{"id":38089,"date":"2016-05-24T14:00:43","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T18:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/new-film-after-louie-launches-kickstarter-campaign\/"},"modified":"2016-05-24T14:00:43","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T18:00:43","slug":"new-film-after-louie-launches-kickstarter-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/new-film-after-louie-launches-kickstarter-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"New film 'After Louie' launches Kickstarter campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"

New film 'After Louie' launches Kickstarter campaign<\/b><\/p>\n

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The new narrative film After Louie<\/em> has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to cover filming and post-productions costs<\/a>. The film follows Sam (out actor and advocate Alan Cumming), a middle-aged gay<\/a> man<\/a>, who was a member of the AIDS advocacy group ACT UP in the 80s and 90s and is upset with what he believes to be the younger generation’s indifference towards AIDS and sex<\/a> politics. Sam finds his perception of modern gay<\/a> life challenged when he becomes unexpectedly involved with Braeden, a younger man<\/a>. Actor and former GLAAD national spokesperson Wilson Cruz recently signed on to star in the film. Check out the After Louie<\/em> Kickstarter trailer below and visit their page<\/a> for more info:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Last year, GLAAD launched a PSA starring Cumming <\/a>to raise awareness about the FDA’s blood donor deferral policy<\/a> for gay<\/a> and bisexual<\/a> men<\/a>. To further inform and inspire action toward the ongoing fight to beat the HIV and AIDS epidemic, GLAAD partnered with The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS<\/a> <\/a>Foundation in early 2015 and published a resource guide for journalists on covering HIV and AIDS<\/a>, as well as launching a series of PSA’s with Hollywood talent including Whoopi Goldberg, Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Lane, Daniel Franzese, Tituss Burgess and more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Though the dialogue surrounding AIDS and HIV has grown, After Louie<\/em> draws attention to the lack of representation in entertainment. GLAAD’s most recent Where We Are on TV<\/em> report<\/a> shows that there is only one character depicted as HIV-positive across U.S. broadcast and cable scripted programming (Oliver on ABC’s How to Get Away With Murder<\/em>). This lack of media coverage gives reason as to why ACT UP’s co-founder Larry Kramer (The Normal Heart<\/em>) feels After Louie<\/em> “needs to be made”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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