Coming Out

This Saturday, November 22, 2008 ComingOutCinema has shown a movie by a German director, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, The Bitter tears of Petra von Kant (Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant) Germany, 1972. After the viewing, there was a public discussion on an issue of “internal homophobia”.

ComingOutCinema continues its series of LGBT movies. Last Saturday, November 15 2008, we have touched upon the issue of transgender.
THe choice of the topic for the movie is no accident – November 20 is the Transgender Day of Remembrance, dedicated to those victims of xenophobia towards the transgender people. On that day, various human rights, feminist and LGBT organizations of the world carry out street manifestations, lectures, seminars and traditional candle lighting. The purpose of these events is to attract world’s society attention to the fact that transgender people fall victims of violence and psychological pressure much more often compared to other minority groups. Details…

This Saturday, November 22,at 6 PM ComingOutCinema will feature a movie by a German director, R. W. Fassbinder, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (Die bitteren Tranen der Petra von Kant) Germany, 1972.

This time, we would like to touch upon the issue of internalized homophobia (non-acceptance of own sexuality) and discuss this issue after the feature of this remarkable movie.

The first movie of Rainier Werner Fassbinder, in which the director brilliantly employes his passion to baroque, abundant and colorful fireworks of a form, decorating a rather simple plot of a typical drama of solitude and alienation.

On November 8 we have started the new project of ComingOut - it is called ComingOutCinema and it includes weekly shows of movies, rarely seen seen in Russia and dedicated to various LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) issues with after-movie discussions of topics последующим обсуждением тем, touched upon in the movies.

on Saturday night on November 8, 2008 we have shown the documentary Anyone and Everyone, by an American director, Susan Polis Schutz. It was first shown in Russia on October 4, 2008 at the closed run of Side by Side International LGBT film festival, where it won the nomination of the Best Documentary.