The PRIDE film festival was just an idea 10 years ago, brewing between two graduate students.
Flash forward to 2013, and droves of forward-thinking film lovers are migrating to Bloomington for the weekend.
Small businesses have opened up their doors for promotional events, special offers and dance parties.
The renowned IU Cinema is teaming up with PRIDE to welcome Christine Vachon, an indie film household name, for a talk-back discussion of the film “White Frog.” Bloomington Mayor Mark Kruzan and a team of elected officials are launching the festival by conducting a symbolic mass gay wedding.
Today, PRIDE is considered one of the town’s iconic events, right up there with the Lotus World Music and Arts Festival and the Little 500.
Big ideas always start smaller than we can remember, with baby steps. PRIDE is emblematic of the fact that anything can be achieved with the passion shared for one belief. Public interest is unity, and PRIDE is an embodiment of the civil rights movement we live for today — that the tide of a movement shifts drastically if we can commit to its grassroots.
Director of the IU Cinema Jon Vickers said, “The best art is going to make some people uncomfortable.”
PRIDE has always had a vast part to play in supporting different opinions and creating perspectives from endless backgrounds.
This year’s theme is “Your Story, Our History,” focusing on the watershed and pivotal moments in LGBTQ history, past and future. All around town, unaware Bloomingtonians will find themselves immersed in the background that makes this town so great. Students and locals know that the county is rich with a unity that we’re proud to call home.
Bloomington is a safe haven for progressives in a relatively conservative state. Our town is subversive in contrast to its surroundings, and PRIDE will go down in our history because of our free-mindedness. LGBTQ events are inherently politically charged, and where PRIDE is making a statement for our rights in light of its 10-year anniversary, the beauty of the festival is that it destigmatizes a demographic.
PRIDE films understand the word “gay” shouldn’t lump together an entire ecosystem of humans. PRIDE understands LGBTQ people are divided into subcultures, nooks and crannies, individual stories, unique traumas and celebrations. Our stories comprise more than the coming-out narrative, the Christian antagonist and an homage to diva worship.
PRIDE understands that the acronym LGBTQ extends beyond sexual orientation, as allies and friends create the movement. The integration of communities is what makes festivals most fun. We can be self-serious for one moment and dance together the next.
PRIDE is about storytelling, as well as history-telling. This year, PRIDE is a celebration of progress.
Flash forward to 2013, and droves of forward-thinking film lovers are migrating to Bloomington for the weekend.
Small businesses have opened up their doors for promotional events, special offers and dance parties.
The renowned IU Cinema is teaming up with PRIDE to welcome Christine Vachon, an indie film household name, for a talk-back discussion of the film “White Frog.” Bloomington Mayor Mark Kruzan and a team of elected officials are launching the festival by conducting a symbolic mass gay wedding.
Today, PRIDE is considered one of the town’s iconic events, right up there with the Lotus World Music and Arts Festival and the Little 500.
Big ideas always start smaller than we can remember, with baby steps. PRIDE is emblematic of the fact that anything can be achieved with the passion shared for one belief. Public interest is unity, and PRIDE is an embodiment of the civil rights movement we live for today — that the tide of a movement shifts drastically if we can commit to its grassroots.
Director of the IU Cinema Jon Vickers said, “The best art is going to make some people uncomfortable.”
PRIDE has always had a vast part to play in supporting different opinions and creating perspectives from endless backgrounds.
This year’s theme is “Your Story, Our History,” focusing on the watershed and pivotal moments in LGBTQ history, past and future. All around town, unaware Bloomingtonians will find themselves immersed in the background that makes this town so great. Students and locals know that the county is rich with a unity that we’re proud to call home.
Bloomington is a safe haven for progressives in a relatively conservative state. Our town is subversive in contrast to its surroundings, and PRIDE will go down in our history because of our free-mindedness. LGBTQ events are inherently politically charged, and where PRIDE is making a statement for our rights in light of its 10-year anniversary, the beauty of the festival is that it destigmatizes a demographic.
PRIDE films understand the word “gay” shouldn’t lump together an entire ecosystem of humans. PRIDE understands LGBTQ people are divided into subcultures, nooks and crannies, individual stories, unique traumas and celebrations. Our stories comprise more than the coming-out narrative, the Christian antagonist and an homage to diva worship.
PRIDE understands that the acronym LGBTQ extends beyond sexual orientation, as allies and friends create the movement. The integration of communities is what makes festivals most fun. We can be self-serious for one moment and dance together the next.
PRIDE is about storytelling, as well as history-telling. This year, PRIDE is a celebration of progress.
