--—., _ 5mm One World Film Fesuval 2002
\__ 15‘ LESBIAN by mary crone
‘ ORfiANcliNTION On Tuesday, February 12 the One World Film ' [I
Festival opens at the Kentucky Theater with Peace of
WW’ Km” Mind: Coexistence Through the eyes of Palestinian N
and Israeli Teens. After attending a Seeds of Peace 0
GLSO NEWS Camp in Maine, seven Palestinian and Israeli L
teenagers were given video cameras to document two lc
Volume 17 Issue 2 years of their lives in Israel, The West Bank and the d
Palestinian Authority. Using the cameras as video jt
published monthly by diaries, the youth turned the lens on themselves, their
The Lexington Gay families, friends and communities, revealing the chal- fi
Lexbian lenges they face as peace seekers in a fiercely divid- ti
- - - ed conflict. Hendrica Van Woerkom, Director of F
Seaggewgll'lgeinliiaeflon Education for Seeds of Peace, and Bushra Jawabri, a a
' Palestinian and one of the video film makers, will be , a
. present for the Lexington screening and will speak n
Edltors about their experiences. There is no charge for any of 3
Mary Crone John Ridner the One World Films. ~ .
The second and third films in the series may be of ‘
Board Members particular interest to the LBGT community. On Sunday,
Terry Mullins, President February 17, at 2 pm at the Central Library Theater,
Jerry Neff, Vice President we will show What’s Cooking directed by Gurminder 4
Mary Crone, Editor Chadha. This fun feature film presents a multi-family ‘
Charlie Slusher, Treasurer multiculturalview of Thanksgiving. We are introduced
John Ridner, Secretary to a Jewish family with a lesbian daughter and her r
Thomas Collins lover, a Hispanic family with a philandering husband /
Kelly O’Ferrell and newly liberated wife, a cross-generational r
' Cary Sudduth Vietnamese family struggling wrth traditional expecta- f
Tom Collins tions for their americanized children, and an African c
_ American family where tensions arise between a suc- I
~ BI" Chandler cessful father and his son who thinks he has sold out. r
In these four different households, turkey is served <
GLSO Annual Dues & with individual flair, accompanied by roasted polenta, \
Newsletter. fajitas, spring rolls or homemade macaroni and
Individual - $15 cheese. Kyra Sedgwick and Julianna Margulies do a I
Couple . 325 great job as the lesbian couple; the film also stars I
Mercedes Ruehl, Alfre Woodard, and Joan Chen. I
The third film, Living the Story, The Civil Rights I
Movement in Kentucky will be shown Feb 28. See '
Opinions expressed in the GLSO News page 8. l
math-058 (”the “mom and don'tnec‘ There will be three more films in March including I
essanly represent those of the GLSO
Board, Submissions are welcome and Three Seasons, The first American feature to be pro— ‘
Staff reserves the. right to edit submis— duced in \fietnam since the war. Directed by Tony Bui, ‘
fr"°"s.a”d adverf'semems f‘s.we" as this film won all the major awards at the Sundance l
e right to reject sumeSSIons or , , ,
advertisements. FIlm Festival a few years ago. It Will be shown at the ‘
Central Library Theater on March 2nd at 2 pm. See the I
March GLSO for other screenings. ‘
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