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Ballarat Writers Festival: Queer Wars, an Interview with Dennis Altman
In a session not to be missed at the Ballarat Writers Festival, Lucinda Horrocks interviews the Australian academic and novelist Dennis Altman AM, one of the world’s most influential writers on sexuality and politics.
In this session Dennis will talk about LGBT rights in a global era, the gay civil rights movement and democracy, and will look back on the era of 1970s gay liberation and the publication of his first influential work Homosexual: Oppression & Liberation.
Where: Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka, 102 Stawell Street South, Ballarat, Victoria, 3350.
When: Sunday 22nd October, 2:30pm-3:30pm.
Tickets: Festival Day Pass $50/$45/$40 | Festival Weekend Pass $80/$75/$70
Bookings: http://www.ballaratwritersfestival.com/2017-festival/tickets/
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Ballarat Writers Festival: Writing with Pictures: Wind & Sky Documentaries
Wind & Sky Productions is part of the inaugural Ballarat Writers Festival this year with a session on how writing works in modern documentary storytelling.
In this entertaining hour long interview with Mary DeBrett, Lucinda will show some clips of Wind & Sky films and explore where the ‘writing’ fits in to an audio visual storytelling medium.
Where: Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka, 102 Stawell Street South, Ballarat, Victoria, 3350.
When: Saturday 21st October, 3:30pm-4:30pm.
Tickets: Festival Day Pass $50/$45/$40 | Festival Weekend Pass $80/$75/$70
Bookings: http://www.ballaratwritersfestival.com/2017-festival/tickets/
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‘Out of the Closets’ screenings in October
October is LGBT History Month. To celebrate there are some screenings of ‘Out of the Closets, Into the Streets’ in Victoria.
Come along and join us if you can.
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Heroes of Flood and Fire – Rethinking the Australian Legend
Wind & Sky Productions is delighted to be part of the month-long Australian Winter Festival this July at the Salt Bush Kitchen, Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka in Ballarat, Victoria. This four-part lecture series Rethinking The Australian Legend explores how Indigenous Australia influences our contemporary nation to thrive.
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Out of the Closets at St Kilda Film Festival
In super-exciting news, ‘Out of the Closets, Into the Streets‘ will be screening at the St Kilda Film Festival as part of the Australia’s Top 100 Short Films. The film will be screening at the St Kilda Town Hall on Monday the 22nd May as part of the 6:15 session.
Where: St Kilda Town Hall, Cnr Carlisle Street and Brighton Road, St Kilda.
When: 6:15pm Monday 22 May 2017.
Tickets: https://www.stkildafilmfestival.com.au/film/out-of-the-closets-into-the-streets
‘Out of the Closets’ is a film and digital gallery project commissioned by Culture Victoria and produced in collaboration with the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives
The Last Goodbye at Carmarthen Bay Film Festival
We are honoured to announce that ‘The Last Goodbye‘ is an official selection for the Carmarthen Bay Film Festival in Llanelli, Wales. The film will be screening at the Stradey Park Hotel, Furnace, Llanelli, SA14 4HA on Friday the 12th of May as part of the 2m session
Program and Website: http://www.carmarthenbayfilmfestival.co.uk/
Seeing the Land from an Aboriginal Canoe at Setting Sun Short Film Festival
We are delighted to announce that Seeing the Land from an Aboriginal Canoe is a Finalist for two awards, Best Cultural Diversity and Best Documentary Metro at the Setting Sun Short Film Festival. The film will be screening at the Sun Theatre, Yarraville on Friday the 28th of April as part of the 7pm session
Where: 8 Ballarat Street, Yarraville 3013 Victoria, Australia � Tel 03 9362 0999 Fax 03 9362 0337 info@suntheatre.com.au
When: 7 pm – 10 pm Friday 28 April 2017
Tickets: This is a ticketed event Tickets at https://www.suntheatre.com.au/component/yco/?view=movie&movie=SSETTINGSUN%3ABRID
Out of the Closets at Melbourne Queer Film Festival
Join us for a special free public screening of the short film ‘Out of the Closets, Into the Streets’ followed by a panel discussion and Q&A session with filmmakers and author and academic Dennis Altman and activist Jude Munro. Proudly part of the 2017 Melbourne Queer Film Festival.
Where: ACMI Studio 1, Federation Square, Melbourne
When: 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Sunday 26 March 2017
Tickets: This is a free event but it is ticketed. Tickets at http://tix.mqff.com.au/session.asp?s=159
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Out of the Closets: Story of Melbourne’s Gay Liberation now online
By: Lucinda Horrocks, updated 29 November 2016.
A new digital exhibition using archival images, audio and documentary film recounts Melbourne’s gay liberation.
In 1970s Melbourne a group of students made a stand for gay pride at a time when homosexuality was criminalised and discrimination and abuse was widespread. A new digital exhibition Out of the Closets, Into the Streets explores the moment gay and lesbian people found their voice through the Gay Liberation Movement.
Exhibition link: http://www.cv.vic.gov.au/stories/a-diverse-state/out-of-the-closets-into-the-streets/
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Highly Commended in MAGNA Awards 2016
We are delighted to announce that ‘Seeing the Land from an Aboriginal Canoe’ was Highly Commended in its category at the Museums and Galleries National Awards, the MAGNA 2016 Awards, announced on the 18th May 2016 in Auckland.
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