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Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson Hosts Intimate Chats w/ Global LGBTQ Leaders & Their Allies
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Friday Jun 25, 2010
Friday Jun 25, 2010
Director Reed Cowan talks about his new film “8: The Mormon Proposition”, the 80-minute documentary narrated by Dustin Lance Black with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson. The film documents The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' unscrupulous involvement in the passage of California's unconstitutional Proposition 8 which is currently being contested in Federal Court. Recently the California Fair Political Practices Committee (FPPC) has proposed a fine on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) for failing to report all of its late non-monetary contributions in its efforts to pass Proposition 8 in 2008. This must-see film follows The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' questionable money trail, which was instrumental in stripping our California LGBT community of marriage equality. “8: The Mormon Proposition” premiered to sell-out audiences at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. When asked how “8: The Mormon Proposition has been received, Cowan stated, “It depends on who you ask. We appreciate all dialogue that comes from reviews. From Mormons we’ve had some Mormons stand up with tears who say ‘I had no idea and thank you for telling the truth.’ We’ve had some Mormons send hate mail. Anyone who knows a little about my background knows that four years ago I lost a little boy to a tragic backyard swing set accident. I’m sad to say that I’ve had some people go for the jugular and send me hate mail saying 'Your son was taken because you’re a F-A-you know what and you’re going to burn in hell and you’ll never see him again.’ They go for the jugular because they think their faith is not up to being questioned. And from the LGBT community I’ve had many beautiful experiences. They say finally, finally we can tell this story. Thank you.” After Sundance, "8: The Mormon Proposition" was purchased for distribution by WB Executives Paul Federbush and Laura Kim in their break-out company, Red Flag Releasing, and has been playing the film festival circuit. The film debuts to nationwide audiences June 18. For More Info: 8: The Mormon Proposition.com
Sunday Jun 20, 2010
Sunday Jun 20, 2010
Gabrielle Hanna, Executive Director of the Provincetown International Film Festival talks with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of OUTTAKE VOICES™ about the 2010 festival that happened in Provincetown, Massachusetts June 16th through June 20th. The festival opened with Oscar Winners Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s “Howl”. The Youth and Diversity Program this year included the world premiere of “Let's Talk About Sex” and the annual A Night At The Wellfleet Drive-In event celebrated the 50th Anniversary of “Psycho” with the extra added attraction “Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!”
Tilda Swinton received the Excellence in Acting Award. Swinton won an Oscar Award and a BAFTA Award for her performance in Tony Gilroy's “Michael Clayton”. Oscar Winners Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman were honored this year with The Faith Hubley Award. Rob had already established himself with his work on the landmark documentary "Word Is Out” and with his Oscar-winning documentary “The Times of Harvey Milk”. Jeffrey first worked with Rob as a consultant on “The Times of Harvey Milk” and again as editor on a PBS show Rob directed. Their new film “Howl”, their first dramatic narrative, features James Franco as poet Allen Ginsberg leading a stellar cast that includes Jon Hamm, Mary-Louise Parker, David Strathairn and Jeff Daniels. "Howl" premiered at this year's Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals and will be released later this year. Between them they have received two Academy Awards, multiple Emmy Awards, three Peabody Awards, a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Rockefeller Fellowship. Filmmaker on the Edge this year is Kevin Smith who has spent the last fifteen years as a writer/director making “Clerks”, “Mallrats”, “Chasing Amy”, “Dogma”, “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back”, “Jersey Girl”, “Clerks II”, “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” and most recently, “Cop Out”, with Tracy Morgan and Bruce Willis.
When asked about the future of the Provincetown International Film Festival Hanna stated, “The festival this year is looking to buy a permanent home in Provincetown. We have launched a capital campaign to purchase the 70 seat Whalers Wharf Cinema. We’ve actually taken over operations of the cinema and we’ll be showing first run art films until the end of the year. We have until January 31, 2011 to raise the funds so we can launch a year-round festival presence.” This is a great organization that needs your support.
