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Red Card Production released this behind the scenes photo from their upcoming Senses:3 collection.

Click HERE to learn more about Senses:3

Gene Robinson Doc at OTCFF

Love Free or Die @ The 2012 Out Twin Cities Film Festival
Friday, June 1, 2012
5:00pm until 7:00pm
St. Anthony Main Theatre
115 Main Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414

"Winner of Special Jury Prize and nominee for Grand Jury Prize (Documentary) at 2012 Sundance Film Festival.

Gene Robinson, the first openly gay person to become a bishop, will have his story told.

Macky Alston, the director, will be in the Twin Cities to present Love Free or Die at the 2012 Out Twin Cities Film Festival.

Undone: A New Musical at OTCFF

Undone is an original, feature-length, Minnesota made movie musical written and directed by Maxwell Freudenthal 

The film will makes its world premiere at the Out Twin Cities Film Festival on Sunday, June 3rd at 5pm.

Click HERE to buy tickets

Learn more and catch the trailer after the jump.

Out TCFF video contest

The Out Twin Cities film festival is coming up.  You can participate in the festival by submitting your own work into the video contest.

Click HERE to learn more

I Want To Know What It's Like

Filmmaker Ryan James Yezak is at it again.  This time, he has created a powerful and moving poem in promotion for his gay rights film Second Class Citizens.   Congratulations to Yezak, we had shivers down our spine!

Click HERE to learn more about this important project

Words to the poem after the jump

Hopefully by now you've seen this trailer floating around.

What you might not know, is that this documentary isn't finished yet.

Filmmaker Ryan James Yezak is currently fundraising for the film.

Ryan James Yezak

"The idea for this documentary was born when I first learned that California's Proposition 8 had passed, defining marriage only between a man & woman in that state. I was angry & I wanted to do something about it. As time went by, I learned more & more about the inequalities that exist for gays, lesbians, & bisexuals in this country. I made a friend on YouTube who revealed to me that he would be expelled from his school if they found out he was gay. I did not believe him - in what kind of reality could something like that be true? It is true. Shortly after that, a string of natural disasters occurred & my boss asked me if I wanted to donate blood with her. I immediately got up to go with her & then stopped abruptly realizing that I couldn't donate blood. She did not believe me, nor did she understand why. I felt like a different species. I did not feel one with the human race in that moment. That was the moment it had a direct effect on me & my rights - that is when I decided to make this documentary." - Ryan James Yezak via Kickstarter

click HERE to learn more about the film

click HERE to help him fundraise on Kickstarter

“We Were Here” film

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WE WERE HERE (trailer) from David Weissman on Vimeo.


Join the Minnesota AIDS Project for a screening of the critically acclaimed documentary film “We Were Here” on Thursday, December 1, World AIDS Day, at the Riverview Theater at 7:00 p.m


“It’s impossible for a single film to capture the devastation wrought by AIDS, or the heroism with which many in the LGBT community responded to it. But director David Weissman’s documentary is such a powerful achievement because he just about does it. Focusing on the arrival, detonation and devastation of AIDS in San Francisco (after first reminding viewers how and why the city was a queer utopia), Weissman employs standard documentary tools — stock footage, home movies, smart talking heads — to wonderful effect. It’s that last component that makes the film: Armed with just their voices, wit, humor and memories, the film’s interviewees break your heart with their stories.” Ernest Hardy, LA Weekly

World AIDS Day Screening of “We Were Here”
Thursday, December 1
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Riverview Theater
3800 42nd Avenue S
Minneapolis, MN
$3

Click HERE to rsvp on facebook

Have a Gay "Weekend" at the Uptown Theatre

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"Weekend is a disarmingly delicate and daring drama set in Nottingham, England and featuring breakout performances by Tom Cullen and Chris New. After hanging out with his straight mates on a Friday night, Russell (Cullen) heads out to a gay club. Just before closing time he picks up an artist named Glen (New) and unexpectedly spends most of the next 48 hours with him in bedrooms and bars, telling stories and having sex. As they spend more time together, sharing snippets of their lives, they begin to reveal the things that hold them back as much as push them forward and develop a connection that will resonate throughout their lives. Weekend is an affecting and naturalistic romance, a beautiful exploration of how two people can come together only briefly, yet impact each other in a profound way. Winner of the Grand Jury Award for Outstanding International Dramatic Feature at the 2011 Outfest Film Festival and the Emerging Visions Audience Award for Best Film at the 2011 SXSW Film Festival. Written and directed by Andrew Haigh (Greek Pete)."  via Landmark Theatre



Weekend will run for one week only.  It opens Friday, Oct 21st with shows at (2:30 4:45) 7:10 9:30 at the Uptown Theater.

Check the theater's website for other days show times.


Click HERE for the Theater's website




 

Gen Silent film screening

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Gen Silent

Join the Rainbow Health Initiative for an screening of Gen Silent, an important documentary about our oldest community members and the problems they face.

About the film
"What would you do if you were old, disabled or ill - and the person feeding you put down the spoon and said that you are going to hell unless you change your sexual preference? Sound absurd? Social workers around the world say it’s happening every day." -via

August 11 at 7pm
St. Anthony Main Theatre

more info and trailer after the jump

Ben Thomson's film "Taste" from Senses:2 at Lush

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Check out Ben Thomson's film Taste!   His film was part of the Senses:2 multimedia art collection at Lush.  The Senses:2 collection was filled with  film, photography, graphic design, mixology & live performances, all inspired by sight, sound, taste, touch or smell.  (get it Senses) 



Taste from Rapid Water Media on Vimeo.
An experimental film directed by Ben Thompson for the Senses 2 exhibition in Minneapolis.


Click HERE to see the photos from the event

Click HERE to learn more about Ben