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spotlight SATURDAY


TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE… DISCOVERING YOUR PLACE by joel martens


Take the story of a shy 14-year-old boy named Ulysses, who is struggling with the death of his father, gender identity and relentless bullying because he’s “different.” Then throw in a strict, religious and judgmental aunt, homelessness and a spat of painful lessons learned on the mean streets of New York and you’re probably thinking you’ll end up in a painfully dark and depressingly sad tale. You’d be proven completely wrong, and as surprised as I was, if you take a moment like I did to watch Damon Cardasis’s film Saturday Church, releasing this month. Those difficult circumstances would all be painfully there, but I can almost guarantee you’ll walk out of the theater having for certain shed a tear or two perhaps, but absolutely ending your evening with a smile on your face, more hopeful than you did when you walked in for certain...and probably even humming a sweet tune. Unconventionally told in a musical format, the film tells the more conventional story lived by many a LGBTQ teen. The act of trying to figure out who you are, the struggle for acceptance and the search for peace in a world not often kind to “otherness.” Ulysses takes us into his often-difficult world and through his rich fantasy life, takes us for a joyful ride as he escapes into a world filled with beautiful music and dance as he discovers a family of lively transgender youth and new ways to love and be loved. It’s all about losing something you thought you knew and finding something you didn’t know you had, losing one family, but gaining another…and finding the strength to love exactly who you are.


Perfect format for a musical wouldn’t you say? Director Damon Cardasis and lead actor Luka Kain both sat down withThe Rage Monthly to discuss


Saturday Church and the experience of taking a story fraught with loss and finding the beauty of truly knowing oneself within that pain.


For me, it’s a human story first and


foremost—whatever their gender or sexuality might be—wherever that falls is really not important. It’s more about if you have ever felt alone, felt bullied or picked on, or when you’ve


fallen in love for the first time or you’ve ever felt loss, those are all human


emotions that everyone can relate to.” — damon cardasis


26 RAGE monthly | JANUARY 2018 | JANUARY 2018


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