Gay Richmond News, Entertainment, Nightlife & LGBT Community Guide :: GayRVA » Reel Pride Richmond http://www.gayrva.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:37:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Video: Reel Pride Recap http://www.gayrva.com/2010/02/08/video-reel-pride-recap/ http://www.gayrva.com/2010/02/08/video-reel-pride-recap/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:36:54 +0000 GayRVA Staff http://gayrva.com/?p=3469

Video by Jerry Williams of TVJerry.com.

Despite the snowy wintery mix, a crowd filled the Firehouse Theater on Friday night for Reel Pride Richmond, the city’s first LGBT Film Festival.  Cocktails and four varieties of chic popcorn (Truffled-Parmesan, anyone?) complemented the debut of Patrik, 1.5.  Saturday brought four other films and a dinner event at The Camel raising money for ROSMY.  GayRVA was a proud sponsor of Reel Pride Richmond.

Special thanks to ROSMY for the following pics below the fold.

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It’s the stuff of legend, woven into one of our deepest, most universally held desires: finding an all-encompassing, passionate love that will last a lifetime. The story of Edie and Thea is a documentary about two soulmates whose love begins with an instant magnetic attraction and lasts over 42 years.

Reel Pride Richmond is Richmond’s First Annual LGBT Film Festival presented by ROSMY. The festival takes place February 5th & 6th at the Firehouse Theater on 1609 W. Broad St. For ticket prices and a complete schedule, visit http://reelpriderichmond.org. GayRVA is a proud sponsor of Reel Pride Richmond.

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In the history of mainstream film, LGBT people were almost always portrayed in a negative light. But things started to change in the late 1960’s, as the modern gay rights movement took off.

In Richmond during the 1980’s and 90’s, gay films were often screened as part of the city’s Gay Pride celebrations. The Richmond Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition was incorporated in 1986 and a year later included a Friday Film Fest in their lineup of events, with “After Stonewall” being shown in the VCU Business Auditorium.

The lesbian film “Home Movie” by Jan Oxenberg was screened in the early 70’s, and the Richmond Lesbian Feminists invited lesbian film artist Barbara Hammer to Richmond to show and talk about her early films, including, “Dyketactics.”

More about Barbara Hammer tomorrow.

“The Rainbow Minute,” a radio show on WRIR, Richmond Independent Radio, is produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns and airs on 97.3 FM every Weekday at 9:03am, 12:30pm and 4:30pm.  Listen to the WRIR’s audio stream here.

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With the growth of the modern gay rights movement came LGBT film festivals. The first one was organized in 1970 by film historian Vito Russo, to raise money for the Gay Activist Alliance.

The oldest and largest of these festivals is the San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, which was established in 1977. At first these films were all male oriented but that all changed in 1994 with the scrappy lesbian film, “Go Fish.”

Today there are over 150 LGBT film festivals worldwide with most being annual events. They include Memphis’s Twinkie Museum GLBT Film Festival, Calgary’s Fairy Tales and Richmond’s own, Reel Pride Richmond.

Nowadays, of course, some gay-themed films appear in local theaters. But seeing them at a gay film festival is a different experience altogether.

“The Rainbow Minute,” a radio show on WRIR, Richmond Independent Radio, is produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns and airs on 97.3 FM every Weekday at 9:03am, 12:30pm and 4:30pm.  Listen to the WRIR’s audio stream here.

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Adapted from the novel by Michael Downing, the film stars Tom Cavanagh as Eric, a gay retired hockey player turned television sportscaster who lives with his partner Sam, a sports lawyer. When Sam unexpectedly becomes the legal guardian of his brother’s stepson Scot, their lives are turned upside down. Eric’s unwillingness to become a parent eventually fades as Scot teaches Eric about accepting and loving your true self.

Reel Pride Richmond is Richmond’s First Annual LGBT Film Festival presented by ROSMY. The festival takes place February 5th & 6th at the Firehouse Theater on 1609 W. Broad St. For ticket prices and a complete schedule, visit http://reelpriderichmond.org. GayRVA is a proud sponsor of Reel Pride Richmond.

