The Year We Thought About Love is a 2015 feature-length documentary film about the LGBTQ theater group, True Colors: OUT Youth Theater, directed by Ellen Brodsky. As of December 2015, the film has been seen in 21 states and 6 countries with a DVD available to community groups, public libraries, community colleges, and colleges and universities.
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Plot
The film focuses on a Boston-based group of LGBTQ youth of color band together and dare to be 'out' on stage about their lives and their loves. The cast of True Colors: OUT Youth Theater transforms their struggles into performance for social change. With humor, directness, and attitude, the troupe captivates audiences surprised to hear such stories in school settings. The film's cast members include a transgender teenager, Alyssa, who is kicked out of her home, a devout Christian, Chi, who challenges his church's homophobia, and a genderqueer individual, Ayden, who likes to wear masculine clothing, even as they models dresses on the runway. After the Boston Marathon bombs explode yards from their rehearsal space, the troupe becomes even more determined to share their stories of love to help their city heal.
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Production notes
The Year We Thought About Love was filmed in Boston and premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on January 31, 2015.
Awards
2016 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award
True Colors: Out Youth Theater was one of the 12 winners of the 2016 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award and the first LGBTQ organization ever to receive this award. The group was invited to the White House on November 15, 2016 to receive the award from Michelle Obama.
External links
- Official website
- The Year We Thought About Love on IMDb
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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