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Boston LGBT Film Festival 2012

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This film is presented in with English subtitles.
Growing up queer in a straight world isn’t easy, but these filmmakers show you how to navigate it.
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Crush (2011)

CONTENT WARNING:
Gloria LaMorte
9 min
English
USA
Prom Night in the South Bronx, Michael is in for the an evening of horror, hilarity and hope as he decides whether or not to man up and 'kick it' to his high school Crush or 'punk out' and let him walk into the sunset.
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Sam

CONTENT WARNING:
Sal Bardo
11 min
English
USA
After being bullied and beaten for dressing like a boy at school, Sam escapes into the fields surrounding her house, where she's forced to spend the night and choose between who she is and who the world expects her to be. Sam mixes fantasy and reality, challenging our perception of identity and the world around us, and providing encouragement to young people who are still trying to figure out who they are, where their place is, and who they want to be.
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The Art of Walking the Streets (A arte de andar pelas ruas de Brasília)

CONTENT WARNING:
Rafaela Camelo
18 min
Portuguese
Brazil
Two girls meet the city.
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Prora

CONTENT WARNING:
Stephane Riethauser
23 min
German and French
Switzerland
Prora, on the Baltic Sea. Mysterious, endless. In this deserted former Nazi holiday camp and communist military complex, teenagers Jan and Matthieu embark on an adventure that confronts their identities and puts their friendship at risk.
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Revolution

CONTENT WARNING:
Abdi Nazemian
15 min
English
USA
Revolution is the coming-of-age story of Jack, a 16-year-old Iranian boy growing up in Los Angeles, 1989. The story is set in motion when Jack’s parents fire his beloved nanny Letti, for teaching him to pray. As his mother explains, “if it wasn’t for religion, we would never be here.”
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Shabbat Dinner

CONTENT WARNING:
Michael Morgenstern
15 min
English
USA
Shabbat Dinner is boring as usual for William Shore. His mother has invited two crazy hippies and their son and is doing her best to show off, his father is drunk and berating their oddball guests, and he doesn't have much in common with their son Virgo. That is, until Virgo tells him that he has just come out as gay. In William's room, the boys speak directly to each other about themselves, while just a few feet away the adults discuss trivialities about prep school, marrying Jewish, and nonfat ice cream.
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The Maiden and the Princess

CONTENT WARNING:
Ali Scher
18 min
English
USA
Emmy kisses a girl on the playground and is left feeling isolated and alone. The Grand High Council of Fairy Tale Rules and Standards sends her a hetero-normative fairytale to set her down the ‘right’ path in THE MAIDEN AND THE PRINCESS.
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