Stonewall 50: Where Next for LGBT+ Lives?
TRF/PBS, 2019 BBC Mundo
Featured in Digital Data Project for Thomson Reuters Foundation Openly
The full project was shortlisted to Amnesty Awards 2020 Digital Innovation
Shortlisted to European Press Prize 2020 Innovation Award
Winner, Best LGBTQ Film, Woodpecker Int’l Festival 2019, Dublin Human Rights Festival 2019
San Antonio QFest, Image-Nation Montreal, Louisiana LGBT Int’l Festival 2019, Mumbai Int’l Queer Festival 2020
Opening Screened at Pride London 2019
50 years after the Stonewall Riots in the USA, which were a turning point for LGBTQ+ lives, this film looks at very real challenges facing LGBTQ+ people around the world today. Filmed in 4 continents, the film tells personal stories of those fighting for their rights today.
Eduardo, a transgender man living in one of the most dangerous cities in the world (San Pedro Sula, Honduras), shares his shocking past and joy in finding the love of his life.
In Tanzania, Amani lives in hiding facing 30 years imprisonment if found to be gay. Living in the shadows, he bravely shares his fight for the rights of his community.
Jovi and Mindy, a lesbian couple in Taiwan, explain how they have spearheaded the right to marry in order to legally adopt Jovi’s child.
Joe, an ex-sailor from the South of England, poignantly tells us why he is suing the MOD for the return of his Armed Forces Medals. These were taken away when he was dismissed from the Royal Navy for being bi-sexual.
4 extraordinary, heartwarming stories 50 years after Stonewall.