Many Loves, One Heart | SHORTS!

Many Loves, One Heart | SHORTS!

Chicago Filmmakers
Saturday, September 29 5:00 PM Buy Tickets

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This diverse collection of shorts speaks to what it means to be LGBTQ+ in different places, cultures, and communities around the world. MANY LOVES, ONE HEART: STORIES OF COURAGE AND RESILIENCE shines a light on the nascent LGBTQ+ movement taking place in Jamaica; THE WORLD IS ROUND SO THAT NOBODY CAN HIDE IN THE CORNERS–PART I : REFUGEE is a compelling look at the trying journey of a gay African refugee seeking asylum in Germany. In AN IRAQI BELLY DANCER, a refugee from Iraq escapes his country and moves to Greece, seeking safety from a family who wants him dead and hoping to find a home that will grant him a life in peace and tranquility. THE RED TREE tells the little known history of Italian gay men being arrested and exiled to a remote island during Mussolini’s Fascist regime. TAIWAN! LET’S GET MARRIED! is a look at Taiwan’s successful quest to become Asia’s first country to legalize same-sex marriage; and in DECOLONIZING SEXUALITY: SAN FRANCISCO’S TWO SPIRIT POWWOW, we circle back home to the USA to catch up with Matika Wilbur, a visual storyteller from the Swinomish and Tulalip peoples of coastal Washington.

In This Program

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Decolonizing Sexuality: San Francisco’s Two Spirit Powwow

Matika Wilbur / Shorts / USA / 2018 / 4 mins
Matika Wilbur, a visual storyteller from the Swinomish and Tulalip peoples of coastal Washington, has been traveling for the past five years photographing Indian Country in the pursuit of one goal: To Change the Way We See Native Americans.
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An Iraqi Belly Dancer

Juan David Romero / Shorts / Colombia, Greece, USA / 2018 / 18 mins
An Iraqi LGBT refugee who is also a belly dancer escapes his country and moves to Greece, seeking safety from a family who wants him dead and hoping to find a home that will grant him a life in peace and tranquility.
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Many Loves, One Heart: Stories of Courage and Resilience

Sarah Feinbloom, Diana Fox / Shorts / Jamaica, USA / 2017 / 18 mins
Jamaica has frequently been cited for egregious homophobic violence by international press and human rights organizations. This is the story of the nascent LGBTQ+ movement in Jamaica, highlighting courageous members of the community and their allies. (Trigger warning: mention/accounts of sexual violence, suicide)
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The Red Tree

Paul Rowley / Shorts / Ireland/Italy / 2017 / 20 mins
Narrated by renowned Italian actor Leo Gullotta, THE RED TREE is a short documentary that tells the little known history of Italian gay men being arrested and exiled to a remote island during Mussolini's Fascist regime.
Taiwan! Let’s Get Married!

Larry Tung / Shorts / Taiwan, USA / 2018 / 18 mins
A short documentary about Taiwan's quest to become Asia's first country to legalize same-sex marriage.
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The World is Round So That Nobody Can Hide in the Corners – Part I: Refuge

Leandro Goddinho / Shorts / Germany / 2017 / 10 mins
The journey of a gay African refugee seeking asylum in Germany.