{"id":698,"date":"2014-06-06T11:23:40","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T11:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/montrealblackfilm.mysites.io\/?p=698"},"modified":"2017-09-07T15:37:44","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T15:37:44","slug":"retrospective-beyond-gay-and-etre-soi-meme-in-montreal-june-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/retrospective-beyond-gay-and-etre-soi-meme-in-montreal-june-29\/","title":{"rendered":"RETROSPECTIVE: Beyond Gay and Etre Soi-m\u00eame in Montreal – June 29"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00ab POLITICALLY INCORRECT \u00bb CINEMA !<\/strong><\/p>\n

Creativity behind a cause:\u00a0The arts to raise awareness, educate and inspire…<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

R\u00c9TROSPECTIVE MONTREAL – TORONTO: APRIL 27 TO DECEMBER 21, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

Film presentations followed by Q&A\u2019s with the directors<\/p>\n

Tickets and Info: www.montrealblackfilm.com\/retrospective<\/p>\n

For the 10th anniversary of International Black Film Festival of Montreal, the Fabienne Colas Foundation presents a retrospective of 6 feature and 5 short black independent Canadian films that had an impact on the festival because of their \u201cpolitically incorrect\u201d angle. This retrospective, Supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, held in Montreal with the support of the International Black Film Festival of Montreal in Toronto but also with the support of Toronto Black Film Festival. Each screening will be followed by a talk with the director(s) to explain their creative process and the “politically incorrect” context to their work.<\/p>\n

JUNE 2014 PROGRAM<\/strong><\/p>\n

See trailer and buy tickets here<\/a><\/p>\n

June 29, 2014 – 5pm – Former NFB Cinema<\/strong> (1564 Rue St-Denis, Montr\u00e9al) – $10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Double Program – Theme: Homosexuality and Discrimination<\/p>\n

\u00caTRE SOI-M\u00caME<\/strong><\/p>\n

Laurent Maurice Lafontant \u2013 2011, 15\u2019, Documentary, French<\/p>\n

Three young Afro-Caribbean gays and lesbians living in Montreal explain how they had to face various preconceived ideas and stereotypes linked to homophobia and racism before they were able to assert themselves and their personalities.<\/p>\n

BEYOND GAY: THE POLITICS OF PRIDE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bob Christie \u2013 2009, 87\u2019, Documentary, English – with French subtitles<\/p>\n

Before the 30th anniversary, Vancouver’s Gay Pride Parade director examines relevance of Pride celebrations internationally. He travels to places where Pride is steeped in protest to experience the powerful oppression that still exists. Pride is more than a parade; it’s a giant step on the road to equality.<\/p>\n

See Trailer and Buy tickets here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00ab POLITICALLY INCORRECT \u00bb CINEMA ! Creativity behind a cause:\u00a0The arts to raise awareness, educate and inspire… R\u00c9TROSPECTIVE MONTREAL – TORONTO: APRIL 27 TO DECEMBER 21, 2014 Film presentations followed by Q&A\u2019s with the directors Tickets and Info: www.montrealblackfilm.com\/retrospective For the 10th anniversary of International Black Film Festival of Montreal, the Fabienne Colas Foundation presents […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10365,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}