LIVE FILM SCREENING | OPEN DIALOGUES: STORIES FROM THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY

1350 E Sunrise Blvd,Fort Lauderdale FL 33304

11 October, 2021

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NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY LIVE FILM SCREENING Join us for a live public screening of the documentary short film, Open Dialogues: Stories From the LGBTQ Community, produced by the Art and Culture Center/Hollywood and directed by award-winning Miami-based filmmaker, Freddy Rodriguez. The screening, part of this year's National Coming Out Day, will be held at ArtServe on Monday, October 11th , followed by an interactive panel discussion and community dialogue. This special one-night only event commemorates the 32nd annual National Coming Out Day and is presented by ArtServe in partnership with the Arts and Culture Center/ Hollywood, Stonewall Museum & Archives, World AIDS Museum and ArtsUnited. Completed in 2020, Open Dialogues: Stories From the LGBTQ Community, captures the diverse coming-out narratives of seven Broward residents who took part in on-camera interviews. The film reveals in intimate detail how the LGBTQ community is often marginalized within families, schools, churches, and public spaces – and how individuals interviewed for the film learned to empower themselves in these spaces. Participants include Julie Marie Wade, Dan Bassett, Christine Walters, Omar Morales, Gary Keating, Franchesca D’Amore, and Michael Goodman. Panelists: Gary Keating, Nicole Stodard and Terry Dyer DATE: Monday, October 11, 2021 TIME: 6:00PM - 8:00PM LOCATION: ArtServe | 1350 E Sunrise Blvd. Fort Lauderdale, FL Support for Open Dialogues: Stories From the LGBTQ Community was provided by the following funds at the Community Foundation of Broward: Helen and Frank Stoykov Charitable Endowment Fund, Ruth H. Brown Fund for the Arts, Dot and Keith Cobb Fund, and Mary and Alex Mackenzie Community Impact Fund. Open Dialogues is part of programming for ArtServe’s Stories Exhibition, made possible by a grant from Our Fund Foundation, An LGBTQ Community Foundation. Fort Lauderdale-based ArtServe – one of the country’s first arts incubators – has a 30-year history of building Broward County communities through the arts. Each year its programs contribute tangibly to the region’s economy, helping 2,000 artists sell their work and build businesses, and engage countless citizens who walk through the doors. ArtServe is advancing the arts for social good as a creative laboratory and hub for experimental artists committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. ArtServe has won several awards for innovation in the arts. It is supported in part by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council and Florida’s Department of State and the Division of Cultural Affairs. www.artserve.org