The local writer-activist who created the stage satire “Candy Corn, Christ and the Convoluted Creation of Golf” now is swinging from a cinematic tee.
Swartz Creek resident Antonio David Garcia has made a movie, “Fences,” in which he uses an unconventional cross-country trip to take a few swipes at the religious right.
Garcia plans to give the 75-minute “Fences” its first public screenings at 7:30 and 9 p.m. Friday at Good Beans Cafe, 328 N. Grand Traverse. Donations will be taken at the door for the Flint AIDS Walk (set for the following day) and the Matthew Shepard Foundation.
“Fences” chronicles a three-week journey by gay-rights advocate Garcia in 2005 to find Oregon-based filmmaker Gus Van Sant (”Good Will Hunting”). Along the way, Garcia attempts to visit conservative Christian groups such as Dr. James Dobson’s Colorado-based Focus on the Family and the Kansas church pastored by the Rev. Fred Phelps, who is known for protesting at funerals.
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