Utah Film Center Screening Room

GAY CHROUS DEEP SOUTH

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This free screening is presented during the 2021 Pride Festival to preview the type of films that will screen during the 2021 Damn These Heels Queer Film Festival, July 9-18.

In response to a wave of discriminatory anti-LGBTQ laws in Southern states and the divisive 2016 election, the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus embarks on a tour of the American Deep South.


Led by Gay Chorus Conductor Dr. Tim Seelig and joined by The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir; the tour brings a message of music, love, and acceptance, to communities and individuals confronting intolerance. Over 300 singers travelled from Mississippi to Tennessee through the Carolinas and over the bridge in Selma. They performed in churches, community centers, and concert halls in hopes of uniting us in a time of difference.


The journey also challenges Tim and other Chorus members who fled the South to confront their own fears, pain, and prejudices on a journey towards reconciliation. The conversations and connections that emerge offer a glimpse of a less divided America, where the things that divide us; faith, politics, sexual identity are set aside by the soaring power of music, humanity, and a little drag.


Winner: Audience Award - 2019 Tribeca Film Festival


Official Selection: 2019 - Damn These Heels Film Festival

  • Year
    2019
  • Runtime
    100 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Rating
    Not Rated
  • Director
    David Charles Rodrigues