Reels On Wheels [ROW], an initiative of the Fairy Tales Film Festival, is proud to present a free screening of BEYOND GAY: The Politics of Pride, in partnership with the Calgary Public Library.
Celebrate Pride Month with this award winning documentary, followed by an informal post-film discussion!
Gay Pride marches and festivals are happening all over the world, sometimes under heavy opposition and violence.
Beyond Gay – The Politics of Pride is the most comprehensive look at the role of these events ever undertaken. 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. They also travel to Sao Paulo Brazil for the world’s largest gay parade and New York City, the birthplace of the modern gay liberation movement.
Increasingly the Pride movement is globalizing. Coolen and many Pride organizers in North America and Europe, where celebration has overtaken political action, strive to remind their communities that Pride is at its heart a global fight for human rights.
Despite the hundreds of thousands of people cheering in the streets, Pride is much, much more than a parade and a party. It is a giant step on the road to true equality.
Check out the film trailer at: http://biggaymovie.com/films/
Visit our website for information on upcoming free public screenings with ROW: http://www.fairytalesfilmfest.com/reels-on-wheels/
