The Butch Factor
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The Butch Factor, full name The Butch Factor: What Kind of Man Are You? is a 2009 documentary film
produced and directed by American director Christopher Hines
through his own production company Rogue Culture Inc. The film, narrated by Hines, was filmed at various locations including Atlanta, Georgia, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Guerneville, California and Seattle, Washington and was shown at a great number of gay and documentary festivals. The television premiere was April 17, 2010 on the gay channel Logo
.
Christopher Hines followed up The Butch Factor by the documentary The Adonis Factor
.
in gay men and culture through insightful
interviews with a great number of diverse gay men mixed with fast-paced sometimes archival tour of diverse groups of gay males from 1970s to contemporary times. It also includes analytical and expert presentations writers, teachers, psychologists about their views of gay culture, masculinity, fetishism, discrimination etc. The documentary discusses how the gay "butch" men often feel alone in their plight to integrate in general gay life as masculine males. This film, despites "eye candy" shots of men, breaks through many stereotypes as well. Discussions include leather men, bears, rodeo riders, muscle men, construction workers, truck drivers, policemen, sportsmen and others, intertwined with questions of homophobia
, stereotyping, metrosexuality
, effeminacy
, fashion.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
produced and directed by American director Christopher Hines
Christopher Hines
Christopher Hines is an American documentary film director and a journalist. He is most known for his documentaries on gay culture including The Butch Factor and The Adonis Factor. He is founder and owner of Rogue Culture Inc. a television and film production company.Hines started as a journalist...
through his own production company Rogue Culture Inc. The film, narrated by Hines, was filmed at various locations including Atlanta, Georgia, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Guerneville, California and Seattle, Washington and was shown at a great number of gay and documentary festivals. The television premiere was April 17, 2010 on the gay channel Logo
Logo (TV channel)
Logo is an American digital cable television channel owned by Viacom's MTV Networks division. Launched in June 2005, the channel's programs are geared towards the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community...
.
Christopher Hines followed up The Butch Factor by the documentary The Adonis Factor
The Adonis Factor
The Adonis Factor is a 2010 documentary film produced and directed by American director Christopher Hines through his own production company Rogue Culture Inc. Filmed at various locations it was shown at a great number of gay and documentary festivals...
.
Synopsis
The documentary tackles meanings of masculinityMasculinity
Masculinity is possessing qualities or characteristics considered typical of or appropriate to a man. The term can be used to describe any human, animal or object that has the quality of being masculine...
in gay men and culture through insightful
interviews with a great number of diverse gay men mixed with fast-paced sometimes archival tour of diverse groups of gay males from 1970s to contemporary times. It also includes analytical and expert presentations writers, teachers, psychologists about their views of gay culture, masculinity, fetishism, discrimination etc. The documentary discusses how the gay "butch" men often feel alone in their plight to integrate in general gay life as masculine males. This film, despites "eye candy" shots of men, breaks through many stereotypes as well. Discussions include leather men, bears, rodeo riders, muscle men, construction workers, truck drivers, policemen, sportsmen and others, intertwined with questions of homophobia
Homophobia
Homophobia is a term used to refer to a range of negative attitudes and feelings towards lesbian, gay and in some cases bisexual, transgender people and behavior, although these are usually covered under other terms such as biphobia and transphobia. Definitions refer to irrational fear, with the...
, stereotyping, metrosexuality
Metrosexuality
Metrosexuality is a British television drama, which aired on Channel 4 in 2001 as a short-run series of six episodes. It was later re-edited into a single feature for DVD release...
, effeminacy
Effeminacy
Effeminacy describes traits in a human male, that are more often associated with traditional feminine nature, behaviour, mannerisms, style or gender roles rather than masculine nature, behaviour, mannerisms, style or roles....
, fashion.
Cast
(All appearing as themselves)- Christopher HinesChristopher HinesChristopher Hines is an American documentary film director and a journalist. He is most known for his documentaries on gay culture including The Butch Factor and The Adonis Factor. He is founder and owner of Rogue Culture Inc. a television and film production company.Hines started as a journalist...
-- Narrator - J. Wesley Adams (credited as Wes Adams)
- David Aguilar
- H.T. Bennett
- Jackson Bowman
- Ellen Brin
- Junior Buendia
- Brent Calderwood
- Vincent Calvarese
- John Campbell
- Gregory Cason
- Eric Chinchilla
- Dan Cullinane
- Steven Daigle
- Colin Daly
- Durk Dehner
- Allen Eggman
- Brian Garrison
- Larry Gross
- Mike Gunn
- Keith Harris
- Jason Hefley
- Trevor Hoppe
- Dalph Johnson
- Doug Komlenic
- Matt Laird
- Harry Lit
- Jaimes Loughrey
- Jack Malebranche
- Rich McMurray
- Peter Nardi
- Marcus Nunn
- Chris Ohnesorge (credited as Chriso)
- Wing Poon
- Jim Reed
- Kevin Reed
- Don Romesburg -- archivist
- Cory Smith
- Mark Snyder
- Kelly Stahr
- Steve Sublet
- Ron Wear
- Wes Wilkinson
- Frank Yanez
- Bil Yoelin
Screenings
- Frameline Film Festival - San Francisco
- Austin Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
- Reel Affirmations - Washington D.C.
- Out on Film - Atlanta1
- Image Out - Rochester
- Pittsburgh Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
- Tampa International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
- Image+Nation - Montreal
- Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
- Cinema Diverse-Palm Springs
- Mezipatra - Prague
- Les Gai Cine Mad - Madrid
- Vancouver Queer Film Festival