Fresno Reel Pride – Before I Change My Mind

SUNDAY, OCT 1, 2023 \\ 6:00 PM \\ 🔷 VISTA THEATER \\ DIRECTED BY TREVOR ANDERSON \\ CANADA \\ ENGLISH \\ 90 MINS \\ This hilarious and nail-biting roller coaster ride through teen angst, crushes and friendships breathes new life into the well-trodden genre of 1980s high-school comedy-drama. Robin, an androgynous newcomer at school, refuses to join the binary world of single-sex sports teams. Overturning expectations that the story will venture down the rocky road of bullying over their gender identity, Robin starts hanging out as one of the boys, developing a crush on Carter, the meanest tearaway. There is little wrangling over who might be gay or trans, and as the characters’ moral compasses evolve, the film widens its perspective, grappling with our flaws and what drives us to rebel. This film contains bullying and adolescent drinking.