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Western Kentucky's Cinema Systers celebrates a decade as U.S.'s only all-lesbian film festival
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The only all-lesbian film festival in the U.S. is not where most people might expect. Cinema Systers – a four-day celebration of sapphic storytelling – turned 10 in Paducah over Memorial Day weekend.
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