Berklee Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Film Series

Monthly dinner, film, and discussion, Thursdays, from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Open to the Berklee community.

Dinner: 6:00 p.m.
Film: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Steve Heck Room, 1140 Boylston Street, Ground level

R.S.V.P. is requested. Email Michael Wartofsky at mwartofsky@berklee.edu at least three days prior to the event.

October 11, 2007 (National Coming Out Day — Film Series Kickoff)

Beautiful Thing (1996; Britain) The story of two quite ordinary young British lads who live next door to each other in a housing project, yet find they have more than that in common. A sweet coming-of-age film, warm and funny, yet unsentimental.

November 8, 2007

Dangerous Living—Coming Out in the Developing World (2003):  The first documentary about the lives of gay and lesbian people in non-western cultures, including Egypt, Honduras, Kenya, Thailand, and elsewhere.

December 5, 2007 (Wednesday)

But I’m a Cheerleader (1999) In this hilarious satire, Megan Bloomfield (Natasha Lyonne) lives a “normal” teen life as a cheerleader dating the captain of the football team. But her parents and friends suspect Megan is gay because of "clues" such as her distaste for kissing her boyfriend. Shipped off to True Directions—a camp designed to shove her back in the closet—Megan meets tomboy Graham Eaton (Clea DuVall), who helps her recognize her sexual orientation.

January 31, 2008

De Colores—Lesbian and Gay Latinos: Stories of Strength, Family & Love (2004): Documentary short

All God’s Children (2004); Documentary short exploring homophobia in the African-American community, and how some black churches are supporting and embracing African-American lesbians and gay men.

February 28, 2008

The Laramie Project  (2002; award winner; film version of play): 

An HBO film that "recreates the efforts of a New York theatre troupe to shed light on a western town's loss of innocence following a hate crime perpetrated on a 21-year-old University of Wyoming student. Adapted from the acclaimed play of the same name." Based on the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay man, in Wyoming.

March 27, 2008

You Don’t Know Dick (1997): Documentary about six female-to-male transsexuals.

April 24, 2008

Big Eden (2000): Feature film: "A successful but lonely New York artist returns to Big Eden, Montana, the town of his childhood, to care for the ailing grandfather who raised him."