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1996 The elC luloid Closet,’ ‘The imesT of Harvey Milk’ - Telling Pictures

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20 21 **'**** 3-DIGIT 028 ALBERT J LOTT PSYCHOLOGY DEPT _ UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND CHAFEE BLDG KINGSTON RI 02881 he movies are 100 years old, and gay movie characters have been with us from the beginning­ Teven during the Production Code years, when "sex perversion" was explicitly forbidden. By turns surprising, hilarious and disturbing, The Celluloid Closet tells an epic story that explodes sexual myths and explores how our attitudes about homosexua!ity and sex roles have evolved throughout the century From comic sissies to lesbian vampires from pathetic queens to sadistic predators, Hollywood has both reflected and defined how we think about homosexuality-and what it means Uy and thoughtful to be a man or woman ualiry and human e This film and Vito Russo's landmark book The piece of work The Celluloid Clo.seton which it was based, are the definitive conceivable sexual i works in this field. Produced and directed by Academy Award-winners Rob Epstein and .Jeffrey Friedman; narrated by Lily Tomlin; featuring excerpts from 120 Hollywood movies and exclusive interviews with many of the screenwriters, directors and actors who created them, including Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Whoopi Goldberg, Shirley Macl.aine, Tony Curtis, Armistead Maupin, and Gore Vidal.. The Academy Award and Peabody Award-Winning Classic

A film about American values in conflict

he much heralded, Academy Award-winning documentary about the late Harvey Milk, San Francisco's first elected gay city council "A remarkable acheivenienr.AREQUIRED ADDITION Tmember, George Moscone, the city's popular, liberal mayor and TO ANY UNIVERSITYMEDIA LIBRARY." Dan White the troubled city official and former policeman who - Robert Rosen.,Director murdered them in City Hall A riveting piece of filmmaking about UCLA Television,Radio Archives communities in conflict this classic is essential to any film collection · ~Blilli~t and gripping. challertgirtg, The Times of Harvey Milk is a passionate film straight nor gay [but] an intense, imITlens~h:vmoving, seminal to the understanding and study of civil rights journalism useful.film foiall of us" . . "· .. . .. ,., sociopolitical movements lesbian and gay culture and non-fiction - SheJ/a·fJi:'.fl!o~;~_tP~ ~TTiele_~_t:~1~fS~ film making • \ •• ,,,• V V ,~'}jighi; !ecom_m~nded~. a ~4att~_rii:¼i:4~~iifil~~t-of AREAS OF STUDY ·• • -~r , ,,,,;,v·•·"""'; ••.,, '.'clISCfiffifriatioil''.;·· A :·-- t;-ene:sts'ket;,,,);'C" ~f:~\.- ✓,C~Hi\'-L>k~ +/6'1'70"'4<':> ;~Jup_h~ng! $ad.a:rt4 .c:nragr,ng;_ ::/·rt?-1~ i,~:!1-pJ~~iilr;:m:.~.t;';;.~rt:!:~~-! nates an important historical ··· ,frlmnialiing; it enters the. real.ni otl\fe w:ltet~:p:<~rsonaland;·: ' event through a compelling · ·.publiCIssues inform histOry and:mak,e _arc,:,..:... \• . . . . -. story "told with urgency, ' .. . . . -AndrewKopkfnrl:,. 'Ebe Nation passion, and finally, indig­ nation" (Janet Maslin, New "I've seen The Times of Harvey Milk twice and wish that York Times). It will stimu­ I had produced it. It sets the highest standard for late lively and thoughtful dis­ documentary journalism" cussions that can be focused - Bill Moyers on a variety of topics: ,.,_ .....'""'""':· .. - ,,.., '+'"''"' '''(f4• "Some of the most effective and emotional "';a,"';{i\-A+0i::!V-i( American History ,,,,;;,; 'J.-t--Js.0.'-¼·¾M\ , City/HallMurders classes I've taught are a result of using Common Threads and Time< of Harvey American Studies Milk It's the only rime I ever see college Civics men crying after showing a film in class. Community Organizing These films prnvide a powerful Cultural Anthropology Film Studies oppo1 tunity to engage students in a Gay and Lesbian Studies discussion of controversial issues in a Humanities personalized and meaningful way. I Journalism strongly recommend using them in college Minority studies courses and workshops " Political Science - Ptto M Nardi Ph D Religion and Philosophy Profi.s.wrof Sociology, Social Work Pitzer College, Tht Cla.remont Collegt.'5 Psychology Human Sexuality "The Time< of Harvey Milk tells in com­ Women's Studies pelling derail a story which Americans Sociology need to hear, \ iew and understand It is Violence and Social Conflict inspiring with irs classic tale of successful grass-roors politics It is sobering - one A Study Guide Is Available more Am_erican nagedy of political assassi­ with your purchase nation. Most of all it is heartwarming, infused as it is with the humanity and vitality of Hane, himself" - Marie Nesthus, Head of Donmll Me·dia Center, Orderinginformation is on New Yo1kPublic Library the back page. ing film . . As a sociological ~:=-::- -v__~_Tn10.nm~ !--!v e Are Wt,? is a record of the -- ~~- TR00!1/,::. x~~-cyin America as people rook a WHERE ARE WE? :Fcer the Persian Gulf wat and then Our Trip through America ;,:> ro a ·recession" 'lfl · - San Francisco Chronicle riedman and Epstein s Where Are We? is a movie about people and places we don't usually see on film ,tarming, gorgeously photographed dialogue or TV The two filmmakers set out on a road trip 1~~ an unexpectedly' articulate America" F - Chicago n ibune through America encountering an unusual array of people with fascinating tales to tell-from the glitzy New Orleans "Spontaneous and ultimately profound . nightclub dancer to the Marines in the gay bar across the Crossing the bou11:dariesof race, class and sexual street from Camp Lejeune to the lady who fries catfish at preference as well as geography, Where Ar, We?is the Blue & White Restaurant in Tunica, Mississippi Where subjective reportage at'its most subtly telling, Are We? is about ordinary people working, playing. and revealing the state of the union as a fragile, just getting by-each pursuing a unique, and sometimes abused, but touchingly hopeful collection of individuals .." startlingly original version of the American dream A mar­ - SF Weekry vel of personal filmmaking and reportage ~.-.,,.

An ideal catalyst for discussions of contemporary American culture.

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his Oscar-winning documentary tells the powerful story of the first decade of the AIDS Tepidemic in America Creating intimate portraits of five very different individuals whose lives are memorialized in the AIDS Memorial Quilt-from an 11-year-old hemophiliac to a gay Olympic athlete to a former intravenous drug user-Common I ~• I • Threads cuts through boundaries of race. class, 11 • I I gender and sexual orientation to create a profoundly moving testament to our common humanity Through dramatic use of TV news reports the film recounts the awakening awareness of this mysterious new disease and the government's early failure to respond "Common Threads is profoundly educational becaus Narrated by Dustin Hoffman puts a human face ori. the frightening phenomenon o Original Music by Bobby McFerrin AIDS. The film gives a personal; social, and even . political context to help th_eviewer make sense Of thi Produced and Directed by - continuing scourge. I Would strongly recommend it f; Rob Epstein and Jeff.-ey Friedman classroom use." - RobertBellah, Elliott Professorof Socio