Heart of Broadway, May 06, 2013 | Boston LGBT Film Festival 2012

Boston LGBT Film Festival 2012

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Director

Josh Rosenzweig

Year

2011

Run Time

57

min

Country

USA

Language

English

PROGRAM Time

minutes

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Heart of Broadway goes inside Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS for a look at the organization, which, by drawing upon the talents, resources, and generosity of the American theater community, since 1988 has raised more than $195 million for essential services for people with AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States. The special takes viewers backstage and behind the scenes for conversations with key players who reveal what makes this one of the most influential organizations in the world. Featured celebrities, who've repeatedly and graciously

This film is presented in English with English subtitles.

Heart of Broadway goes inside Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS for a look at the organization, which, by drawing upon the talents, resources, and generosity of the American theater community, since 1988 has raised more than $195 million for essential services for people with AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States. The special takes viewers backstage and behind the scenes for conversations with key players who reveal what makes this one of the most influential organizations in the world. Featured celebrities, who’ve repeatedly and graciously donated their time and talents to Broadway Cares, include Denis O’Hare, Marc Kudisch, Jerry Mitchell, Tom Viola, Judith Light, Jen Cody, Terrence McNally, Lillias White, Kathleen Chalfant, Billy Porter, and Ann Harada.

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Liberty

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Lawrence Milano

10 min

English

USA

A short documentary exploring a young man's journey in Pittsburgh as one of the city's most promising drag queens. In this film, we learn about the close minded environment he fled from to come to a city that is more welcoming to the gay and lesbian community. We are also introduced to Pittsburgh's drag scene and the wonderful and fabulous characters our protagonist has met throughout the years.

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Outland

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Brattle Theater

min total program

Adam Richard and John Richards

Where do you go if you grew up unpopular and pimply, having unrequited crushes on boys in the rugby team and wishing to be transported to the exotic yet often papier-mache worlds of English science fiction serials? How do you cope if you are both a geek, and gay? Outland is a situation comedy from the producers of Summer Heights High and John Safran’s Race Relations that revolves around a gay science-fiction club. It is a comedy about belonging, and how everyone searches to find a place where they fit in. Episodes 1-3: Bondage & Bionics. Open about their sexuality but not so much about their geekdom, the gang outs one of their own on a first date, stumbles into a complicated BDSM scene, and faces the Khan-like wrath of their club’s former leader. (Description courtesy of the Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.)

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Coolidge Corner Theater

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Growing up queer in a straight world isn’t easy, but these filmmakers show you how to navigate it.