US PREMIERE

SHORT FILM PROGRAM

WORLD PREMIERE

FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT

THROWBACK FROM 

15th Annual Boston Gay & Lesbian Film/Video Festival

Family Matters

With in person.
Sat, May 22 @ 3:30 pm
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This film is presented in with English subtitles.
Program of shorts about gay and lesbian parents and their children including Letter to Maya (22 min), 1-800-Yer-Mama (6 min), Camp Lavender Hill (28 min), and Making Babies: The Gay & Lesbian Baby Boom (26 min).
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Letter to Maya

CONTENT WARNING:
In Letter to Maya by Nancy Brown (1996, 22 min.), the two women who adopted Maya, a child from a Chinese orphanage, display their love and affection for their new "bundle of joy."
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1-800-Yer-Mama

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1-800-Yer-Mama by Terra Poirier (Canada, 1998, 6 min.) sarcastically persuades us to get a "Lesbo-Mom."
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Camp Lavender Hill

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In Camp Lavender Hill by Michael Magnaye (1997, 28 min.), the children of gays and lesbians, attending a summer camp designed specially for them, discuss their perspectives with remarkable courage and clarity.
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Making Babies: The Gay & Lesbian Baby Boom

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Making Babies: The Gay & Lesbian Baby Boom by Martin Bedogne and Stewart Halpern (1997, 26 min.) is a sweet and touching look at four gay and lesbian couples creating their own families through foster parenting, adoption, and artificial insemination.
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