Film festival ropes Cowboy

Cougar Entertainment Services

The second annual Gay and Lesbian Film Festival continues this weekend with American Cowboy, a documentary chronicling the personal and professional struggles of cowboy Gene Mikulenka as he travels to the 1996 International Gay Rodeo Association finals.

Screenings are at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 5 p.m. Friday at the Museum of Fine Arts, 1001 Bissonnet.

Mikulenka and director Kyle Henry will attend both screenings, Q&A sessions and a fundraiser. For information, call (713) 914-5037