The Year We Thought About Love

The Year We Thought About Love
Directed by Ellen Brodsky
Produced by Ellen Brodsky
Associate Producer, Pam Chamberlain
Release dates
  • January 31, 2015 (2015-01-31) (Santa Barbara Film Festival)
Running time
68 minutes
Country United States

The Year We Thought About Love is a 2015 feature-length documentary film about the LGBTQ theater group, True Colors: OUT Youth Theater, directed by Ellen Brodsky.[1] As of December 2015, the film has been seen in 21 states and 6 countries[2] with a DVD available to community groups, public libraries, community colleges, and colleges and universities.

Plot

The film focuses on a Boston-based group of LGBTQ youth of color band together and dare to be 'out' on stage about their lives and their loves. The cast of True Colors: OUT Youth Theater[3] transforms their struggles into performance for social change. With humor, directness, and attitude, the troupe captivates audiences surprised to hear such stories in school settings. The film's cast members include a transgender teenager, Alyssa, who is kicked out of her home, a devout Christian, Chi, who challenges his church's homophobia, and a genderqueer individual, Ayden, who likes to wear masculine clothing, even as they models dresses on the runway. After the Boston Marathon bombs explode yards from their rehearsal space, the troupe becomes even more determined to share their stories of love to help their city heal.[4]

Production notes

The Year We Thought About Love was filmed in Boston and premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on January 31, 2015.

Awards
Award Date of ceremony Category Recipients and nominees Result
Southwest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Best Documentary Award October 22, 2015 Audience Selection Ellen Brodsky Won
16th Annual Social Justice Award for Documentary Film January 30, 2015 Social Justice Award for Documentary Film[4] Ellen Brodsky Nominated

References

  1. Keough, Peter (2015-02-15). "Living, loving, celebrating". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
  2. Chamberlain, Pat (2015-12-02). "The Year We Thought About Impact". The Huffington Post, Blog. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
  3. Comingore, Aly (2015-01-27). "45 Films to Find". Santa Barbara Independent. http://www.independent.com/news/2015/jan/27/45-films-find/: Santa Barbara Independent, Inc.
  4. 1 2 Monroe, Irene (2015-03-22). "The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name". The Bilerico Project. Retrieved 2015-04-13.


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