LGBT FEST: 'THE WORLD ACCORDING TO ALLEE WILLIS'

Known for her flamboyant style and legendary parties at her uniquely eccentric Los Angeles home, award-winning songwriter and artist Allee Willis was a fearless individualist who made a lasting impact on pop culture. But privately, she struggled with fitting into conventional gender and sexual norms. Allee Willis was a singular musical phenom whose career defied societal and industrial molds, from Earth, Wind & Fire's "September" to the Pointer Sisters' "Neutron Dance" to the theme song from the show Friends. The World According to Allee Willis is both a love letter to the late artist from the famous folks who loved her — Cyndi Lauper, Alice Walker, the Pet Shop Boys, Lily Tomlin, Luenell, DEVO's Mark Mothersbaugh, and Willis’ longtime partner Prudence Fenton — and a tour of Willis' impressive archives of early video, kitsch collectibles, and musical offerings. It’s also an invitation to the coolest pool parties of the 80s where you could rub elbows with the likes of Elvira, Patti LaBelle, Paul Reubens, Joni Mitchell, and Debbie Harry at Willis' astonishing Los Angeles home.

  • 113 minutes
  • The short film ILY, BYE will play before the feature.

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An arthouse cinema. A European-inspired restaurant. A neighborhood gathering place. A home for film-lovers, food-lovers and community-seekers, in Windsor Park, just northeast of downtown Indianapolis.