Annual Film Series - Spring 2012 Film Screening Schedule

Out of the Closet and Onto the Screen Film Series!
All screenings at 7 pm in Textor 103

Wednesday February 8: Screening in commemoration of Black History Month
"Out: The Glenn Burke Story"

The story of the first openly gay Major League Baseball player, who also invented the "high five" in October 1877 at Dodger Stadium.

Wednesday February 22
"Straight Acting"

A film about rough contact sports-- hockey, rodeo, rugby-- and the gay men that play them.

Wednesday March 7
"100% Woman"

A film about mountain bike champion Michelle Dumaresq, the first transgender athlete on a national team.

Wednesday March 28
"A Knock Out"

Boxing champion Michele Aboro's career ended when she refused to vamp up her image and pose naked in magazines; this film is about her refusal to engage with an industry more interested in selling sex than sport.

Wednesday April 11
"Claiming the Title: Gay Olympics on Trial" *Tentative screening at 7:00 P.M.

A story about the foundation of the "Gay Olympic Games," an international sporting event meant to nurture a healthy self-image for gays and lesbians while publicly affirming positive examples of homosexuality, and the how the U.S. Olympic Committee unjustly opposed the creation of the Games.

"Walk Like A Man:" Screening at 7:30 P.M.

The journey of two of the world's best gay rugby teams-- the San Francisco Fog and the Sydney Convicts as they prepare for the World Cup of gay rugby: the Bingham Cup.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Lis Maurer at lmaurer@ithaca.edu or 607-274-7394. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.