Saturday, November 8
Landmark (Theater 6)
2:00 PM
Tom Keegan
USA, 2007
70 min
A film which will speak to those who want to make a difference in the world, this remarkable documentary is the tale of an inspirational gay man using art to educate people about AIDS in the new frontier of the battle: India. David Gere, an instructor at UCLA, whose academic interest in art and AIDS has turned him into a community activist, embarks on a mammoth voyage to India, with longtime partner Peter Carley and their two adopted young children in tow. Consistently hopeful and persistent, David’s mission is nonetheless rife with obstacles, as he and Peter face the struggle to maintain their family circle in a foreign environment and confront a culture that stigmatizes those who are HIV positive and has little understanding of two gay men living together as part of a family unit. When his brother, Richard Gere, shows up to support him at the conference he has organized, one can’t help having even more admiration for David as he toils in anonymity.
OUT IN INDIA (official website)
ADMISSION: $8 non-member / $6 members