LIVE TO TELL: The First Gay and Lesbian Prom
Price: $210.00 Code: 1118 |
Directed by Charley Lang
1995, 24 minutes
Purchase:$210 | Classroom Rental:$50
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.
* Audience Award/Best Documentary Short Los Angeles OUTFEST
1995, 24 minutes
Purchase:$210 | Classroom Rental:$50
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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Festivals & Awards
* Grand Jury Prize/Best Documentary Palm Springs International Short Film Festival* Audience Award/Best Documentary Short Los Angeles OUTFEST