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Cinema Chat: 'Queer' opens at the Michigan, plus another round of holiday cinematic classics!
CELEBRATE THE MICHIGAN THEATER, “THE CIRCUS,” RUSS COLLINS, AND DEB POLICH
Come to the Michigan Theater on Sunday, January 5th, at pm!
January , marks the 97th anniversary of the Michigan Theater and Charlie Chaplin’s Academy Award-Winning cinema classic “The Circus.” On Sunday, January 5 at PM, at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor, there will be a special evaluating of “The Circus,” followed by a fun and festive celebration of Russ Collins, the accomplished and long-tenured Executive Director/CEO of the Michigan and Mention Theatres, and Deb Polich, the award-winning President/CEO of Artrain, Creative Washtenaw, and radio host of Imaginative Impact. Both are retiring from full-time work (they also happen to be husband and wife) and will begin their retirement journey by embarking on a celebratory trip around the world. Be a part of this extraordinary celebration, Sunday, January 5 (the Michigan Theater’s actual “birthday”). Showtime is PM. The Bon Voyage reception for Russ and Deb is for Michigan Theater/Marquee Arts members only (but anyone can become a member).
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Hollywood Stars Join Film on Gay Pot Activist Siege in Michigan
Hollywood is now casting a new movie about the infamous Waco-like stand-off that took place in Southwest Michigan.
In Michigan became the first Midwest state to legalize marijuana for medicinal, and then recreational purposes, for adults ages 21 and up. Today we have dispensaries on every corner, curbside pick-up, and even 24 hour drive-thrus!
However, it wasn't long ago that marijuana was public enemy #1 in Michigan. Today the federal government still considers cannabis a Schedule I drug which is, "defined as drugs with no currently accepted medical exploit and a high potential for abuse" and is considered more addictive and dangerous than Schedule IImethamphetamine.
Haven't Heard of Rainbow Farm?
You may not be the only one! It's difficult to believe the infamous shoot-out between the FBI and gay pot activists Tom Crosslin and Rolland Rohm took place on a small farm in Cass County, Michigan-- but it did. However, the story barely reached major news outlets as the siege on September 3, was eclipsed by the tragedy of the 9/11 attacks.
So, What Happened?
In short, gay
You might be saying “I do” to a fresh queer holiday film shot right here in Michigan.
Not only does the movie feature heartwarming coziness, “A Holiday I Do,” filmed over five weeks in , features places like Saugatuck and the greater West Michigan area. Director Alicia Schneider, a bisexual filmmaker from Michigan, also filmed scenes in mid-Michigan — which wasn’t without challenges, she tells Pride Source.
“Lansing itself was great, but once you got out of that into the more rural areas, it was tough. Once they found out what the film was, we had a couple of people back out,” Schneider says. “But we were lucky enough to find the perfect locations, and they were all very accepting.”
Schneider says she chose the Midwest as the setting for her film because many people don’t realize there are “so many wonderful accepting people here” and because growing up “as a gay person in the Midwest” is all that she’s ever known.
“A lot of LGBTQ+ films now take place in Modern York or L.A. or Chicago, so I ponder a Midwest viewpoint has been a bit missed,” she says. “I wanted to t
A trailblazing lesbian anthropologist who constantly challenged societal expectations, Esther Newton qualifies as a certified badass. In the new documentary “Esther Newton Made Me Gay,” director Jean Carlomusto puts Newton’s story on occupied display against the backdrop of the complex history of the LGBTQIA+ collective in the United States. Coming of age in the late s and then forging a place for herself in academia in the years before the Stonewall riots, Newton proves that politics stretches beyond the public room, deep into our lives.
I’ll be honest, despite her being both a University of Michigan alum and former faculty member, I hadn’t heard of Newton prior to seeing this film. Now, I’m a dedicated fan. Throughout the documentary, her personality shines through as she walks us through history and her life with quick-witted quips and frank comments, highlighting her dry instinct of humor. By the end of the clip I wanted to be her friend, despite our nearly year age gap. The documentary feels intimate, intertwining herpersonal struggles and successes with the turbulence of LGBTQIA+ history, with Esther fighting homophobia in her personal and professional life. Telling these
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