I'm Not Everything I Want to Be (Jeste nejsem, kým chci být)

Houston Cinema Arts Festival

In the last decades of the Soviet Union, a young, queer female photographer breaks free from the constraints of the repressive Czechoslovakian regime and embraces the underground hedonism of the times on a wild journey to freedom and self-acceptance. Based on the work and diaries of Czech photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková, dubbed the ‘Nan Goldin of Czechoslovakia’ for her raw snapshots documenting the lives of queer individuals, migrants and other marginalized peoples, I’m Not Everything I Want to Be captures her experiences through thousands of subjective photographs. Truly a life lived in pictures.

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Presented in Collaboration with FLATS Film Lab


Underwriting for the Film Department is provided by Tenaris, The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation, and the Vaughn Foundation.

Generous funding is provided by The Consulate General of the Republic of Korea; Nina and Michael Zilkha; Lois Chiles; Foundation for Independent Media Arts; Franci Neely; Carrin Patman and Jim Derrick; Ms. Laurence Unger; L'Alliance Française de Houston; and ILEX Foundation.

I'm Not Everything I Want to Be (Jeste nejsem, kým chci být)

Directed by Klára Tasovská
(Czech Republic/Slovakia/Austria, 2024, 90 minutes, in Czech with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

Location

Caroline Wiess Law Building
1001 Bissonnet Street
Houston, TX 77005
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