Frank's Cock is a 1993 Canadian short film written and directed by Mike Hoolboom (pictured). The eight-minute production stars Callum Keith Rennie as an unnamed narrator who discusses his relationship with his partner, Frank. The two met while the narrator was a teenager and spent nearly ten years together. Frank has since been diagnosed with AIDS, and the narrator fears his lover's death. The story was based on the experience of one of Hoolboom's friends at People With AIDS, which Hoolboom adapted after receiving a commission to create a short film about breaking up. Shot on a low budget, the work is shown in a split- screen format with interspersed scenes from popular culture, gay pornography, and human creation; this format is meant to symbolise the "fragmentation of the body" experienced by AIDS sufferers. Produced by Alex Mackenzie, Frank's Cock was critically acclaimed and won several awards, including the NFB–John Spotton Award for best Canadian short film at the 1994 Toronto International Film Festival. The script has been republished several times and has inspired a short on LGBT issues in Canada's native community.

Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%27s_Cock

_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1828:

Juan Lavalle, returning to Buenos Aires with troops that fought in the Argentine-Brazilian War deposed the provincial governor Manuel Dorrego, reigniting the Argentine Civil Wars. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decembrist_revolution_(Argentina)

1913:

Ford Motor Company began operating the world's first moving assembly line for the mass production of automobiles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_line

1948:

In "one of Australia's most profound mysteries", the body of an unidentified man was found on Somerton beach in Adelaide, a case which remains unsolved today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taman_Shud_Case

1955:

In a key event in the African-American Civil Rights Movement, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks

1991:

Over 92% of Ukrainian voters approved their country's independence as declared by the Ukrainian parliament on 24 August. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_independence_referendum,_1991

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

glogg: A Scandinavian version of vin chaud or mulled wine; a hot punch made of red wine, brandy and sherry flavoured with almonds, raisins and orange peel. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/glogg

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

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