starring Alexandra Billings, Jennifer Fontaine and Elizabeth J. Martin on June 30th, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. at The Center on Halsted, 3656 North Halsted, Chicago, Illinois. There will be a reception after the film. Lite food and Wine Sponsored by Ann Sather's. Tickets are $20.00, available online at www.lampkinmusic.com by paypal and at the theater box office, the night of screening.

This special night is a benefit for the Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame, which will receive a % of all ticket sales. There will be a Q & A with Aexandra Billings, director/writer/producer Marlo Bernier and co-star/producer/writer Jennifer Fontaine after the film; followed by a reception in the theater lobby.

"Stealth" spotlights both the unfortunate intolerance of society and the reinforcing power of acceptance. The film was shot in and around Los Angeles, California, is a Jackie Frost Films production in association with Scorpio Rising Films and funded by Mississippi Films, Susan Smith and Jon Lipitz.

Award-winning transgender actress, singer and renowned Professor of The Viewpoints at California State University and The Steppenwolf Theater, Alexandra Billings (Grey's Anatomy, E.R, Eli Stone, Romy and Michelle, Before I Disappear, Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, Princess and the Pea, The Musical "Hamlet") takes the lead as Veronica Terranova alongside Indie actresses Jennifer Fontaine (recently named Best Actress for her role in Drop Gun by the Iowa Motion Picture Association, LOOK ) and Elizabeth J. Martin (Expired) who complete The Ensemble in roles as her two sisters.

"Stealth" steers audiences through the secretive and shocking events surrounding transgender Veronica Terranova. Sitting alone in a dark hotel room, a dead and dirty politician by her side, Veronica must make the difficult decision to call Jeannine, her younger sister, who has always been there for her. Panic stricken, Jeannine secretly calls their eldest sister, Celia, the only one who can truly help...but will she?

A powerful mix of sisterly love and abject rejection, Stealth is an insightful and candid look at how one family handles transgenderism. Marlo reveals, "...having lived my entire life as Mark, I know this world all to well. I am both honored and humbled to find myself in the company of such talent and am committed to delivering a work which will offer an understanding of the of the transgender experience."

Behind-the-scenes, 4-time Outmusic award nominated and visionary transgender singer/songwriter Namoli Brennet provides a haunting score, and award-winning documentarian Andre Enzensberger is the Director of Photography.

Stealth marks the second collaboration of the writing/producing team Marlo Bernier and Jennifer Fontaine. The team's first endeavor ‘The Last Time We Were...' garnered the duo a Silver Remi at WorldFest Houston and played to packed screenings at the Los Angeles International Shorts Fest and the Beloit International Film Fest. They currently have 5 feature scripts in various stages of development, including ‘Glass Houses' which has attached actors Deborah Kara Unger, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Austin Pendleton and Jason Connery, and is currently in the packaging stage.

 

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