ASU Queer Film Series continues Oct. 20
'Outrage' will be screened Tuesday, Oct. 20, at ASU.
A series of films addressing human rights and health care
issues will be shown during the 10th annual Queer Film Series
at Appalachian State University.
All films will be shown at 7:30 p.m. in Room 114 in Belk Library
and Information Commons on campus. Screenings are free and
open to the public. Discussion will follow the film.
Schedule
Tuesday, Oct. 20, Outrage (2009, USA. 89 minutes.)
Academy Award nominated filmmaker Kirby Dick delivers a
searing indictment of the hypocrisy of closeted politicians
who actively campaign against the lesbian, bisexual, gay and
transgendered community they covertly belong to. Outrage boldly
reveals the hidden lives of some of our nation's most powerful
policymakers, details the harm they've inflicted on millions
of Americans, and examines the media's complicity in keeping
their secrets. With Tony Kushner, Larry Kramer and Congressman
Barney Frank. Rated R for some language and sexual references.
Tuesday, Oct. 27, Training Rules (2009, USA. 62 minutes.)
No drinking. No drugs. No lesbians. These were the
training rules of women's basketball coach Rene Portland
whose reign at Penn State for more than 20 years was finally
unseated as the result of a newsmaking legal case. This
documentary examines how women's collegiate sports, caught
in a web of homophobic practices, collude in the destruction
of the lives and dreams of many of its most talented athletes.
Directed by Dee Mosbacher, who received an Oscar nomination
for Straight from the Heart, her 1994 documentary about gay
children in deeply religious families. Not rated.
Tuesday, Nov. 3, Fight Back Fight AIDS: 15 Years of ACT
UP (2003, USA, 75 minutes.)
In March 1987, the first AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power
(ACT UP) event took place on Wall Street. In the 22 years since
the protest that shut down the world's financial center,
ACT UP has been at the forefront of public awareness. Their
demonstrations, die-ins, political funerals, marches and speeches
were key in propelling issues related to HIV/AIDS into major
political and international topics. With fierce images and speeches,
including many poignant ones by film historian and ACT UP pioneer
Vito Russo, Fight Back Fight AIDS is a dynamic alternative historical
record of the queer political landscape, HIV/AIDS, and AIDS
activist video. Not rated.
Tuesday, Nov. 17, Hannah Free (2009, USA. 86 minutes.)
Hannah and Rachel grew up as little girls in the same small
Midwest town, where traditional gender expectations eventually
challenge their deep love for one another. Hannah becomes an
adventurous, unapologetic lesbian and Rachel a strong but quiet
homemaker. Weaving back and forth between past and present,
the film reveals how the women maintained their love affair
despite a marriage, a world war, infidelities, family denial,
and end of life decision-making issues. Stars Sharon Gless
from Cagney and Lacey and Queer as Folk. Unrated.
Film series sponsors include Appalachian's College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Social Work and Multicultural Center. For more information, contact Dr. Jill Ehnenn at (ehnennjr@appstate.edu) , Dr. Kim Hall at (hallki@appstate.edu) or Dr Davis Orvis at (orvisdl@appstate.edu)
