''Chi Girl'' is a 1999 black-and-white

mockumentary A mockumentary (a portmanteau of ''mock'' and ''documentary'') is a type of film or television show depicting fictional events, but presented as a Documentary film, documentary. Mockumentaries are often used to analyze or comment on current event ...

produced, directed, written by, and starring Heidi Van Lier. The story follows Heather, an unlikable woman who makes a bet with a filmmaker that she can sleep with any man she wants at any time. The film was shown at a number of film festivals including

Slamdance Film Festival The Slamdance Film Festival is an annual film festival focused on emerging artists. The annual week-long festival is held in Los Angeles in late February and is the main event organized by the year-round Slamdance organization. The organization ...

Cleveland International Film Festival The Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) is an annual film festival based in Cleveland, Ohio. CIFF is the largest film festival in Ohio and among the longest-running in the United States. The festival is held at Playhouse Square, the lar ...

New York Underground Film Festival The New York Underground Film Festival was an annual event that occurred each March at Anthology Film Archives in New York City from 1994 through 2008. It was founded by filmmakers Todd Phillips (''Road Trip (2000 film), Road Trip'', ''Old School ...

Edinburgh International Film Festival The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF), established in 1947, is the world's oldest continually running film festival. EIFF presents both UK and international films (all titles are World, international, European or UK Premieres), in al ...

, and Chicago Alt.film Festival. ''Chi Girl'' was low-budget and was made on less than $50,000, which Van Lier borrowed from her mother.

Synopsis

Heather Green (Van Lier) is a Chicago newspaper columnist who makes a bet with a filmmaker, Randy, that she can sleep with any man she wants, whenever she wants because she theorizes that all men crave sex. Randy films her unsuccessful attempts to prove her theory right, as well as her stalking her ex-boyfriend. Over the course of the movie, Randy begins to fall in love with Heather. When Heather finds a boyfriend, Cliff, and tells Randy filming is over, he begins to stalk her. She repeatedly tells him to leave her alone. Heather once again allows Randy to film after Cliff breaks up with her but this time he has to record without sound. At the end of the movie, Heather boards a train to an unknown destination. Randy watches her leave and decides to wait for her return.

Cast

* Heidi Van Lier as Heather Green *

Joe Kraemer Joseph Wayne Kraemer (born September 10, 1964) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played professionally from 1985 to 1994 and in Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1989 and 1990. Early life He attended both Portland State Uni ...

as Randy (voice) * Scott Benjaminson as Cliff * Phil Smith as Jack * Alicia Hyde as Marie * Sarah Willis as Kelly * Troy West as Jeff * Bret Grafton as Jacob * Jill Kraft as Michelle * Paul Jeans as George * Cherise Silvestri as a Jennie * Stephanie Caterer as a Jennie * Erinn Haynes as a Jennie

Accolades

External links

References

American independent films Films scored by Joe Kraemer 1990s mockumentary films American mockumentary films 1990s English-language films 1999 films 1990s American films {{1990s-US-comedy-film-stub