I am a huge fan of the In The Life series that runs on PBS. It is an important source as well as a resource for the community.The programming varies from informative to heartwarming, and always worth watching. This is a trailer for the March episode.
They are just starting a series that will visit each state to talk about the LGBT issues for each. They start with Ohio.
To find out more about In The Life, click here. It is a wonderful resource for the LGBT community, creating a strong library for current and future generations. If you can, think about giving money to them and click the 'Donate Now' button on the site. You can also fill in your zip code and find when the monthly installment will be playing in your area. I know I made a donation to keep this program coming.
Julian Bond, Chairman of the NAACP, a giant in the movement for Black Civil Rights, has been on the frontline for equal rights in America for over four decades. He is also an outspoken advocate for the rights of America's gays and lesbians. Washington Post editorial writer and Pulitzer Prize winner, Jonathan Capehart, explores Bond's national leadership role in these major social issues of our day, recalling those who were formative in his growth as an activist.
To find out more about In The Life, click here. It is a wonderful resource for the LGBT community, creating a strong library for current and future generations. IF you can, think about giving money to them and click the 'Donate Now' button on the site. You can also fill in your zip code and find when the monthly installment will be playing in your area.
Top: Julianne Moore & Christine Vachon; Bottom: Vachon, Moore & Todd Haynes.
Long-time collaborators, screen actress Julianne Moore and Killer Films co-founder and producer Christine Vachon talk about lesbian representation in film, the state of queer cinema and homophobia in Hollywood. Their discussion is fascinating to me, hearing some truly interesting stories about working in the movie industry.
To find out more about In The Life, click here. It is a wonderful resource for the LGBT community, creating a strong library for current and future generations. IF you can, think about giving money to them and click the 'Donate Now' button on the site. You can also fill in your zip code and find when the monthly installment will be playing in your area.
I am a great supporter of In The Life, the wonderful PBS series which chronicles the past, present and future of the LGBT community, from politics to entertainment. In this particular clip, we see the great Kathleen Turner interviewing the amazing playwright Edward Albee, an out and proud man with a strong history of amazing work and avoiding the spotlight. Albee was best known for his play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, but has written many brilliant works, including Zoo Story, The Death of Bessie Smith, and A Delicate Balance. He has won two Tony Awards for best play, in 1963 for Virgina Woolf, and in 2002 for The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?. He has won three Pulitzer Prizes for Drama, in 1967 for A Delicate Balance, 1975 for Seascape, and 1994 for Three Tall Women. He was also scheduled to get one in 1963 for Virginia Woolf, but the award was pulled and none given that year for the award committee thought the play "too vulgar" to get the prize.
This is a rather nice interview, and interesting to see Albee, now 81, speaking so freely with a camera present. I remember back in the mid 80s working on a production of Virginia Woolf for the Circle Repertory Company that was bring performed in Saratoga Springs prior to touring Japan. George and Martha were played by Tony Roberts and Tanya Berezin. Quite frankly, it wasn't a great production, and I remember traveling to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center to put up the set, and on opening night, Albee sneaked in to see it, and left before the end. He spoke to no one, and while the buzz went through the staff, we all laughed, because we couldn't blame him.
To find out more about In The Life, click here. It is a wonderful resource for the LGBT community, creating a strong library for current and future generations. IF you can, think about giving money to them and click the 'Donate Now' button on the site. You can also fill in your zip code and find when the monthly installment will be playing in your area.
I think In The Life is a great television series, one that remains under-rated and under-viewed. It is a valuable source for the history and current issues facing the gay community. It runs on PBS, and you can check your local listings for the air dates for the current episode.
For the October episode, the have the following description: 40 years after the Stonewall uprising, the LGBT movement is more visible than ever. But many queer people who do not conform to the image of gender, race and class most pervasive in the media, remain largely invisible—even to the movement. This month, we look at how LGBT people living on the economic margins of our society are organizing themselves to find housing, improve their professional skills, and obtain employment and health care.
You can watch episodes online here. To find out when it will be broadcast in your area, click here. Please support this great show.
I am a real fan of the PBS series In The Life. It is a monthly show that deals with life in the gay community. According to the press release, this month, IN THE LIFE explores what it means to grow old as a gay person in America how a generation once at the frontlines of establishing the modern LGBT movement finds, in what should be their golden years, new challenges living life openly gay. ITS ABOUT TIME highlights the leaders spearheading a national effort to protect the rights of LGBT senior citizens and care for our elders.
