Word is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives is the 2010 selection for our ImageOut of the Archives series. A miraculous film in its honesty, sincerity, and directness, this one is not to be missed!
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Program 25: ImageOut of the Archives: Word Is Out
Word is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives is the 2010 selection for our ImageOut of the Archives series. A miraculous film in its honesty, sincerity, and directness, this one is not to be missed!
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I love this movie, and am happy to see it being preserved. I've seen bits of it before somewhere, though I can't recall where.
Sadly I had to leave before the credits finished, as it ran VERY late, and I wanted to no miss any of the shorts in the next program.
Note to programmers: Be careful about how many community sponsors and speakers you have on an over-long movie with a small transition gap to the next film! The timing for programing this year has been great, with lots of time to transition, with this one exception. :)
@Woody - We had to work with Dryden's typical start time of 7pm so this one got pushed close to the other screening. But we didn't want to start the late movie at 10pm. =(
I LOVED this film. Once you got used to the fashion and hairstyles it didn't seem dated at all. It was a treat to see the restored version projected on the big screen as well. The color was so vivid it brought me right back to the era of the Village People, Saturday Night Fever and the Bee Gees. It's a shame it more people didn't come out to see this, especially younger people who are unaware of our history.
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Wonderful film. And the struggle goes on both personally and nationally.
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Thanks for keeping our history alive!
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A great retrospective -- and so very timely.
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Loved it. Such tenderness. Many of the interviewees seemed strongly familiar to me.
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One of my favorite Archive Nights!
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Thanks for bringing us this wonderful history of our lives!
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That was amazing!
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Fascinating and important. Thanks!
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Too long but excellent.
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Excellent film. I will be interviewing senior LGBT persons at a conference I'm directing in Chautauqua, NY with Madelein Davis. Sept 16 to 18, 2011. Please refer Western, NY persons to me.
Michael's response:
Pat left a phone number which I obviously would rather not publish here. IF you are interested to be part of Pat's project and you are a senior LGBT from Western, NY, please email us at office@imageout.org.
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Thank you for showing this film. Stories of people are the essence of films.
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Thanks for the history -- need more contemporary documentaries shown. Excellent depiction of our history and lives.
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I wish kids would see this.
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Well done. Great choice. Very thought provoking. We have come a long way since 1978 and have yet a long way to go -- we will survive and overcome!
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A great message for the present day. Hope it could be available so many more could experience it.
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Thought-provoking and timely. Gays came a long way, yet history repeats itself.
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Very informative and making awareness even for myself.
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WOW! Well done!
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Really wonderful history. Thanks Michael for a great choice!
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What a treasure! Thanks for showing this film!
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Brilliantly relevant, historically and in modern times.
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As relevant today as the day it was made. Everyone should see it. So articulate.
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We need more of these films! Bring the gay pioneers back to Rochester. Educate our community!
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These movies preserve our history. Thank you for screening them.
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It was inspiring to hear the stories of the people interviewed. They were very brave human beings to be so open about themselves at that time.
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A reminder of our continued struggle! Rewarding and encouraging.
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Great film. Great entertainment.
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A great service to the truth in terms of personal accounts. I am so elated that the film was preserved and that I saw the 16mm transfer to 35mm. Looks great!
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Fabulous film! I'm so glad I saw it. It should be required for all young people to see.
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A 1st prize is a MUST!
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I wish I had seen this movie in 1977!
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Best film of the Festival!
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A look at ourselves thru another time and how much we still have to go. Thank you!
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What a chronicle of gay history! Very inspiring.
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Fair. Too much jumping around.
Michael's response:
Seriously?
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More thought provoking than other documentaries.
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Superb! One of the best documentaries I've seen.
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Excellent film.
Great history & very informative.
A "10"!
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Thank you ... a landmark film.
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Good political retrospective that is still poignant today especially in the light of the 3 suicides by gay teens recently.
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Excellent! Should be shown in schools and colleges and churches.
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So much on a personal level that you could equate to. Wish more could be exposed to this.
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Excellent. Should not be missed by anyone, gay or straight.
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Excellent. 85% - still relevant. But we need one after Lawrence vs Texas, June 26, 2003.
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MORE!
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Lots of interesting moments, but fragmented and sometimes confusing. On the whole, it is a sound and rewarding film.
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It gave a good idea of what the 50s were like, but it was too fragmented.
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Hopefully in our lifetime, that ignorance will be self erased of these issues. Out all my life practically 40 years, but a long ways, unfortunately, yet to go, before this ignorance will be solved.
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Glad films are being preserved and shown now.
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Interesting but a bit long-winded.
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Captured the progression of our liberation and I was still on the journey.
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Very informative.
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Good film. Important. Interesting to look back from this time to see how far acceptance of LGBT people has come, how far we have yet to go.
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So good. Loved it!
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