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SHORT FILM PROGRAM

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Boston LGBT Film Festival 2012

Young Leaders Council Shorts

With in person.
Tue, May 08 @ 7:30 pm
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Please join us for a special screening of short films at the Fenway Community Health Center. The Boston LGBT Film Festival and Young Leaders Council (YLC) are presenting a series of short films that celebrate the LGBT Community. Young Leaders Council (YLC) is an initiative of Fenway Health to empower emerging LGBT leaders and allies to shape their community’s future
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Croquembouche

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Set in 1948, Marion is stuck in a lifeless marriage and is hosting a private dinner for four with her husband, Dennis. As the guests arrive, she quickly finds out that a woman she had an affair with while working back in the mill factories during the Second World War, is one of those guests. As the night continues, Marion and her old flame begin to rekindle an old spark that was lost and now has resurfaced. The question is, will Marion leave Dennis for this woman?
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Pursuit

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When eclectic Diana sees by-the-book Lt. Cate, a motorcycle policewoman/Venus-on-the-half-Harley while stopping off at a coffee shop, inspiration strikes. Diana floors her Mini with the top down breaking several traffic laws in order to meet and spend a little more time with Lt. Cate in this lighthearted comedy that asks the question 'What if I never try? Nancy Upton and Marissa D'Onofrio star in this battle of wits beautifully photographed by Bill Schwarz.
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Au Commencement

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Two gay sperms were never meant to fertilize an egg. But what if Life decides otherwise?
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Lions of New York

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The Lions of New York is a portrait of a family forged out of defied expectations. It is a documentary that follows the city's most prominent gay hockey team, showing how this unique label affects the players lives on and off the ice. And in doing so, it reveals the heights to which a small group can raise the level of consciousness among an entire community.
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Teens Like Phil

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Inspired by the alarming increase in real-life tragedies involving high school bullying and suicide, Teens Like Phil tells the story of a gay teen, Phil, and his former friend, Adam, who brutally bullies him. The film explores the complicated and painful circumstances surrounding this relationship in an effort to better understand the roots of the bullying epidemic. Phil’s story is ultimately a tale of survival and transcendence from this cycle of abuse.
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The Fire This Time

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On a hot summer evening in the gay-friendly West Village neighborhood of New York City, seven young women from New Jersey were verbally threatened and physically attacked by a twenty-nine-year-old man. In a not uncommon travesty of justice, the New Jersey Seven, as they came to be called, were sent to prison for defending themselves. The Fire This Time tells the story of the seven women’s trial and prison sentences, and the years-long fight by relatives and activists to get the women released.
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