Family Relations
LIVE TO TELL: The First Gay and Lesbian PromAmerican Studies Cultural Studies Family Relations Children & Young Adult Human Sexuality
Chronicles the lives of the students of the EAGLES Center (student population: 30), an alternative high school in Los Angeles for gay and lesbian teens who, due to persecution, are unable to function in the regular school system. In addition to the students' discussions of the social discrimination they face and their own personal struggles, the video shows their historic efforts in organizing a citywide promo for over 200 gay and lesbian high school students throughout L.A. County, and the first gay and lesbian prom in America.
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MAMA, I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOULGBTQ Spanish Language Sociology Latin-American Studies Family Relations
This autobiographical video, in which the filmmaker reveals his homosexuality to his mother,
explores the awkward situation of being ‘out’ to friends but closeted to family.
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