Queer Heroes Film Series, Winter 2003

The Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture is co-sponsoring the QUEER HEROES film series presented by DOC Films at the University of Chicago. The series will run every Thursday at 7pm during the winter quarter. The films will be shown at Max Palevsky Cinema- Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 East 59th Street. Dates and film titles are as follows:


Thursday, January 9
6:00pm: Grandma Johnnie's Queer BBQ
7:00pm: "Living With Pride: Ruth Ellis @ 100" and "The Times of Harvey Milk"


Thursday, January 16, 7:00pm
"Aimee and Jaguar"


Thursday, January 23, 7:00pm
"Eyes of Tammy Faye" and "Scout's Honor"


Thursday, January 30, 7:00pm
"Trembling Before G-d" -- a discussion with the director follows the screening


Thursday, February 6, 7:00pm
"Before Night Falls"


Thursday, February 13, 7:00pm
"Paris is Burning" and "Benjamin Smoke"


Thursday, February 20, 7:00pm
"Wilde"


Thursday, February 27, 7:00pm
"Southern Comfort" and "My Left Breast"


Thursday, March 6, 7:00pm
"The Man Who Drove With Mandela" and Marlon Riggs' "Tongues Untied"


Thursday, March 13
6:00pm: Closing night dinner reception and celebration
7:00pm: Margaret Cho's "I'm the One That I Want"

FOR MORE INFO:
DOC Films: www.docfilms.uchicago.edu or 773/702-8574
QUEER HEROES: queer_heroes@hotmail.com


QUEER HEROES IS CO-PRESENTED BY THE FOLLOWING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS:
Affinity Community Services, ALMA (Assn. of Latino Men for Action), ChicagoBlack Lesbiansand Gays, Chicago Gender Society, Congregation Or Chadash, Gerber/Hart Library, GLSEN-Chicago, Illinois Gender Advocates, Lesbian Community Cancer Project, ROTC Chicago (Righteously Outrageous Twirling Corps), and Women and Children First Bookstore.


QUEER HEROES IS CO-SPONSORED BY THE FOLLOWING U of CHICAGO UNITS:
African and African-American Studies, Cinema and Media Studies, English, Gender Studies, Germanic Studies, Latin American Studies, Lesbian and Gay Studies, LGBTQ Mentoring Program, Newberger Hillel, Queers & Associates, Rockefeller Chapel, University Theater, Womancare, the Workshop on Genders
and Sexualities in Asia, and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Gender.