CineSLAM, Vermont’s 9th Annual Gay Film Festival is part of June Pride
Screenings at Brattleboro’s Hooker Dunham Theater, 7:30pm, Saturday June 21st
Marking the 45th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots
The Gay Film Festival in southern Vermont, CineSLAM, will be celebrating the 45th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots with its 9th annual screening of LGBT shorts from around the globe. The Stonewall Riots occurred in late June in 1969 and many see it as the opening marker for the modern day LGBT rights movement. The screenings of these diverse short films takes place at the Hooker-Dunham Theater (139 Main Street, Brattleboro) with a Pride Dance party following at the Brattleboro American Legion Hall (32 Linden Street, Brattleboro). The festival is sponsored by the Kopkind Colony.
CineSLAM is programmed by Guilford resident and Emmy-Award winning filmmaker, John Scagliotti, who created the first LGBT television show, In the Life, on PBS, which recently ended its 21st season on public television stations.
“One of the exciting things about the Stonewall Riots from the inception was its diversity. Leading those riots were drag queens and people of color”, said Scagliotti in announcing CineSLAM’s selection of films. “What we have tried to do with CineSLAM is continue that diversity which the LGBT community has become known for as the name of its movement, LGBT, implies. Our films include the L and the G and the B and the T. The choices we make are for a mixed crowd, be they gay, heterosexual, women or men and everyone is welcome over the age of eighteen.”
There is limited seating at the Hooker Dunham Theater, so you are advised to make reservations. If you are interested in reserving your seat, please go the website (www.cineslam.com) or contact John Scagliotti at stonewal@sover.net . There is a request for a $10 donation but CineSLAM would like to note that for those who can’t afford the full suggested donation, any donation will be accepted.
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