Event Date
Tuesday, May 26 2009 : 7:00pmLocation
Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College695 Park Avenue, New York
Description
GroundSpark and Hunter College present Straightlaced—How Gender’s Got Us All Tied Up
The New York Premiere of a new powerful documentary film by Academy Award-winning director Debra Chasnoff
Sponsor Pre-Screening Party at 6:00 PM
Doors open for the general audience at 6:45 PM
Screening begins promptly at 7:00 PM
Dessert and wine reception to immediately follow
A benefit to launch the first-ever national education and media campaign to open up dialogue about:
- the pressures teens face to act certain ways just because they are male or female;
- the pervasive prejudice that fuels those pressures; and
- the courage to break through--and be yourself.
This highly anticipated documentary delves into the subtle and not-so-subtle ways that gender performance norms and anti-gay attitudes box in everyone. How you dress, how much you eat, whether you can cry or hug a friend, what classes you take, the sports you play, the pressures to have sex, and the incorrect assumptions people make about their classmates, are just some of the complex issues this powerful new film brings to light. With breath-taking honesty, humor and pathos, the teens in Straightlaced take us into a world that’s often hard to access--what it’s really like to be in high school and the tall mountains young people have to climb in order to be who they really are.
New York Hosts
Ariella Ben-Dov
Kate Clinton
Julia Cohen and Randi Solomon
Alice Elliot
Brian Ellner
Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues
Tami Gold
Isabel Hill
Elizabeth Hirsch and Karen Pratt
Susan R. Hoffman
Johnson Family Foundation
Joe Lovett
Jerry Mehr and Myron Pavlon-Blum
Jacki Ochs
The Overbrook Foundation
Doug Robinson
Todd Sears
Joy Tomchin
Urvashi Vaid
Presenting Partners
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
Ms. Foundation for Women
New York Women’s Foundation
Third Wave Foundation
Producer
Susan R. Hoffman
Director
Credit Suisse
Cinematographer
Julia Cohen and Randi Solomon
Joy Tomchin
Editor
Leah Modigliani
Designer
The Church of St. Luke in the Fields, NY
Arnold Grossman
Joe Lovett
Composer
Dorothy Genevich
Ann Northrup
Cindy T. Rizzo
Community Hosts
Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
In The Life Media, Inc.
Lambda Legal
National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR)
Community Partners
Anti-Defamation League
Bronx Community Pride Center
Center Kids/LGBT Community Center
COLAGE, New York City
Girls Incorporated of New York City
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center
The New York City Gay & Lesbian Anti-Violence Project
PFLAG for Families of Color and Allies in NYC
Price
$40 General admission$25 Student/Educator/Community group
$250 to become a Community Host
$175 - $5,000 VIP tickets at various levels
For all the details, go to www.groundspark.org/2452
Register
Buy tickets at www.groundspark.org/2452.For More Information
For more information, contact event producers CapirasoBing Consulting, Inc. at GroundSpark@cbcsanfrancisco.com or415.821.9693
To sponsor this event, or buy tickets, go to www.groundspark.org/2452
