Saturday March 15 & Sunday March 16, 2008
The films and talks during the two-day series will reveal a wide variety of issues relevant to GLBT youth and allies concerning family, identity, HIV/AIDS, history and race and ethnicity. SATURDAY MARCH 15, 200811:30 a.m. Opening remarks: Alauna Safarpour, President, Princeton High School Gay Straight Alliance Corrine O’Hara, LGBTQ Coordinator, HiTOPS Carol Watchler, Co-chair, GLSEN Central NJ Chapter 12:00 p.m. film SAVING FACE 2004. Rated R. Running time: 91 min. Directed by Alice Wu. A Chinese-American lesbian surgeon, living in Manhattan, is shocked when her single mother shows up on her doorstep pregnant. To help her mom save face and avoid the taboo in the Chinese community of an unmarried woman pregnant, the doctor helps her mom find “Mr. Right.” Cultures clash in this film that explores culture shock. 1:30 p.m. Panel discussion on race. Youth from area high schools will discuss how their own race/ethnicity relates to being GLBT or an ally. They will discuss African-American, Mexican, Japanese and Iranian cultures. 5:00 p.m. film PHILADELPHIA
When a man with AIDS is fired by a conservative law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit. 7:00 p.m. Guest speaker: Joe Dee Joe Dee is a former reporter for the Trenton Times who as a gay man was always eager to report on topics of interest to the LGBT community, including AIDS. He won several journalism awards for his 1996 series chronicling his own struggle with the disease. 8:00 p.m. film FREEHELD Cynthia Wade’s moving 38-minute documentary film chronicles New Jersey po9lice Lieutenant Laurel Hester’s landmark legal battle to transfer her pension to her domestic partner, Stacie Andree The film won the Academy Award in the Best Documentary Short Subject category in February 2008. It was also awarded a Special Jury Prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.
SUNDAY MARCH 16, 2008
TRANSAMERICA Rated R. Running time: 103 min. Directed by Duncan Tucker. A pre-operative male-to-female transsexual takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she fathered a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.
3:45 p.m. Corner House Project GAIA skits. Project GAIA (Growing Up Accepted as an Individual in America) will perform skits illustrating the current social climate for GLBT people and allies at Princeton High School and similar school environments. 6:00 p.m. film PARAGRAPH 175 2000. Running time: 81 min. Produced and Directed by Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman. Historian Klaus Müller interviews survivors of the Nazi persecution of homosexuals because of the German Penal Code of 1871, Paragraph 175 in this documentary film. 7:30 p.m. Speaker Rabbi Ellen Greenspan, Temple Micah, Lawrenceville, NJ, will discuss Reform Judaism and its attitudes/policies towards GLBT people.
This series is presented in association with the Princeton High School Gay Straight Alliance, the Corner House GAIA, the Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) Central New Jersey Chapter, HiTOPS Teen Education Center and Princeton Public Library.
All screenings and talks will be held in the Community Room and are free and open to the public. Princeton Public Library 65 Witherspoon Street Princeton, NJ 08542 (609)924-9529 ext. 247 |
1993. Rated PG-13. Running time: 2 hr, 5 min. Directed by Jonathan Demme.
2007. Running time: 40 min. Directed by Cynthia Wade.
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