The seventh annual "Out of the Closet and Onto the Screen" film series will begin on Monday, August 31, with a showing of Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World.The seventh annual "Out of the Closet and Onto the Screen" film series will begin on Monday, August 31, with a showing of Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World.
In some countries, being thought to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) can result in imprisonment, deportation, or even the death penalty. This film documents the struggles of LGBT people for basic human rights in the face of severe oppression in such countries as Egypt, Kenya, and Honduras. The screening will begin at 7:00 p.m. in Textor 101.
Sponsored by the Ithaca College Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Education, Outreach, and Services, the film series this year will explore the theme of "LGBT Lives and Stories from around the World."
The series will present a total of eight films during the fall semester. Additional screenings will take place during the spring. All are free and open to the public. All showings begin at 7:00 p.m. and will be held in Textor 101.
The additional fall offerings are listed below.
Thursday, September 3: Double Feature
7:00 p.m.: Sex and the Sandinistas
The film documents how gay and lesbian people in Nicaragua battled for their own space inside the Sandinista Revolution.
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7:30 p.m.: Gay Cuba
Gay Cuba casts a colorful and hopeful light on efforts to reform and to humanize a society often maligned for its calcified rigidity.
Wednesday, September 30
Out in Africa Filmmaker Workshop Shorts Collection: Telling Tales and Happy Snaps
A collection of short narrative films produced by Out in Africa's 2007 and 2005 filmmaker workshops.
Thursday, October 1
To My Women Friends
Revealing interviews with six Russian lesbians convey the joys and hardships of being a lesbian in the former Soviet Union.
Thursday November 5: Double Feature
Two very different films about the themes of family and home
Mother/Country
During the cultural revolution, six-year-old Gharavi was sent from Iran to live with her father. She visits her mother and her birth country of Iran for the first time in 23 years.
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Black Sheep
Lou Glover grew up in New South Wales repeating the same homophobic and racist taunts she heard around her. It wasn't until she came out as a lesbian that she began to explore her ancestry. This is her story as a lesbian, one-time police officer, and recently discovered Aboriginal woman.
Tuesday, December 1
A Closer Walk
In Commemoration of World AIDS Day
The first film to depict humankind's confrontation with the global AIDS epidemic, with profiles in Uganda, South Africa, Haiti, Switzerland, India, Nepal, Ukraine, and Cambodia.
For more information on the series, contact Lis Maurer, LGBT Center program director (607-274-7394, lmaurer@ithaca.edu), or visit the LGBT Center website:
Center for LGBT Education, Outreach, and Services
https://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/2009081413231720