In celebration of International Women’s Day and its theme of CHOOSE TO CHALLENGE, on March 8, 2021, RAIN BEAU’S END will have its global premiere. The story of a couple who throughout the film chooses to challenge the labels, the misconceptions, and the barriers that they experience on a daily basis as a prominent lesbian couple with an adopted child, RAIN BEAU’S END shows the challenges that parents go through, that lesbian parents go through, that LGBT people go through, that life throws at us all. It challenges us to look at the labels we apply to be and to think about the impact and potential damage those labels can cause. This film has the ability to unify so many women with overlapping parallel challenges – while showing the adversity and strength that many women can pull on.
Premiering online on Lesflicks Video on Demand platform, the premiere will be followed by a live Q&A Session featuring the cast: Janelle Snow, Amanda Powell, Ed Asner, Sean Young, Christian Stolte, Melanie Chandra and Kirk Kelleykahn; the writer, Jennifer Cooney; the director, Joe Orlandino; the producer, Tracy Wren; and the founder of Lesflicks, Naomi Bennett. This live Q&A will be hosted by Sarah O’Connell on Monday 8th March 2021 at 8pm GMT/12pm PST to celebrate International Women’s Day.
RAIN BEAU’S END is an intimate lesbian family-drama situated in the late 1990s, depicting how the labeling of their adopted son affects a progressive lesbian couple’s relationship as they struggle to raise their family in the spotlight. The film tells a motherhood story starting when a prominent, progressive lesbian couple, Hannah and Jules, adopts a child named Beau who is subsequently diagnosed with 47, XYY chromosomes which at that time was believed to make boys more prone to aggressive behavior (it has since been disproved). Riding the rough journey of Beau’s apparent behavioral issues, and how it not only affects his life and the small community they inhabit but most especially their relationship and their lives, as Beau gets older and research of his condition grows, Hannah and Jules must face the reality of a self-fulfilling prophecy and the ghosts of their past.
Directed by Tracy Wren and written by Jennifer Cooney from an original story by Joe Orlandino, RAIN BEAU’S END stars Janelle Snow, Amanda Powell, Ed Asner, Sean Young, Christian Stolte, Melanie Chandra, and Kirk Kelleykahn.
For writer and producer of RAIN BEAU’S END, Jennifer Cooney, “The release of RAIN BEAU’S END exclusively on Lesflicks could not be a prouder moment for me, as both a filmmaker and a lesbian. I remember a time in my life when I owned every lesbian film ever made on DVD—and the collection barely took up any space on my shelf. So, to have a film that I wrote and produced be distributed to the world via a platform dedicated to the sharing of lesbian films is a mind-blowing honor, not to mention a monumental leap towards a greater understanding of the LGBTQ+ community. Every cast and crew member of this film led with their heart, all in service of this very important story about acceptance and the effects of labeling.”
Lesflicks is a lesbian-owned and independent digital streaming platform, events business, and website that exists to signal boost and amplify the expansive library of quality lesbian & bisexual films and series being made around the world. Lesflicks offers a video-on-demand (VOD) service showcasing and promoting an array of content created for lesbian, bisexual and queer (LBQ) women showing lesbian & bisexual stories and characters on screen and offering that all-important positive representation that audiences are calling out for. Due to its innovative and community-based focus, Lesflicks has had many successes in its first year of operating and is a unique platform. In the first year of running the platform, Lesflicks was approached by Nicole Conn to be the European distributor for her latest feature film, More Beautiful for Having Been Broken. Shortly after that, more filmmakers identified that Lesflicks is a good home for their film as it is working with the community and providing an ethical platform that looks to find a happy medium that supports both the content creators and the audience. In the Autumn of 2020, the platform saw two new exclusive films coming to Lesflicks, firstly AESOP, a sci-fi drama, and then most recently, the debut feature film Forever Not Maybe, the first feature film from up-and-coming filmmaker Christie Conochalla. Since the platform’s launch, Lesflicks has already added over 100 titles to its platform, many of which are not available anywhere else or are difficult to find.
Global Premiere March 8, 2021
