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SXSW 2008: 'Bi the Way'

3:28 PM Sat, Mar 08, 2008 | Permalink |
Stephen Becker

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I just got back from a nice chat with the co-directors of Bi the Way, Brittany Blockman and Dallas' Josephine Decker. For their film, the pair took a roadtrip across the country exploring what they thought was a shift in how American viewed bisexuality.
"We set out in the middle of a cultural war. The country was really divided," Ms. Decker, a 1999 Higland Park High School graduate, says of their feelings when they set off to make their film in 2005. "I was expecting to hear people say, 'No way! Those people are going to hell!' and then other people to say, 'whatever.' But people were more centered. I was more surprised to how open America was."
Almost more amazing was that the women, who met on their first day of school at Princeton University, were able to spend several months in a car together and remain friends in the end. They'll be celebrating their film (and friendship) tonight at its premiere and later a party at The Enchanted Forest that they say will feature burlesque dancers, beatboxing and body painting. What's not to like? As for the premiere, Ms. Blockman says they are trying to get 100 people to makeout before the film. Unfortunately I'm going to miss that spectacle (I'll be watching Helen Hunt's directorial debut, Then She Found Me) but I'm going to the party tonight, so I'll be sure and investigate how they, um, madeout in that endeavor. Sorry.

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