LGBT Film Series

The 2010 LGBT Film Series is now completed. All showings were at 6:30pm in the Trabant Theater of the Trabant University Center. Following is a list of movies shown during the series and their descriptions.

6 April.   Patrik, Age 1.5

This cozy, fun film won the Jury Award for Best Feature Film at last summer’s Philadelphia QFest (Philadelphia’s Gay & Lesbian Film Festival).  This Swedish film takes place in Denmark; features a gay couple who adopt a much different (and older) child than they were expecting.  It is funny, unpredictable, and heartwarming.  Still making the rounds of film festivals, it will become available on DVD later this Spring.  Ella Lemhagen directs. 

13 April.   Just Say Love

One of the finest films in last year’s Philadelphia QFest, the story begins between two men meeting just for sex then becomes something more.  The “straight” man flees into the safe arms of his girlfriend and their newborn child.  However, the film has a genuinely surprising ending!  The film is one of the most successful stage-to-screen adaptations in gay film history.  An exciting bonus is the Writer/Executive Producer David Mauriello will be on hand for a Q&A after the film.  The film, currently in the Film Festival circuit; is not available commercially. Bill Humphries directs. 

20 April. Shank

This exciting, moving, and intense drama is the only film on the series that is already available on DVD. The film’s screening honors Sexual Assault Awareness Month.  (To see the full series of events related to the activities planned for Sexual Assault Month, go to www.udel.edu/saam.)   WARNING.  There is a violent rape scene towards the end of the film (before its happy ending).  Shank portrays a British gang member coming to grips with his homosexuality who desires to leave the gang.  The film has multiple sub-plots and uses a handheld camera technique to enhance the impact of the story.  Please join us for the discussion afterwards led by a member of UD’s Sexual Offense Support.  (This past Winterim the SGST/WOMS 301 Gay-Lesbian Film class viewed the film.  Despite its intenseness, they recommended it for this series).  Simon Pearce directs in his debut film. 

27 April. Hannah Free

Another hot film still making the rounds of film festivals, Hannah Free won the Audience Award for Best Feature Film in Qfest last summer.  Sharon Gless received the Gay Icon Award last summer in Philadelphia.  Gless--well-known for her TV series Cagney and Lacey and her role in Queer as Folk as Michael’s eccentric mother--is an outspoken advocate for LGBT equality.  Adapted from Claudia Allen’s award-winning play, Hannah Free is the story of a passionate but thwarted love affair between two women who have shared a lifetime of friendship and love.  Wendy Jo Carlton is the Director.

 
For Further information contact Prof. Larry Peterson

Peterson@udel.edu

Sponsors: Sexuality and Gender Studies, Women’s Studies

Office of Equity and Inclusion, HAVEN

University Senate Committee on Cultural Activities and Public Events