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Frameline releases “Resistance & Resilience” educational series<\/b><\/p>\n

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\"\"The Youth in Motion<\/a> program at Frameline has announced this year\u2019s film collection, Resistance & Resilience: QTPOC Local to Global<\/a><\/em>. This year’s\u00a0collection features two documentaries that \u201ccenter the voices of queer and trans<\/a> people of color in the U.S. and abroad.\u201d To accompany the films, Frameline has also created a curriculum that allows students and educators to further analyze and understand the films and issues surrounding the LGBTQ\u00a0community. Any Gender & Sexuality or Gay-Straight Alliances at K-12 schools can access the collection for free<\/a>. Frameline\u2019s goal is to use media to bring about awareness to minority voices within the LGBTQ\u00a0community, and since beginning Youth in Motion in 2008 they’ve reached over 1,000 schools in all 50 states.<\/p>\n

The films included in the collection this year are:<\/p>\n

Call Me Kuchu<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is a\u00a0powerful award-winning documentary about the stories of LGBTQ men<\/a> and women<\/a> in Uganda, including slain David Kato who was among the leaders of the LGBTQ equality movement in the country until his murder in January 2011.Call Me Kuchu<\/em>\u00a0received the\u00a0GLAAD Media Award in Outstanding Documentary at the 25th Annual GLAAD Media Awards where Ugandan advocate John “Longjones” Abdallah Wambere accepted the award<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Gaysians<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is a short documentary which follows five LGBTQ Asian Americans as they explore their relationships with themselves, their families, and their culture.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Frameline’s\u00a0Youth in Motion<\/a>\u00a0program began in California and now serves over 20,000 students in all 50 states. Previous years’ collections include: Visibility through Activism: The Legacy of Vito Russo<\/a>\u00a0(a co-founder of GLAAD),\u00a0Telling Our Stories<\/a>, Expanding Gender<\/a>\u00a0and \u00a0In the Family: Marriage Equality and LGBT Equality<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Celebrating its 40th year, Frameline’s mission is to change the world through the power of queer cinema. \u00a0As the world’s leading LGBTQ media arts non-profit, Frameline’s programs connect filmmakers to audiences in the Bay Area and around the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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