{"id":90,"date":"2020-01-13T00:31:03","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T00:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/charissakingobrien.com\/?page_id=90"},"modified":"2025-05-20T18:10:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T18:10:15","slug":"the-paper-mirror-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/charissakingobrien.com\/?page_id=90","title":{"rendered":"The Paper Mirror"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"480\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 640 \/ 480;\" width=\"640\" controls src=\"https:\/\/charissakingobrien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/The-Paper-Mirror_-Drawing-Alison-Bechdel-Trailer.mov\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Paper Mirror trailer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFilmmaker Charissa King-O\u2019Brien\u2019s <em>The Paper Mirror<\/em> tells the story of a cross country collaboration between two artists who are both in a process of transition. Chicago-based Riva Lehrer came to prominence through her portraits of disabled subjects seen in a variety of fanciful scenarios, while East Coast-based Alison Bechdel made her mark with the decade-long comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For. Lehrer teams up with Bechdel to create a new work \u2013 photographs of Bechdel that depict the writer\u2019s mother as her shadow, a reflection of the book Bechdel is working on, <em>Are you My Mother<\/em>? Sure to be appreciated by Bechdel\u2019s legions of fans, this is recommended.\u201d<br> -K. Fennessy , Excerpt from Video Librarian, Sept.\/Oct. \u201813<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;One of <em>The Paper Mirror<\/em>\u2019s strengths is its depiction of Bechdel at an interesting career crossroads. The cartoonist may have followed up the ending of her long-running comic strip \u201cDykes to Watch Out For\u201d with her well-received graphic memoir \u201cFun Home.\u201d Yet it\u2019s clear her discomfort at dealing with her thorny relationship with her mother has hampered her ability to complete her follow-up graphic novel. The brassy Lehrer provides a wonderful counterpoint to Bechdel. The painter is someone who can turn wearing rainbow shoelaces into an act of defiance. More importantly, her process of creating the painting triggers some new sense of creative awareness in the cartoonist. The end result of the two women\u2019s artistic collaboration yields a highly satisfying work of psychological insight.&#8221;<br> Peter Wong, from Beyond Chron, San Francisco\u2019s Alternative Online Daily<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ordering<\/strong><br> To order a copy of the film contact Frameline. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frameline.org\/distribution\/distribution-catalog\/distribution-film-index\/the-paper-mirror\">www.frameline.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Film Festivals <\/strong><br> Queer Film Festival Mezipatra, 2012 Prague<br> Tampa International Gay &amp; Lesbian Film Festival, 2012 The San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival. 2012<br> \u201cComics &amp; Medicine\u201d Conference, 2012 Toronto<br> University of Wisconsin-Madison, LGBT Cultural Center Work-In-Progress screening, 2012<br> \u201cThe Raw and the Cooked: An evening of Queer Disability Culture\u201d Work-In-Progress screening, 2011 at Access Living, Chicago<br> \u201cChronotopia\u201d, National Queer Arts Festival Work-In-Progress screening, 2011<br> San Francisco, CA<br><strong> Awards<\/strong><br> Community Arts Assistance Program Grant\/Award from the City of Chicago 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Charissa King-O&#8217;Brien (c) 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFilmmaker Charissa King-O\u2019Brien\u2019s The Paper Mirror tells the story of a cross country collaboration between two artists who are both in a process of transition. 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