Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World Film by John Scagloiotti, narrated by Janeane Garofolo
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Throught the end of June, here!, the nation’s first gay and lesbian premium television network, prents Dangerous Living, an important and powerful documentary about being gay and lesbian in developing countries, by acclaimed filmmakerJohn Scagliotti (Before Stonewall, After Stonewall).
Dangerous Living, which will air on here! through the end of June, premiered on May 11th to coincide with the anniversary of the arrests of the “Cairo 52.”
On May 11th, 2001, 52 men in Cairo were arrested, tortured and imprisoned for simply gathering at a gay discothèque on the river Nile. Since there is no official law against homosexuality in Egypt per se, the Government had to concoct an excuse and therefore officially accused the men of committing crimes of debauchery. Subsequently, 23 of the 52 men were later tried, convicted, and sentenced to one to five years in prison.
By using the arrests in Cairo as a centerpiece, Dangerous Living’s director John Scagliotti explores the perils of being gay, lesbian and transgender in far away places such as Pakistan, Honduras, the Philippines, India, Namibia, Thailand and Vietnam.
Now here! will mark this infamous date of human rights abuse with the US broadcast premiere of Dangerous Living. “This is an important film for our audience. It is disturbing at times, however, the people portrayed are immensely resilient. The overall effect leaves the viewer inspired to take action,” said Eric Feldman, Vice President of Programming for here! Network.
“I have known, John Scagliotti, the director of Dangerous Living for more than thirty years," says Jame Hormel, the first only gay US Ambassador. "He has filmed and presented hundreds of gay people to the public in many of his documentaries and TV programs like 'In the Life' and 'Before Stonewall'. And now, he and his production team (Janet Baus and Dan Hunt) have traveled throughout five continents to bring us a glimpse of a world to which we need to bear witness.”
John Scagliotti, the award-winning filmmaker and radio broadcaster, was the Creator and Executive Producer of In the Life, the nation’s first gay and lesbian television program. In 1985 Scagliotti produced the acclaimed documentary Before Stonewall that went on to win two Emmy Awards.
Janet Baus is a producer and editor for PBS, cable television, and independent productions. Most recently she was co-editor of the Lifetime documentary, Our Heroes, Ourselves.
Dan Hunt has been creating award-winning programming for Public Television since the late 1980s. With Scagliotti directing, Hunt produced Oliver Button is a STAR, a documentary about bullying and gender, which aired on PBS in June 2002. This film won the ‘Angel Award’ given by Excellence in Media as well as the National Association of Multicultural Education’s ‘Video Award.’
In 1999 Scagliotti, Hunt and Baus released After Stonewall, the sequel to Before Stonewall. After Stonewall was broadcast nationally during primetime on PBS. The film won a Golden Eagle Award as well as the Audience Award at Outfest (the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival).
Dangerous Living is now playing on the here! television network through the end of June.
© 2005 GayWired.com, All Rights Reserved
Article provided by www.GayLinkContent.com . For more information,contact us at info@gaylinkcontent.com . Reprinted with permission by 4 Gays Web Hosting and 1 Body GLBT Christian Resources
Throught the end of June, here!, the nation’s first gay and lesbian premium television network, prents Dangerous Living, an important and powerful documentary about being gay and lesbian in developing countries, by acclaimed filmmakerJohn Scagliotti (Before Stonewall, After Stonewall).
Dangerous Living, which will air on here! through the end of June, premiered on May 11th to coincide with the anniversary of the arrests of the “Cairo 52.”
On May 11th, 2001, 52 men in Cairo were arrested, tortured and imprisoned for simply gathering at a gay discothèque on the river Nile. Since there is no official law against homosexuality in Egypt per se, the Government had to concoct an excuse and therefore officially accused the men of committing crimes of debauchery. Subsequently, 23 of the 52 men were later tried, convicted, and sentenced to one to five years in prison.
By using the arrests in Cairo as a centerpiece, Dangerous Living’s director John Scagliotti explores the perils of being gay, lesbian and transgender in far away places such as Pakistan, Honduras, the Philippines, India, Namibia, Thailand and Vietnam.
Now here! will mark this infamous date of human rights abuse with the US broadcast premiere of Dangerous Living. “This is an important film for our audience. It is disturbing at times, however, the people portrayed are immensely resilient. The overall effect leaves the viewer inspired to take action,” said Eric Feldman, Vice President of Programming for here! Network.
“I have known, John Scagliotti, the director of Dangerous Living for more than thirty years," says Jame Hormel, the first only gay US Ambassador. "He has filmed and presented hundreds of gay people to the public in many of his documentaries and TV programs like 'In the Life' and 'Before Stonewall'. And now, he and his production team (Janet Baus and Dan Hunt) have traveled throughout five continents to bring us a glimpse of a world to which we need to bear witness.”
John Scagliotti, the award-winning filmmaker and radio broadcaster, was the Creator and Executive Producer of In the Life, the nation’s first gay and lesbian television program. In 1985 Scagliotti produced the acclaimed documentary Before Stonewall that went on to win two Emmy Awards.
Janet Baus is a producer and editor for PBS, cable television, and independent productions. Most recently she was co-editor of the Lifetime documentary, Our Heroes, Ourselves.
Dan Hunt has been creating award-winning programming for Public Television since the late 1980s. With Scagliotti directing, Hunt produced Oliver Button is a STAR, a documentary about bullying and gender, which aired on PBS in June 2002. This film won the ‘Angel Award’ given by Excellence in Media as well as the National Association of Multicultural Education’s ‘Video Award.’
In 1999 Scagliotti, Hunt and Baus released After Stonewall, the sequel to Before Stonewall. After Stonewall was broadcast nationally during primetime on PBS. The film won a Golden Eagle Award as well as the Audience Award at Outfest (the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival).
Dangerous Living is now playing on the here! television network through the end of June.
© 2005 GayWired.com, All Rights Reserved
Article provided by www.GayLinkContent.com . For more information,contact us at info@gaylinkcontent.com . Reprinted with permission by 4 Gays Web Hosting and 1 Body GLBT Christian Resources
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