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gb Monsoon Film Fest - 2004

After 10 successful festivals of films, the spotlight is now on the 11th festival ....
Here's an opportunity to watch some exquisite films with gay themes, in the company of fellow gays.
Check out the report of an earlier festival
 


Event: gb Film Festival - Monsoon  2004 -  the 11th festival so far 

Date : Sunday, 18th July 2004

Time: Starts around 1:30 - 1.45 pm

Venue: 
Conference Room,
National College,
Linking Road,
Bandra West
Mumbai 400 050

Directions
It is about 10 minutes walk from Bandra Station or minimum rickshaw fare. Almost at the beginning of Linking Road, Opp Pamposh Restaurant.

Contribution : Entry is free. The event is entirely sponsored by GayBombay. However individual voluntary contributions are welcome. 

FILMS to be SCREENED : 

It's in the Water :  1996/ 1hr 40 min

Set in Texas, the film takes pot shots at the attitudes of small-town America. The opening of an AIDS hospice in fictional Azalea Springs sends the town in a tizzy. First the Ladies League volunteers to help, but pulls out after protests are staged by the church, spearheaded by a comic in-the-closet anti-gay "brother." Next, our central heroine, Alex, a stunning, sexy society wife quits the League in protest of their homophobia and begins working at the hospice. The film is fast paced and hilarious and has its share of "coming-out" plots and "empowering" situations. 

TEA BREAK 15 min 

Trembling Before G_D : 2001 / 1 hr 25 min

Trembling Before G-d is an unprecedented feature documentary that shatters assumptions about faith, sexuality, and religious fundamentalism. Built around intimately-told personal stories of Hasidic and Orthodox Jews who are gay or lesbian, the film portrays a group of people who face a profound dilemma - how to reconcile their passionate love of Judaism and the Divine with the drastic Biblical prohibitions that forbid homosexuality. As the film unfolds, we meet a range of complex individuals - some hidden, some out - from the world's first openly gay Orthodox rabbi to closeted, married Hasidic gays and lesbians to those abandoned by religious families to Orthodox lesbian high-school sweethearts.

TEA  BREAK 30 min 

Defying Gravity : 1997 / 1 hr 30 min
The plot centres around collegian Jock Griffin (Daniel Chilson), who is seen sneaking out of a house early in the morning and returning to his own frat house so as not to reveal something that even we are unaware of. Soon, we find out he's a closet homosexual, engaging in a "little something-something" with clean-cut Pete Bradley (Don Handfield), who becomes frustrated with Griff's unwillingness to have a more meaningful relationship and leaves him.

There are complications when Pete invites Griff to talk things over at a café, which is gay hangout. Pre is the victim of the subsequent gaybashing incident of which Griff is the only witness. In the wake of this violent event, Griff must struggle with a life-defining decision. Is he willing to come out in order to come forward in the name of justice?

NOTE :

  1. The films are excellent copies on DVD & VHS.
  2. The films are NOT pornographic. Only good, clean gay films.
  3. GB as a support group, has created this comfort space/event for gays, many of whom may be "newbies" (those still coming to terms with their sexuality and who have mustered courage to come for such a meeting for the first time). So we request you to be sensitive to the comfort levels of others attending this event and behave and dress accordingly.

  4. CHECK this page a couple of day before the event to reconfirm date, time and other details. 

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This is a GayBombay (gb) organized event
Rights of admission reserved.
You have to 18 years and above to participate in this event

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If you have any further queries/questions please email at: friend@gaybombay.org 



 
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