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| 02.03. / Friday, 18:00 - 20:00 Theatre 5 |
What do the religious right and the gay liberation movement have in common?
What do the religious right and the gay liberation movement have in common? Both were fortified by the efforts of one woman – Anita Bryant. Part document and part poem, ‘I Just Wanted to Be Somebody’ brings us back to the late 1970’s and reflects on Bryant’s life and the impact she had. The film is comprised of news footage, commercials and Bryant’s own home movies. Clips from ‘I Just Wanted to Be Somebody’ appear in Gus Van Sant's film ‘Milk’.
Jay Rosenblatt
Jay Rosenblatt is an internationally recognized artist who has been working as an independent filmmaker since 1980 and has completed over thirty films. His films have received over 100 awards and have screened throughout the world. His most recent films screened for a week at MoMA, and eight of his films have been screened at the Sundance Film Festival. Jay is a recipient of a Guggenheim, USA Artists and a Rockefeller Fellowship. He is a member of the Documentary Branch of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and served on the Executive Committee for 9 years. Jay is originally from New York and has lived in San Francisco for many years. For more than 20 years he was a film and video production instructor at various film schools, including Stanford University, S.F. State University, and the San Francisco Art Institute. He is currently the Program Director of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. He has a Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology and, in a former life, worked as a therapist.
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I JUST WANTED TO BE SOMEBODY
USA
2006, 10', color, video
Directed by:
Jay Rosenblatt
Screenplay by:
Jay Rosenblatt, Fenton Johnson
Producer:
Jay Rosenblatt
Festivals & Awards:
Regensburg Short Film Week, Germany; Athens International Film & Video Festival, Ohio - First prize; Marin County Fair Film Competition – 2nd Prize, Documentary; Award of Merit, California State Fair