For More Info & Tix: ptownfilmfest.orgMonday Jun 14, 2010
Monday Jun 14, 2010
Keri Aulita, Deputy Director of the Boston Pride Committee talked with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of OUTTAKE VOICES™ about this year’s events. In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Boston Pride this year’s theme is "Riots to Rights – Celebrating 40 Years of Progress", honoring the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion that commenced the modern Gay Rights movement and commemorates the progress our community has made since those early days of the battle for equal rights. One of this year's highlights was a "Riots to Rights" rally which featured guest speakers Stuart Milk, nephew of Harvey Milk, Founder of the Harvey Milk Foundation and pioneer gay activist Cleve Jones of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. This was followed by a free screening of the must-see documentary “Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride” which opened the Boston LGBT Film Fest last month. Director Bob Christie’s moving documentary is about Gay Pride marches and festivals happening all over the world, sometimes under heavy opposition and violence. Of course there was the parade on and over 40 events and parties happening all week long. When asked about this year’s theme Aulita stated, “The theme this year "Riots to Rights - Celebrating 40 Years of Progress" as the tagline, really speaks to what’s been going on in Boston in the past 40 years since the first pride gathering on the Boston Common in 1970. The Boston Pride Committee is asking people to look at where we’ve been, where we are and where we still need to go. Obviously rights aren’t full and equal yet but we’re hoping to get there and we’re asking people to think about what causes ‘the riot in you’ as we celebrate.” For More Info: bostonpride.org
Monday Jun 07, 2010
Monday Jun 07, 2010
President Obama has declared June officially as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Pride Month for the second year. Arline Isaacson, Co-Chair of the Massachusetts Gay & Lesbian Political Caucus, concludes her interview with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson about the future of federal LGBT civil rights in America. Arline is one of the architects of gay marriage in Massachusetts and probably one of the most brilliant LGBT lobbyists in this country. Obama has called upon Americans to "observe this month by fighting prejudice and discrimination in their own lives and everywhere it exists." When asked about the struggle for LGBT civil rights in this country Isaacson stated, “ I try and have an historic context when I talk to people and to remind them that we feel like we’ve come far but we still have very very far to go. We can’t afford to become complacent. We have to take a look and not let our guard down because if we let our guard down then we’re vulnerable. If we let our guard down then the hard fought rights can in fact be taken away. So we can’t take where we are now for granted on the positive or the negative. If we’re in a good situation like a state that has marriage equality we can’t assume we’re going to keep it unless we are vigilant. And if we’re in a state that doesn’t have it (gay marriage) we can’t assume we’ll never win it. We simply have to be vigilant. Sometimes it’s difficult, people lose, they get tried, they say their lives change. They say they want to do other things but you know what, what could be more important than changing the world for the better? What can be more important than trying to fight for equality for ourselves, our generation and very importantly for the LGBT’s coming after us. For the kids, they need our help, they’re counting on us. This country will be a much better nation when we have equality for the entire LGBT community.” For More Info: mglpc.org
Tuesday Jun 01, 2010
Tuesday Jun 01, 2010
Mystery writer Ellen Hart talks about her latest book “The Mirror and the Mask” with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of OUTTAKE VOICES™. Ellen is a five-time winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Mystery as well as a three-time winner of the Minnesota Book Award for Best Popular Fiction. Entertainment Weekly recently named her one of the "101 movers and shakers in the gay entertainment industry." Ellen lives in Minneapolis with her partner of 30 years. Recently, three gay couples challenged the Minnesota law that bans gay marriages and prohibits the state from recognizing gay marriages performed elsewhere. When asked what her thoughts were about this Hart stated, “I’m thrilled. I mean I think we have to do that everywhere. My partner and I could drive to Iowa and get married and we decided we’re going to stay put. We want to get married in Minnesota; we’re dug-in here. I mean this is where we live. We love it here. I love Minnesota. Minnesota has moved to the right in the last few years and I think the voices of the right are so loud and so insistent and I believe that they have managed to move even the general conversation to the right. The middle is to the right now but we want to get married and we want to get married here. That’s why we support everything we can that wants to bring civil rights to Minnesota. I mean it just fries me that if you’re a killer or any number of horrible things and heterosexual you can get married. But if you love somebody of the same gender, if you just love that person of the same gender, society somehow finds something wrong with that. To me that just fries me.” “The Mirror and the Mask” is a must-read summer book and was nominated for a Lambda Award for Best Lesbian Mystery. For More Info: ellenhart.com
