Cinema Diverse 2026 Schedule Highlights: Spotlight on Thursday, Sept. 24th

Sept 24:  Schedule at a Glance.

2:00PM THEATRE ONE: Lone Star Bull (90 min.)  Lone Star Bull stars Luke Macfarlane, the Hallmark movie heartthrob and irresistibly hunky queer icon, as Bull Jackson, a former military veteran turned bouncer at a popular gay nightclub. When Coco, the club’s beloved owner and mentor, is gravely injured in a suspected hate crime, Bull teams up with Jordan (played by D.J. “Shangela” Pierce), a sharp-tongued drag queen and med student, to track down those responsible.

Using his combat skills and fierce loyalty, Bull plunges into a dangerous underworld of prejudice and retribution, fighting to protect his chosen family and confront the ghosts of his past.

2:15PM THEATRE TWO: The Stray House (82 min.) After losing his husband, a grieving widower inherits a rundown house and transforms it into a refuge for society’s outcasts—creating an unlikely chosen family that must stand together against prejudice, abuse, and the pain of the past.

2:30PM THEATRE THREE: Snow Falling on Pumpkins (97 min.) When Michael is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s at 43, his world begins to unravel. Searching for meaning, he finds healing in the wisdom of a Cherokee spiritual guide and the unwavering love of James, the man who becomes his husband. As memories slip away, Michael discovers that love is the one thing time cannot erase.

4:30PM THEATRE ONE: Trial of Hein (122 min).  Returning to his remote North Sea island after fourteen years, Hein finds that no one, even his own family, believes he is who he claims to be. As the village puts his identity on trial, buried secrets and the fragile nature of memory collide in this haunting psychological mystery. In German with English Subtitles.

4:45PM THEATRE TWO: Out of the Woods (92 min.)  Max is slowly losing her memory. When she reunites with an old friend, Diana, a hidden part of herself is reawakened and she’s forced to choose between spending the precious time she has left with the woman she’s always loved or remaining faithful to her husband.

5:00PM THEATRE THREE: Learn the Words, Bitch! (39 min.) WORLD PREMIERE  Hosted by the incomparable Tony Soto, this joyous documentary celebrates Los Angeles’ beloved lip-sync competition, where drag, community, and unapologetic self-expression take center stage. Through a pandemic and growing political attacks on drag, the show proves that laughter, resilience, and chosen family remain powerful acts of resistance.

7:00PM THEATRE ONE: Proud Jewish Boy (90 min.)  On November 7, 1938, 17-year-old Herschel Grynszpan shot Nazi diplomat Ernst vom Rath in Paris, providing the pretext for Kristallnacht. Acclaimed director Isri Halpern traces Herschel’s journey from poverty in Germany to his arrest and the Nazi show trial that never was Combining rare interviews, archival footage, and illustrations, the film investigates the rumored homosexual relationship between the assassin and his victim. In Hebrew, English, German, French with English Subtitles

Following the film, commentary and discussion will be led by noted Holocaust scholar Scott Miller. Scott is a founding staff member at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, where he worked for 30 years. In 2001, Scott was appointed the Director of the Museum’s Benjamin and Vladka Meed Registry of Holocaust Survivors – the Museum’s names-information and tracing center. In 2006, he assumed the position of Director of Curatorial Affairs, overseeing the Museum’s archival, artifact, photo, film, music and oral history collections. Currently Scott is a consulting curator for the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust’s new core exhibition The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do, as well as for the National Library of Israel’s upcoming travelling exhibition Israel: Crossroads and Connections. Scott is also guest curator for the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education’s special exhibition Human Rights After the Holocaust.

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