15th Annual Boston Gay & Lesbian Film/Video Festival

Summer in My Veins / Nana, George and Me

With in person.

Sat, May 29 @ 2:00 pm

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Year

Run Time

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Country

Language

PROGRAM Time

89

minutes

CONTENT WARNING:

This film is presented in with English subtitles.

Two personal documentaries: Summer in My Veins (41 min) and Nana, George and Me (48 min). Filmmakers Nish Saran and Joe Balass explore family, identity, and heritage.

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Summer in My Veins

CONTENT WARNING:

Nishit Saran

41 min

English

USA

A personal documentary of the director’s struggle to come out with his homosexuality to his mother who is visiting him in the United States from India for his graduation.

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Nana, George and Me

CONTENT WARNING:

Joe Balass

48 min

Canada

What do you get when you ask your 92-year old devout Jewish Nana and a 72-year old gay stranger questions you’ve only dared to dream of?

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