"GAY CUBA" Screening June 20-NYC 


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         Video Screening & Discussion

                 "GAY CUBA"
         a film by Sonja de Vries

          WEDNESDAY June 20, 2001
                  7:30 pm

             The Brecht Forum
           122 West 27th Street 
            New York, NY 10001
           info@brechtforum.org

         Sliding Scale: $6/$8/$10

The 1959 revolution which gave Cuba its independence 
ushered in a new era of equality in many spheres -- 
but not in regard to sexual orientation.

Military imperatives and Stalinist ideology only helped 
to reinforce long-held stereotypes detrimental to the 
integration of homosexuals into Cuba's perpetually 
reforming social structure. Gay Cuba documents the
promising changes which are beginning to take hold. 

In contrast with the history of random arrests of bar patrons 
and the forced quarantine of HIV positive citizens, the 
interviews which form the core of the film show that changes 
in party policy and the opening of channels for the discussion 
and celebration of differences in sexual identity have allowed 
gay Cubans today to lead much more open lives. In fact, the 
liberal views expressed in street interviews and the contrast 
drawn to the repression practiced in other parts of Latin America 
attest to the ability of the on-going revolutionary efforts
to make a very real and very positive change. 

"Gay Cuba" casts a colorful and hopeful light on extraordinary 
efforts to reform and to humanize a society.

 
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