THE DOG Screens Wednesday Night at QFest St. Louis

QFest St. Louis continues with THE DOG at 7:00 pm Wednesday April 30th.

QFest St. Louis, the annual gay and Lesbian Film Festival presented by Cinema St. Louis, kicks off this weekend. It runs through May 1^st and all films will be screened at The Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar in The Loop, University City, MO) 

QFest uses the art of contemporary gay cinema to spotlight the lives of LGBTQ people and celebrate queer culture. The 2014 event features an eclectic slate of contemporary LGBTQ-themed feature films, documentaries, and shorts. Tickets are now on sale for all shows.

THE DOG screens at 7:00pm Wednesday April 30th

John Wojtowicz took pride in being a pervert. Coming of age in the 1960s, his libido was excessive even by the libertine standards of the era, with multiple wives and lovers, both women and men. In August 1972, he attempted to rob a Brooklyn bank to finance his lover’s sex-reassignment surgery. The act resulted in a 14-hour hostage situation that was broadcast on live television. Three years later, Al Pacino portrayed him in the Oscar-nominated “Dog Day Afternoon.” Drawing on extraordinary archival footage, the film shuffles between the 1970s and the 2000s and provides a historic perspective on New York’s gay liberation movement, in which Wojtowicz played an active role. How and why the bank robbery took place is recounted in gripping detail by Wojtowicz and various eyewitnesses. The film provides an unforgettable portrait of a complex, larger-than-life man who is at once lovable, maniacal, heroic, and self-destructive.