Feature length, shorts, animation, documentaries, comedy, drama, mystery...The Bloomington PRIDE Film Festival mixes them up and puts them on one screen.
PRIDE is looking for enthusiastic and committed individuals to be a part of our 2010 Steering Committee as well as other volunteer opportunities. It is a great opportunity to meet people and learn how the Festival comes together. So whether you are a student or community member, a marketing guru or event planning expert, or simply a film lover who wants to be involved with the Festival, we invite you to come and be a part of PRIDE 2010.
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It is official! The 7th Annual PRIDE Film Festival will take place from Thursday, January 28th to Satursday, January 30th, 2010 at the Buskirk Chumley Theatre in Bloomington. More details about the Festival are on the way, so be sure to check back with us soon.
For PRIDE Steering Committee Members, sponsors, and donors, the PRIDE KICK OFF Party is a great way to get started on the Festival weekend. All those who contribute to the Festival are invited, and Farm Bloomington treats us right with fantastic eats and great drinks served up in the Root Celler.
6pm - 8pm TONIGHT - The snow can’t keep us away. We’ll see you there!
The PRIDE Film Festival is dedicated to campus/community collaboration, and this year is no different. Two great events are just around the corner, and will get you revved up for the Festival weekend itself. Don’t miss these two great films!
It’s STILL Elementary
Thursday, January 22nd
Indiana University Education Bldg Rm 1230
7pm FREE
It’s STILL Elementary presents a moving story about the power to ignite positive social change through documentary film and grassroots organizing. It examines the incredible impact of the film, It’s Elementary over the last decade, and follows up with teachers and students featured in the first film to see how lessons about LGBT people changed their lives.
It’s STILL Elementary also documents the story behind the controversial PBS broadcast of It’s Elementary and the infamous right-wing attacks on the film and its creators. It’s STILL Elementary is a call to action for parents and educators to continue working for safe, inclusive schools.
The PRIDE Film Festival Steering Committe and faculty and students in the Indiana University School of Education as well as current teachers will participate in a discussion following the film.
XXY
Monday, January 26th
Indiana University Read Residence Hall - Community & Leadership Development Center
7pm FREE (Read Hall’s Clark Wing, First Floor, parking available in Jordan Ave Garage)
XXY, which wond the Critics’ Week grand prize at Cannes, is as finely crafted film as a great work of literature. Many children are born intersexed. (Intersex is a general term for many genetic conditions in which a person is born with something other than the standard male or standard female anatomy.)
On the surface, the film tells the story of a 15 year old Argentine girl named Alex (Ines Efron) who was born with what doctors called “sexual ambiguity,” caused by an extra X chromosome. Alex has reached an age where she wants to make her own choices about her gender, but her family, as well as a visiting surgeon, all have other ideas.
Cindy Stone, a local volunteer with ISNA (Intersex Society of North America), will lead a breif discussion following the film.
This screening was made possible by the generous support of the Indiana University Latino Cultural Center, the Commission on Multicultural Understanding, the Community and Leadership Development Center, CommUNITY Education Center, and First United Church.
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The PRIDE Film Festival is a cinematic celebration of the gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgendered, queer and intersex community in Bloomington, IN. A program of the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, a historic downtown movie palace, the Festival features over 20 films from all over the world – shorts and features, animation, documentaries, comedy, and drama. Social gatherings and dance parties abound at different restaurants and bars nearby, while other community organizations are involved from start to finish. Founded in 2004, PRIDE films are chosen by an all volunteer Steering Committee, and dedicated individuals create a welcoming, carnival atmosphere throughout the weekend, making it truly “Your Claim to Flame!”
In 2009, the 6th Annual PRIDE Film Festival is part of the Indiana University GLBT Alumni Association’s Homecoming Weekend, and is sponsored in part by the Bloomington Convention & Visitors Bureau’s “Visit Gay Bloomington” initiative. Other highlights this year include:
Welcome to Bloomington, Indiana’s PRIDE Film Festival, your claim to flame!Started in 2004, the Festival is a cinematic celebration of queer lives, hosted and presented by the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. Bringing over 20 different films from all over the world to a single screen in this historic movie palace, the Festival brings together all walks of the LGBTQ world to engage and enjoy. Discussions with filmmakers, scholars, and cultural commentators expand the Festival, and visual art exhibits at the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction are an annual treat. Whether you’re a local Bloomingtonian, an Indiana University student, alumni, or a visitor from out of town, the PRIDE Film Festival is a fabulous time for one and all!
: Ready? OK! on Thursday night was, if not fantasti c, really cute and well-act ed. And it was great to see all the people I haven't [...]
: The snow is here, and so are the queers! Bring it on, PRIDE!
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: I hear that Thursday Night Feature "Ready? Okay!" is Fantasti c!
: Usually a wonderfu l variety of films. I try hard not to miss this event!
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