It seems that 2010 will be remembered as the year that the queer community remembered their voice here in North America. Blatant homophobia is on the rise despite recent equal rights victories and we are losing the lives of queer youth due to bullying and ignorance. Solidarity against oppression has never been more vocal or more visible. This program explores the collaboration of politics and the media arts in practice and in historical documentation.
Thursday, January 27th
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7pm
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Etherington Auditorium
"GRIPPING … Fresh and fascinating! When the (riot) happens we feel its necessity in our bones." Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Stonewall Uprising
dir: Kate Davis and David Heilbroner
2010 / USA/ 82min
Think you know everything about Stonewall? Think again. "It was the Rosa Parks moment," says one man. June 28, 1969: NYC police raid a Greenwich Village Mafia-run gay bar, The Stonewall Inn. For the first time, patrons refuse to be led into paddy wagons, setting off a 3-day riot that launches the Gay Rights Movement. Told by Stonewall patrons, reporters and the cop who led the raid, Stonewall Uprising recalls the bad old days when psychoanalysts equated homosexuality with mental illness and advised aversion therapy, and even lobotomies; public service announcements warned youngsters against predatory homosexuals; and police entrapment was rampant. At the height of this oppression, the cops raid Stonewall, triggering nights of pandemonium with tear gas, billy clubs and a small army of tactical police. The rest is history.
A satirical video that explores how Alberta 's controversial Bill 44 (requiring teachers to notify parents before introducing material relating to religion, sexuality or sexual orientation) can help teachers to reduce class sizes. Mrs. Trixie Cane, spokesperson for the Coalition for the Reduction of Alberta Class Sizes (CRACS), shows teachers how to incorporate Queer material into every lesson plan.
