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WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT
“OUT LATE”
“OUT LATE is a powerful
documentary that reveals emotional, untold stories from a formerly
silent generation. It's a liberating experience watching this
well made film, for it teaches us that it's never too late to
seize the day and live your life to its fullest.”
Lauren Lazin
Executive Producer, MTV Networks
"Both compelling and intimate,
this well produced documentary provides an important perspective."
Henry Schleiff
President and CEO
Hallmark Channel
"This film is very very
moving--and so important."
Gloria Steinem
"I predict a straight audience
will be attracted to this brilliant work, be instructed by it and
recommend it to friends. I predict the GLBT folk will want this
film to live -- well--
forever!"
Phil Donahue
From the
Maryland Film Festival ‘08
Homophobia
still looms large in our society, causing many gay and lesbian
individuals to remain in the closet into college or beyond. But
this documentary follows five individuals who waited until they
were senior citizens to openly declare their sexuality to family,
friends, coworkers and neighbors—and paints a vivid, sometimes
painful portrait of these people and the many factors that caused
them to wait this long.
Their stories are nothing less than extraordinary: many lived
straight lives complete with marriage and children, and now face
the challenge of beginning again late in life—often losing some
love and support in the process, but infusing their lives with new
levels of honesty and pride. Perhaps most dramatically we meet
Elaine, who came out of the closet at 79, and finds herself
decades older than the senior lesbians in her support group;
Leanna, a former military man who became a woman at age 60; and
Cathy, who didn’t see the need to come out until spotting an
anti-gay political sign in the lawn of her neighbor and best
friends.
Out Late tells these stories in unflinching detail, asking all
the right questions: why wait so long? Why now? And...what now?
Just as importantly, with stories captured across North America,
it forces society at large to ask the question: why are we still
making this so hard for so many people?
---Eric Allen
Hatch, Programming Administrator
Email:
info@foreverfilmsinc.com
Website: www.outlate.net
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