Despite the snowy wintery mix, a crowd filled the Firehouse Theater on Friday night for Reel Pride Richmond, the city’s first LGBT Film Festival. Cocktails and four varieties of chic popcorn (Truffled-Parmesan, anyone?) complemented the debut of Patrik, 1.5. Saturday brought four other films and a dinner event at The Camel raising money for ROSMY. GayRVA was a proud sponsor of Reel Pride Richmond.
Special thanks to ROSMY for the following pics below the fold.
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Reel Pride Richmond is Richmond’s First Annual LGBT Film Festival presented by ROSMY. The festival takes place February 5th & 6th at the Firehouse Theater on 1609 W. Broad St. For ticket prices and a complete schedule, visit http://reelpriderichmond.org. GayRVA is a proud sponsor of Reel Pride Richmond.
The Rainbow Minute celebrates this weekend’s Reel Pride Richmond with a series highlighting the history of LGBT film festivals.
In the history of mainstream film, LGBT people were almost always portrayed in a negative light. But things started to change in the late 1960’s, as the modern gay rights movement took off.
In Richmond during the 1980’s and 90’s, gay films were often screened as part of the city’s Gay Pride celebrations. The Richmond Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition was incorporated in 1986 and a year later included a Friday Film Fest in their lineup of events, with “After Stonewall” being shown in the VCU Business Auditorium.
The lesbian film “Home Movie” by Jan Oxenberg was screened in the early 70’s, and the Richmond Lesbian Feminists invited lesbian film artist Barbara Hammer to Richmond to show and talk about her early films, including, “Dyketactics.”
More about Barbara Hammer tomorrow.
“The Rainbow Minute,” a radio show on WRIR, Richmond Independent Radio, is produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns and airs on 97.3 FM every Weekday at 9:03am, 12:30pm and 4:30pm. Listen to the WRIR’s audio stream here.
The Rainbow Minute celebrates this weekend’s Reel Pride Richmond with a series highlighting the history of LGBT film festivals.
With the growth of the modern gay rights movement came LGBT film festivals. The first one was organized in 1970 by film historian Vito Russo, to raise money for the Gay Activist Alliance.
The oldest and largest of these festivals is the San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, which was established in 1977. At first these films were all male oriented but that all changed in 1994 with the scrappy lesbian film, “Go Fish.”
Today there are over 150 LGBT film festivals worldwide with most being annual events. They include Memphis’s Twinkie Museum GLBT Film Festival, Calgary’s Fairy Tales and Richmond’s own, Reel Pride Richmond.
Nowadays, of course, some gay-themed films appear in local theaters. But seeing them at a gay film festival is a different experience altogether.
“The Rainbow Minute,” a radio show on WRIR, Richmond Independent Radio, is produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns and airs on 97.3 FM every Weekday at 9:03am, 12:30pm and 4:30pm. Listen to the WRIR’s audio stream here.
Adapted from the novel by Michael Downing, the film stars Tom Cavanagh as Eric, a gay retired hockey player turned television sportscaster who lives with his partner Sam, a sports lawyer. When Sam unexpectedly becomes the legal guardian of his brother’s stepson Scot, their lives are turned upside down. Eric’s unwillingness to become a parent eventually fades as Scot teaches Eric about accepting and loving your true self.
Reel Pride Richmond is Richmond’s First Annual LGBT Film Festival presented by ROSMY. The festival takes place February 5th & 6th at the Firehouse Theater on 1609 W. Broad St. For ticket prices and a complete schedule, visit http://reelpriderichmond.org. GayRVA is a proud sponsor of Reel Pride Richmond.
Reel Pride Richmond is Richmond’s First Annual LGBT Film Festival presented by ROSMY. The festival takes place February 5th & 6th at the Firehouse Theater on 1609 W. Broad St. For ticket prices and a complete schedule, visit 
The Rainbow Minute celebrates this weekend’s Reel Pride Richmond with a series highlighting the history of LGBT film festivals.
“The Rainbow Minute,” a radio show on 