Outfest 2009: PRODIGAL SONS, GIVE ME YOUR HAND, BEFORE STONEWALL
Outfest 2009 hightlights on Saturday, July 11. Synopses from the Outfest website.
Before Stonewall (Sat, Jul 11th Noon, REDCAT)
(USA, 1984, 87 mins)
16mm
Directed By: Greta Schiller
From the sexual experimentation of the Roaring Twenties, to the scapegoating of homosexuals during the McCarthy era, to the development of the early homophile rights movement, BEFORE STONEWALL presents a unique portrait of the history of the U.S. homosexual experience. Using filmed recollections and a wealth of archival material from both the mass media’s portrayal of homosexuality and from the gay subculture’s own documentation, the film traces the social, political, and cultural development of the lesbian and gay community. The film features such notables [...]
by Andre Soares | July 9, 2009
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Tags: Before Stonewall, Film Festivals, Gay Film Festivals, Gay Interest, Gay Movies, Give Me Your Hand, Lesbian Interest, Los Angeles Screenings, Outfest, Outfest 2009, Prodigal Sons
Outfest 2009: Panels & Special Screenings
Before Stonewall (top); Sigourney Weaver, Ryan Kelley in Prayers for Bobby (middle); Zach Gilford in Dare (bottom)
Special Events and Panels at Outfest 2009 include q&a’s with the talent and creative teams of HBO’s drama Big Love (July 19 at 5:00pm at DGA 1) and Fox’s musical series Glee. Actors Matthew Morrison, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Chris Colfer, and Jane Lynch, co-creator and writer Ian Brennan, and executive producer Dante Di Loreto will be present for the Glee q&a on Saturday, July 18 at 1:30pm at DGA 1.
Additionally, "Words, Pictures and Music," a panel discussion about musicals on the big screen, will feature Bill Condon (Chicago), [...]
by Andre Soares | July 7, 2009
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Tags: Barbra Streisand, Before Stonewall, Film Festivals, Funny Girl, Gay Film Festivals, Gay Interest, Los Angeles Screenings, Outfest, Outfest 2009, Sigourney Weaver
London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2009: GHOSTED, THE AMERICAN SOLDIER
London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2009
Wednesday, April 1, highlights
Schedule and synopses from the LLGFF website
Before Stonewall
Directed by:
Greta Schiller, Robert Rosenberg
Distributor:
Peccadillo Pictures
Country:
USA
Year:
1984
Running time:
87min
25 years ago this film felt like a revelation of a hidden gay history. Conventional wisdom had defined the modern movement for gay liberation from the riots at the Stonewall Inn in New York, however, this film shows just how much activism and creativity haad been going on before 1969. A dazzling line-up of interviewees includes poets, writers, political organizers, dancers, actors who bear witness to a life before Stonewall, including Allen Ginsberg, Audre Lorde, Barbara Gittings, Harry Hay, Ann Bannon and many more.
The courage and bravery of those [...]
by Andre Soares | March 29, 2009
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Tags: Before Stonewall, Delphine Seyrig, Film Festivals, Gay Film Festivals, Gay Interest, Ghosted, London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, London Screenings, Monika Treut, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, The American Soldier, The Image of Dorian Gray in the Yellow Press, Ulrike Ottinger, Veruschka
