Description |
1 streaming video file (69 min.) : digital, sound, color |
Summary |
The Year We Thought About Love goes behind the scenes of the oldest queer youth theater in America. In a twist on the common image of LGBTQ youth as victims, the film reveals the troupe members as artists and activists, celebrating the fullness of their lives in both thoughtful and hilarious ways. Our camera crew slips into rehearsal rooms, kitchens, classrooms, and subways capturing the wit, candor, and attitude of these young people. Together they explore love - romantic, familial, and religious - as they write scripts based on their lives. While the play takes shape, other challenges come hurtling at the cast. We learn more about the lives of several troupe members, highlighting both the unique and universal struggles of LGBTQ adolescence. A transgender teenager is kicked out of her house; a devout Christian wrestles with his church's homophobia; and a girl dares to wear boys' clothing at school even as she models dresses on the runway on weekends. When the Boston Marathon bombs explode outside their building, the troupe becomes even more determined to share their stories of love to help heal their city |
Notes |
Originally produced as motion picture by New Day Films in 2014 |
Credits |
Director of photography, Austin De Besche ; edited by Peter Rhodes ; music by Claudio Ragazzi |
Cast |
True Colors: OUT Youth Theater |
Notes |
Optional closed captioning |
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Online resource; title from title screen (Kanopy platform, viewed August 3, 2016) |
Subject |
True Colors: OUT Youth Theater
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Theatrical companies -- Massachusetts -- Boston
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Sexual minority youth -- Massachusetts -- Boston
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Gender identity in the theater -- Massachusetts -- Boston
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Teenage actors -- Massachusetts -- Boston
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Theater and youth -- Massachusetts -- Boston
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Gender identity in the theater
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Sexual minority youth
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Teenage actors
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Theater and youth
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Theatrical companies
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LGBTQ+ youth
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Queer youth
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Massachusetts -- Boston
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Genre/Form |
documentary film.
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Documentary films
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Feature films
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Independent films
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Documentary films.
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Documentaires.
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Form |
Streaming video
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Author |
Brodsky, Ellen, screenwriter, film director, film producer
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Hancock, Sarah, film producer
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Chamberlain, Pam, film producer
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De Besche, Austin, cinematographer
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Rhodes, Peter, film editor
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Ragazzi, Claudio, composer (expression)
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Village Films
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New Day Films
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True Colors: OUT Youth Theater, cast
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Kanopy (Firm)
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