US PREMIERE
SHORT FILM PROGRAM
WORLD PREMIERE
FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT
THROWBACK FROM
This is Who We Are
Documenting LGBT Life
Saturday
May 7, 2011
@
3:30 pm
Boston LGBT Film Festival 2011
As we all know, us gays come in all shapes and sizes and are all over the world! This program of shorts takes us around the US and even to China to tell the stories of LGBT people living their lives. From the constant struggle to participate in New York City's St. Patrick's Day Parade to the celebration of being queer in Shanghai, and to the wilds of Alaska, we are everywhere and lving our lives sometimes takes a struggle.
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This short film program includes the following films:
The Other Parade
Boston isn’t alone when it comes to complications around the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Every year on March 17th, the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade is held on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. It is the oldest and largest celebration of Irish heritage and culture in the United States. It is also the most controversial. Despite almost two decades of protest and resistance, lesbian and gay groups are not permitted to march openly in the parade. Brendan Fay, an Irish immigrant and gay rights activist, spent years fighting his exclusion from the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
OUTspoken
OUTspoken follows the stories of 4 gay people in Fairbanks, AK. Of the 4 people, there is a gay man in his 20's and one in his late 50's, as well as a young lesbian in her 20's and an older lesbian in her late 40's. each share their specific stories on what it was like to come out to their families in a small town. They discuss discrimination they have faced growing up as well as present day tribulations. This short film provides an insight of the struggles to find a potential date when everyone knows each other.
Proud Shanghai
Shanghai Pride is arguably the first public event to celebrate the LGBT communities in China. Inaugurated in 2009, this event takes place over a series of festivities that include dance parties, sports competitions, art exhibitions, panel discussions and film screenings. Organized primarily by the expatriates in Shanghai, Shanghai Pride challenges the Chinese government and society to face the realities that the LGBT communities do exist in China and have a vibrant scene.
Finding Judy
What happens when an African American teen from Chicago looks inside himself and discovers he can sing and act just like the legendary Judy Garland? A sweet, engaging look at how one young man's quirky talent helped him disarm high school bullies, flummox telemarketers and propel himself from YouTube obscurity all the way to tinsel town.
The Collector
Meet Beauregard Houston Montgomery, an aging Warhol-era bohemian, world-class authority on everything dollhouses, and overall New York City phenom.
