UUCG Classic Queer Film Series

04/24/2023

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2023/04/21/murray-melvin-q***r-pioneer/

Murray Melvin’s q***r performance in ‘Taste of Honey’ proved groundbreaking

03/17/2023

Whether roles playing various identities should be reserved for actors who are of that identity has been a big debate in Hollywood of late.

Many thought the gay character Charlie in The Whale should have been played by a gay actor, but in the end it’s just a job, so does it really matter?

02/20/2023

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/bollywood-lgbtq-rom-coms-cec/index.html

While LGBTQ-focused plotlines might seem radical for the Hindi film industry, same-sex desire and longing aren't completely new terrain, scholars say. What's changed, rather, is how explicitly those storylines are portrayed.

12/20/2022

https://www.them.us/story/lgbtq-holiday-movies-family-friendly

When you want to put on a q***r movie without any surprise sc******ng scenes.

03/12/2022

How many of these have YOU seen?

The studio has been making important q***r movies since the early aughts.

01/07/2022

This documentary was the one that we tried doing a virtual movie night for in 2020 after the start of COVID. You can still watch it on Netflix at any time.

The couple's more than 70-year romance was featured in Ryan Murphy's 2020 documentary.

11/23/2021

The film was scheduled to be our next movie night just before pandemic lockdown.
What identities do you think should be reserved to be played by someone of that identity? It can be a very complex question, often involving questions of whether actors of that identity are passed over for those roles because of their identity. What about trans actors playing non-trans roles, or LGB actors playing "straight"?
I'll add my own comment under my own name below.

"There must be a leveling," Redmayne said, "otherwise we are going to carry on having these debates."

10/08/2021

Until we're able to gather for Movie Nights again, here is a great film to watch this Monday evening at 10pm on PBS NC (Suddenlink Cable 4, Broadcast 25.1) and re-airs at 4am.

A small group of thoughtful, committed citizens force psychiatrists to reexamine their homophobia and transphobia. This is how it happened...

08/18/2021

Just wanted to note that when we return to in-person events, we'll probably be on a somewhat irregular schedule based on when I'm able to return to Greenville to host them.
For any who aren't aware, I (Rich Elkins the film series coordinator) moved to Raleigh in 2016 and have been returning most months to put on the event, but over time scheduling them around my other commitments has become increasingly difficult.
When we first started this event in 2011, there was a team of 3 of us who were coordinating, with me being the primary, but the other two (Ann Marie Alderman and Summer Wisdom) both moved away (much further away than I did).
I'd love to see us have a team of folks who can keep this running and with my continued participation, sometimes without being present, keep this event running on a predictable schedule, rather than limited by my availability. The primary coordinator will need to be someone affiliated with Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Greenville (NC) but other members of the team would only need to be from the community. I'd also love to see the team be composed of a diverse crowd (age, gender, race) to make sure that the films are more diverse and everyone can see themselves represented. (I've tried to do that, but it has been a struggle to find good candidate films at times to fill the gaps when they become evident).
So with our 10th anniversary I'd welcome anyone who is interested in being on this team to reach out to me directly or simply comment here so we can build a group to keep this event going for another 10 years or more, providing another continuing outlet for the LGBTQ+ and Allies community of Greenville and surrounding areas to see good q***r cinema.
Thanks for your patience, those of you who've made it through my long post. I hope to hear from several of you and get a strong team built!

06/28/2021

Reminder of TCM's Q***r Documentaries tonight for the Stonewall Anniversary.

The cable channel will show The Times of Harvey Milk, The Celluloid Closet, and more, with commentary from filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.