Support provided in part by the Union Square Awards, a project of the Tides Center,
The New York State Council on the Arts,
and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
A Bi-Monthly Series on Sex, Sexual Identity, and Sexual Health Awareness presented by The GET DOWN Campaign. Curated by Kim J. Ford.
The box office is open for advance ticket purchases Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday, 12 - 6 pm, and one hour before the start of all events until they end. If the door is locked during these hours, knock on the store front window. Ticket-holders arriving 15 minutes beforeshowtime are guaranteed a seat inside the theater. Overflow seating available for sold out shows.
Tickets $10 suggested donation, unless otherwise noted. Members only: Reserve your seat at reservations@mayslesinstitute.org Become a member> Our Cinema and one of our restrooms are handicap accessible. Feel free to call the Box Office at (212) 537-6843 if you have any additional questions or concerns.
NO MORE STIGMA - PAST SCREENINGS
JUNE 2012
Thursday,
June 21st,
7:30pm
The GET DOWN Campaign and Bleu Magazine Present:
The No More Stigma Film Series
A Bi-Monthly Series on Sex, Sexual Identity, and Sexual Health Awareness
25 To Life
(Supertrailer) Mike Brown, 2012, 8 min.
A super trailer for a feature documentary film about William Brawner, a young man who kept his HIV status a secret for over twenty-five years, since he was two years old. Now he seeks redemption from his promiscuous past, and embarks on a new phase of life with his wife who is HIV negative.
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The Carrier
Maggie Betts, 2011, 88 min.
When 28-year-old Mutinta Mweemba first shares all the hopes and dreams she once nurtured as a child, her aspirations seem no different from those of many other young women around the world. She dreams of meeting and falling in love with a handsome man, being married and raising children and hopefully one day providing those children with a better life than her own. But Mutinta's dreams were never realized. Her soft-spoken husband came with two other wives, and the remote Zambian village that she calls home is being ravaged by a deadly new epidemic -- a mysterious disease called AIDS. The Carrier is a story of hope and renewal, of love and dignity, told through the eyes of an increasingly determined young heroine who refuses to be overwhelmed by the forces that surround her. It is an inspiring and emotional testament to today's modern Africa and a proud people struggling not only to understand and make sense of, but also persevere and overcome what has happened to their world. Movie Website>
Post Screening Panel with The Carrier Director Maggie Betts; 25 to Life Producer Peelahr Moore; David Lopez, Managing Director of Testing Services, Harlem United; Adriain Guzman, Teen Sense at The Center for HIV Law and Policy (working to advance the rights of youth access to comprehensive, LGBTQ-inclusive sexual health services); Devon Christopher, President and CEO Bleu, Life Media (Bleu Magazine and PYNK Magazine)
Post-Screening Reception hosted by Devon Christopher
GET DOWN and Maysles Cinema Present: No More Stigma Film Series
A Bi-Monthly Series on Sex, Sexual Identity, and Sexual Health Awareness
6:30pm
Reception
7:30pm
Something About Katie Kyle Sweet, 2012, 15 min. A documentary short about Katie and how her father's HIV diagnosis changed her family forever. Something About Katie is produced by the GET DOWN Campaign and directed by GET DOWN intern Kyle Sweet.
We Were Here David Weissman, 2011, 90 min. We Were Here is the first documentary to take a deep and reflective look back at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco. It explores how the city's inhabitants were affected by, and how they responded to, that calamitous epidemic. Though a San Francisco-based story, We Were Here extends beyond San Francisco and beyond AIDS itself. It speaks to our capacity as individuals to rise to the occasion, and to the incredible power of a community coming together with love, compassion, and determination. Filmmakers David Weissman and Bill Weber co-directed the 2001 documentary, The Cockettes, chronicling San Francisco's legendary theater troupe of hippies and drag queens, 1969 – 1972. We Were Here revisits San Francisco a decade later, as its flourishing gay community is hit with an unimaginable disaster.Post-Screening discussion with dir. David Weissman (via Skype). More speakers TBA. GET DOWN WEBSITE >
DECEMBER 2012
Saturday,
Dec. 1st,
GET DOWN and Maysles Cinema Present: No More Stigma Film Series in honor of World Aids Day
Event Partners: A-Marketing, GMHC, The LGBT Center, Logo Network, POZ Magazine
(This Event was originally scheduled for October 30th, 2012, but had to be rescheduled due to Hurricane Sandy)
We Were Here
6:30pm
Reception
7:30pm
Something About Katie Kyle Sweet, 2012, 15 min. A documentary short about Katie and how her father's HIV diagnosis changed her family forever. Something About Katie is produced by the GET DOWN Campaign and directed by GET DOWN intern Kyle Sweet.
We Were Here David Weissman, 2011, 90 min. We Were Here is the first documentary to take a deep and reflective look back at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco. It explores how the city's inhabitants were affected by, and how they responded to, that calamitous epidemic. Though a San Francisco-based story, We Were Here extends beyond San Francisco and beyond AIDS itself. It speaks to our capacity as individuals to rise to the occasion, and to the incredible power of a community coming together with love, compassion, and determination. Filmmakers David Weissman and Bill Weber co-directed the 2001 documentary, The Cockettes, chronicling San Francisco's legendary theater troupe of hippies and drag queens, 1969 – 1972. We Were Here revisits San Francisco a decade later, as its flourishing gay community is hit with an unimaginable disaster.
Post-Screening discussion with director David Weissman (via Skype). More speakers TBA.
A Black History Month Special:
In Honor of African American HIV Awareness Day
In Partnership with Maysles Cinema, A-Marketing, MEGA Personalities and Global Network of Black Pride
Hosted by Richard E. PelIzer II and Ulysses Williams
6:30 pm
Cocktail Reception
7:30 pm
The Other City
Susan Koch, 2010, 90 min.
In every city, there’s another city that visitors rarely see. But this other city isn’t just anywhere—it’s in Washington, D.C. The very city that is home to the capital of the most powerful country in the world has an HIV/AIDS rate that is not only the nation’s highest, but rivals some African countries. “The Other City” introduces us to the people who live in the shadow of the Capitol but remain almost invisible to the lawmakers and lobbyists who live there. It’s about politics and ideology, corruption and bureaucracy, and an epidemic that grew out of control while few people paid any attention or cared. HIV/AIDS is wrapped in a thicket of American prejudices and discomfort about homosexuality, race, class, and drugs—all of which fuel opposition to life-saving programs like needle exchange. “The Other City” tells the stories of people who haven’t let lack of government assistance stop them, and have taken matters into their own hands.
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