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Two adventurous women in love are desperate to have their own biological child. They take a chance on an experimental scientific process and make sperm from their own stem cells. Pregnant with humor and unexpected twists, their journey tailspins out of control when their families discover there is no father.

Reel Pride Richmond is Richmond’s First Annual LGBT Film Festival presented by ROSMY. The festival takes place February 5th & 6th at the Firehouse Theater on 1609 W. Broad St. For ticket prices and a complete schedule, visit http://reelpriderichmond.org. GayRVA is a proud sponsor of Reel Pride Richmond.

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The announcement of filmmaker Joe Wilson’s wedding to another man ignites a firestorm of controversy and a quest for change in the small Pennsylvania hometown he left long ago. Drawn back by a plea for help from the mother of a gay teen being tormented at school, Wilson takes viewers on an exhilarating journey through love, hate and understanding in rural America.

This showing is free and includes a discussion and Q&A with filmmaker Joe Wilson after the movie.

Reel Pride Richmond is Richmond’s First Annual LGBT Film Festival presented by ROSMY.  The festival takes place February 5th & 6th at the Firehouse Theater on 1609 W. Broad St.  For ticket prices and a complete schedule, visit http://reelpriderichmond.org.  GayRVA is a proud sponsor of Reel Pride Richmond.

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GayRVA provides “Intermission” at Reel Pride Richmond, the city’s LGBT film festival. The Camel opens its doors and is donating 10% of all food sales between 6-8 p.m. on Saturday, February 6 to ROSMY. Grab dinner just a few steps from the Firehouse Theater and enjoy drink specials, giveaways, and music from DJ D.R.A.  RSVP on Facebook.

ROSMY ‘s mission is to ensure Virginia’s sexual minority youth an equal opportunity for success through access to support, education, advocacy and opportunities.

Reel Pride Richmond is Richmond’s First Annual LGBT Film Festival presented by ROSMY.  The festival takes place February 5th & 6th at the Firehouse Theater on 1609 W. Broad St.  For ticket prices and a complete schedule, visit http://reelpriderichmond.org.  GayRVA is a proud sponsor of Reel Pride Richmond.

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Goren and Sven have been cleared for adoption and they have a possibility to adopt a Swedish orphan, Patrik 1.5. But when Patrik arrives he turns out to be someone else, not the little boy they were expecting. A comma has been misplaced, and in comes a 15 year old homophobe with a criminal past.

Reel Pride Richmond is Richmond’s First Annual LGBT Film Festival presented by ROSMY.  The festival takes place February 5th & 6th at the Firehouse Theater on 1609 W. Broad St.  For ticket prices and a complete schedule, visit http://reelpriderichmond.org.  GayRVA is a proud sponsor of Reel Pride Richmond.

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Patrik 1.5 opens the festival.

Richmond adds to its LGBT resume with the recently announced Reel Pride Film Festival. The two-day event presented by ROSMY debuts February 5th and 6th at the Firehouse Theater.

“We’ve been asking the community for support for 19 years,” ROSMY Executive Director John Dougherty says. “It’s time as an organization for us to give back to the broader community. Now we really have a platform to really build that from.”

The festival opens with a cocktail reception and screening of Patrik 1.5, which tells the story of a gay couple adopting a baby but ends up with a homophobic teenager.

Saturday’s daylong event begins with a free showing of “Out in Silence,” a documentary about the challenges of being an outsider in a rural community. A discussion and Q&A with filmmaker Joe Wilson follows the screening.

Other films featured include “Baby Formula” about a lesbian couple experimenting with stem cells; “Breakfast With Scott” about a gay couple looking after one of the partner’s flamboyant nephew; and “Edie and Thea, A Very Long Engagement,” a documentary about two women finally getting married after 42 years together.

In line with ROSMY’s youth mission, Dougherty believes the festival will help promote a positive image of the LGBT community.

“We really wanted to help bring the community together for our youth and work to create community change by bringing awareness to the issues.”

Tickets are $7 per film with special rate packages available and can be purchased at http://www.reelpriderichmond.org.

GayRVA is proud to be a sponsor Reel Pride Richmond.

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