US PREMIERE
SHORT FILM PROGRAM
WORLD PREMIERE
FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT
THROWBACK FROM
Silent Stories
Tuesday
May 10, 2011
@
8:30 pm
Boston LGBT Film Festival 2011

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.
Wicked Queer is proud to co-present this program with
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Silent Stories
In Silent Stories Hanne Phlypo and Catherine Vuylsteke follow two men and two women from Algeria, Senegal, Iraq and Guinea whose sexual orientation forced them to leave their country – whether they were bisexual, homosexual, lesbian or transsexual. Three of them are rebuilding their lives in Belgium, for the fourth, the Iraqi transsexual Sarah, long years of waiting have finally resulted in political asylum and the prospect of a gender operation.

Refuge
TK, a West African soccer player, decides to make the most of a rare opportunity to start a new life illegally in the United States. He sneaks away during a game in Los Angeles and meets up with Kojo, an old friend from back home who has agreed to shelter him. All is well until TK learns that his old friend is attracted to him and may have an ulterior motive for agreeing to help him. TK must deal with his discomfort at Kojo's attraction to him as things take a dire turn and force TK to decide what price he will pay to preserve his shelter.

Noche sin Luna (Moonless Night)
Set in the 1970s, Noche sin luna (Moonless Night) is the story of Oscar Rodríguez, an introverted handsome gay professional wrongfully accused of killing his friend Julio. Guilty until proven innocent, Oscar is taken to the police precinct and is pressured by Inspector Sánchez to confess to Julio’s murder or else. In the story Oscar is painfully caught between preconceptions and the Inspector's agenda of getting a murder case under his belt.

To the Marriage of Two Minds
Hayder and Falah, two young Iraqi men, seek asylum in London from Baghdad. The two men buy illegal passage onto a cargo vessel, enduring a storm-tossed journey in the dim confines of a shipping container. Uncertain how long their voyage will last, or if they will be turned away upon arrival, they count the days by the light through a star-like hole in the ceiling. Falah, a writer, comforts Hayder with lines from Shakespearean love sonnets, whispered in Arabic, as they await an unknown reception.