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I Wasn't There: "We Were Here" and the Importance of HIV/AIDS in Film
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was originally published during the Sundance Film Festival. "We Were Here" opens this Friday at the Angelika Film Center in New York City
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"Two Spirits" Receives the Audience Award from PBS-Independent Lens
Lynda Nibley's documentary "Two Spirits" has received the PBS-Independent Lens Audience Award, recognizing its status as the highest-rated film of the 2010-11 season by the measures of online voting and other forms of audience support.
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GLAAD-Flamed "Ticked-Off Trannies" to Debut on Showtime July 2
Israel Luna's low-budget horror film "Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives" will make its US television debut on Showtime July 2, 2011. The film was the subject of a GLAAD-sponsored protest that encouraged the Tribeca Film Festival to pull the film from its 2010 lineup, and according to an indieWIRE int...
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LA Film Fest REVIEW | "Leave It On the Floor" Revisits Ballroom Scene With Flaws, But Plenty of Life
Revisiting the African American ball culture first made famous by Jennie Livingston's 1990 New York-set documentary "Paris is Burning" and the Madonna single "Vogue," Sheldon Larry's colorful movie musical "Leave It On the Floor" takes place in a similar Los Angeles scene. Made on the cheap and extr...
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Outfest Reveals 2011 Festival Line-up, Ones to Watch, and More
Outfest's 29th Annual Gay & Lesbian Film Festival kicks off in L.A. on July 7th and runs until the 17th with 163 films (67 features and 96 shorts) from 25 countries, along with over a dozen panels and special events. "This year's line-up is one of the strongest in Outfest history and we're excited t...
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NewFest Sets Opening, Closing and Gala Screenings For 23rd Edition
The 23rd Annual New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Film Festival has set the films for their opening, closing and centerpiece screenings. NewFest will open on July 21st with David Weissman's documentary "We Were Here," a look back at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco. R...
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Outfest To Honor Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato
Outfest 2011 has announced that its 15th Annual Achievement Award will be presented to Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, the team behind "Party Monster," "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" and, most recently, "Becoming Chaz."
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EXCLUSIVE: The 100 Films Affected By the Regent Lawsuit -- And What the Filmmakers Can Do About It
With approximately 100 library titles and unreleased acquisitions at stake in the $90 million lawsuit against Paul Colichman and Stephen Jarchow's Regent Entertainment Group, some of the impacted filmmakers have told indieWIRE they are considering the possibility of uniting for a class-action lawsui...
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Bahamian Gay Award-Winner "Children of God" Picked Up by TLA
TLA Releasing has just announced they are handling theatrical and small screen distribution of Kareem Mortimer's "Children of God" in North America and the UK. The gay Bahamian film, made in a country that has banned screenings of "Brokeback Mountain," was embraced at the Bahamas International Film...
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After 20 Years, "Poison" Still Packs a Queer Punch
After the credits for "Poison" were finished running, Todd Haynes took the stage with the IFC Center's Harris Dew to answer questions about his game-changing film. "It's sad just to hear the music," Haynes began. Haynes was just as proud and nostalgic for his film as one could hope for; he stayed ...
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