22nd connecticut
gay and lesbian
film festival
Saturday 5/23 - 3:00 p.m.
Ask Not
Johnny Symons, 2008, USA, 73 min
ASK NOT is a rare and compelling documentary film that explores the effects of the US military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gay and lesbian soldiers and service members. The film exposes the tangled political battles that led to the discriminatory law and examines the societal shifts that have occurred since its passage in 1993. Current and veteran gay soldiers reveal how “don’t ask, don’t tell” affects them during their tours of duty, as they struggle to maintain a double life, uncertain of whom they can trust. The film also explores how gay veterans and youth organizers are turning to forms of personal activism to overturn the policy. From a national speaking tour of conservative universities to protests at military recruitment offices, these public events question how the U.S. military can claim to represent democracy and freedom while denying one segment of the population the right to serve.
Ticket Info
$8 General Admission
$6 Students/Seniors
PROGRAM
Queer Sarajevo Festival 2008
Cazim Dervisevic & Masa Hilcisin, 2009, Germany, 30 min
Sarajevo organizers planned the first Queer Festival in the capital of Bosnia/Herzegovina for September 24th through the 26th, 2008. When intolerance and violence breaks out as the festival opens, the event turns into a political struggle against violence, nationalism and fundamentalism in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Live footage and interviews capture the realities of life in a fundamentalist Muslim country that is far from tolerant of the growing queer community.
PRECEDED BY:
Shorts Program: Suburbia to Sarajevo
Dirty Magazines
Jay J. Levy, 2008, USA, 39 min
Young Mark goes through the torture of the damned when his parents find his stash of gay porn under the bed. Hilarity ensues when they make every attempt to set him straight. Will his parents finally throw in the towel and let him keep his choice of literature?
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