Thursday May 27, 2010
Thursday May 27, 2010
International LGBT adoption advocate Jarko De Witte van Leeuwen talks with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson, host of OUTTAKE VOICES™. Jarko lives in the Netherlands with his husband Jos and their 2 adopted children, Arwen and Wolf. Jarko has written a new children’s book “Arwen and her Daddies” that tells their adoption journey. Jarko and Jos were married in 2001, the year when gay marriage was legalized in the Netherlands. After returning from their honeymoon their dream was to a start family. They soon discovered that joint adoption only applied to children born in The Netherlands where very few children are available. In order to adopt jointly internationally Jarko and Jos fought for 7 years to gain joint international adoption rights. Jarko stated, “The law which made this possible only came into effect last year. We're very proud that we have achieved this." When asked what led him to write ‘Arwen and her Daddies’ Jarko explained, “Our daughter Arwen is very fond of books and having stories read to her. In all children’s books that we have read to her, sooner or later a mommy, or a mommy and a daddy, make their appearance. I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to read a story to Arwen that features two daddies’. So I started a search only to find very few children’s books featuring two daddies. Initially I had made this book just for Arwen; a single copy for our little girl to explain to her in an age appropriate manner and when the time is appropriate for her - how we became a family. However, other families I spoke with were also interested in having a book about same gender parents and encouraged me to publish for other families to read. They too wanted a book for their children to learn about the wonderfully diverse society that we live in. In addition, my hope is to have the book further communicate to children that it is perfectly okay to be who you are. For these reasons, I decided to publish “Arwen and her Daddies” for a broader audience. I wish you and your kids a lot of fun reading this book!” More Info & To Buy or Download “Arwen and her Daddies"
Monday May 24, 2010
Monday May 24, 2010
The Massachusetts Gay and Lesbian Political Caucus hosted a fundraising event to celebrate the sixth anniversary of gay marriage and Arline Isaacson, Co-Chair of MGLPC, birthday at the newly opened Napoleon Room at Boston’s Club Café. In this exclusive audio montage Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson, Host of OUTTAKE VOICES™, had a chance to talk with LGBT activists and allies about the future of gay marriage and LGBT civil rights in America. In attendance were Gary Daffin who also serves as Co-Chair of the Massachusetts Gay & Lesbian Political Caucus (MGLPC), Boston Mayor Tom Menino, a solid LGBT ally and the longest-serving mayor in Boston history, serving five term, Grace Ross, gubernatorial candidate, longtime LGBT activist Barbara Hoffman and Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition Director Gunner Scott. For More Info: mglpc.org
Friday May 21, 2010
Friday May 21, 2010
This is the sixth anniversary of the legalization of gay marriage in Massachusetts. Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson, Host of OUTTAKE VOICES™, talks with Arline Isaacson, Co-Chair of the Massachusetts Gay & Lesbian Political Caucus. Arline is one of the architects of gay marriage in Massachusetts and probably one of the most brilliant lobbyists in this country. Massachusetts pioneered gay marriage which is now legal in Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Iowa & Washington D.C. When asked what advice she had for other states who are trying to achieve marriage equality Isaacson stated, “In order to win the right for our people to marry it takes a number of variables that include working very very hard but just as importantly, working smart. It means trying to think like the enemy. Trying to think like our opponents. Trying to anticipate every step of the way what will they do? How will they do it? How will it be received? What can we do to preemptly try and thwart their efforts and what can we do to preemptly try and trump their efforts? That’s one of the things we did so well in Massachusetts and it made all the difference in the world. We quite literally in Massachusetts out-lobbied our opponents, out-maneuvered our opponents, out-parliamentary procedured our opponents and out-organized our opponents every step of the way.” For More Info: mglpc.org
Monday May 17, 2010
Monday May 17, 2010
Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson, Host of OUTTAKE VOICES™, talks with filmmakers and celebrities at the 26th annual Boston LGBT Film Fest. Russian born Director Evgeny Afineevsky’s debut feature film "Oy Vey! My Son isGay", a romantic comedy about a Jewish mother who discovers that her son is gay, received rave reviews. It stars comedic actress Lainie Kazan (“Ugly Betty”, “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”, and “Beaches”), Hollywood iconic writer and actor Bruce Vilanch, the fabulous Carmen Electra, and Queer Eye’s Jai Rodriguez. Director Afineevsky and star Bruce Vilanch were in attendance. We talked with Bruce Vilanch to get his political spin about the making of the movie and more. Breaking records at film festivals internationally, next month “Oy Vey! My Son is Gay”, will be one of the first gay films ever screened in Moscow where merely participating in gay pride celebrations can lead to being arrested and assaulted. We also caught up with Director J.C. Calciano whose film “Is It Just Me?” takes us on a romantic comedic theme in the classic scenario to see if brains wins over beauty. The film stars Nicolas Downs, David Loren and Adam Huss. In this exclusive audio interview Calciano explains his movie is just about love. “Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride” which opened the festival is Director Bob Christie’s moving documentary about Gay Pride marches and festivals happening all over the world, sometimes under heavy opposition and violence. This feature length documentary follows the Vancouver Pride Society’s (VPS) Parade Director Ken Coolen and his VPS colleagues as they travel to places where Pride is still steeped in protest to personally experience the rampant homophobia that still exists. What occurred in Moscow a few short years ago really makes you think about how far we have advanced in North America. They also travel to Sao Paulo Brazil for the world’s largest gay parade and to New York City, the birthplace of the modern gay liberation movement after the Stonewall Riots of 1969. Boston LGBT Film Fest was founded 26 years ago by film programmer George Mansour who shared with us his experiences of what it was like to be gay in the mid-twentieth century to present day. We had an interesting conversation discussing LGBT civil rights and agendas joined by Aliza Shapiro who curates the festival program “The Experiment”, which is a delicious mix of subversion, sexuality, and humorous films. For More Info: BostonLGBTfilmfest.org
Monday May 10, 2010
Monday May 10, 2010
James Nadeau, Executive Director of the Boston LGBT Film Festival, which is celebrating its 26th year and runs through May 16th, talks with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson. This year in honor of the 40th anniversary of Boston Pride celebration the Boston LGBT Film Festival opened with Bob Christie's stunning documentary on Pride across the globe. “Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride.” Christie travels the world to places where simply declaring one’s LGBT sexuality is a political act that can incite violence and where Pride becomes an act of courage. This is a moving "Must-See" film. In this climate of bullying in our schools, the Festival also celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Youth (BAGLY) with two films that speak of the struggles and complications of LGBTQ youth. “We Are the Mods” is director E.E. Cassidy’s award-winning tribute to the Mod fashions of the sixties and John Young’s powerful “Rivers Wash Over Me” moved audiences young and old, with its stunning cast and heart-wrenching tale of race, class and homophobia in the south. Wolfe, one of the first distributors of LGBT cinema is being honored with the first ever Community Award for the company’s amazing contribution to the cultural lives of the LGBT communities. Wolfe CEO Maria Lynn was on hand to accept this award and present their sensational new film “Contracorriente” (The Undertow). This award-winning film (Sundance Audience Award 2010) kicks off a special Festival focus on films from Latino/Latina filmmakers. This year’s Festival had two World Premieres. Award-winning director Stu Maddux's new documentary film “Gen Silent” explores the complications surrounding LGBT seniors so afraid of being subject to discrimination, or worse, in long-term/health care that many go back into the closet. “Beauty and Brains”, the gorgeous new documentary by Catherine Donaldson, explores the transgender community in Nepal and the use of beauty contests to spread awareness and prevention of HIV/AIDS. There were over one hundred films being screened this year including the New England premiere of James Ivory’s latest film "The City of Your Final Destination" starring Laura Linney and Anthony Hopkins. When asked about the experience of attending the Boston LGBT Film Festival Nadeau stated, "People need this common experience. There's something about sitting in a dark theater watching your life experience in a roomful of people who are all gay. It's so transformational. It's phenomenal. People need to give themselves that, so come to the Festival." OUTTAKE MEDIA™ attended reviewing films and providing exclusive audio interviews with the filmmakers throughout the festival. Films were screened in Boston at the Museum of Fine Arts and the Fenway Community Health Center. In Cambridge films will be shown at the Brattle Theater. For More Info & Tix: BostonLGBTfilmfest.org