This program brings together various films that deal with the difficulties of being a queer person who is forced to leave their home countries due to persecution simply for being who they are. We are proud to have Amnesty International co-present this program. They will be present at the screening and providing information about how you can be active in supporting the LGBT struggle in Uganda. You can learn more here.

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Local author Michael Bronski will give an hour-long talk on his new book A Queer History of The United States. Please join us for this pre-release event. Michael Bronski is senior lecturer in the Women's and Gender Studies Program and in the Jewish Studies Program at Dartmouth College. He has written extensively on LGBT issues for four decades, in both mainstream and queer publications. His book Pulp Friction: Uncovering the Golden Age of Gay Male Pulps won a Lambda Literary Award in 2003. This event is free and tickets are first come, first served. Books will be available for purchase

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Reminiscent of the work of famous Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarsatomi, Amor Hakkar directs and stars in his latest feature. This is a quiet film about two homosexual Iranian men who illegally cross the border of France to escape the death sentence that inevitably would fall upon them for their love of one another. Skipping preachy dialogue, Hakkar opts instead for lingering shots of expressions that manage to make the film feel visually and emotionally complete.

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