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PRESS Giving Canadian Queer History Its Rightful Place: World Premiere of Ivan E. Coyote Film at Vancouver Queer Film Festival August 13, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Vancouver, BC—Out On Screen, the organization that puts on Vancouver's second-largest annual film festival, is proud to announce the world premiere of a new film by award-winning author Ivan E. Coyote in collaboration with Vancouver musician Veda Hille. The documentary, The Love That Won't Shut Up, a play on the Oscar Wilde phrase used to refer to homosexuality, "the love that dare not speak its name," will make its debut at the 19th annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival, an 11-day event that is expected to attract over 12,000 film goers this summer. The film features Vancouver seniors and their experiences of what it was like to be queer during the 50s, 60s and 70s. This first installment of The Queer History Project launches August 24 at the Vancouver International Film Centre with a reception and entertainment following the screening. The Queer History Project is the newest leading-edge initiative from Out On Screen, an original media art project that will portray and celebrate queer Canadian lives from different eras. Out On Screen's executive director, Drew Dennis says the purpose of the project is to portray and preserve the stories of queer Canadians that might be lost otherwise. "We're commissioning films that tell queer experiences from the past in an effort to ensure our stories are captured and told for generations. We envision the project will produce a lasting body of work that will enable our stories to take their rightful place in Canadian history." The Queer History Project will continue to evolve and expand as it addresses the queer community’s desire to see itself and its history on screen. In 2008, a second commissioned piece with John Greyson, Richard Fung and Ali Kazimi, that tells the story of Rex vs. Singh, a sodomy trial that occurred in association with the Komagata Maru incident in 1915, will be shown at the festival, an event that will celebrate 20 years of showing national and international independent films about the lives of gay, lesbian, transgendered and queer people. Up to three more collaborative works will be commissioned during the duration of the Queer History Project. Vancouver playwright, author, and poet, C.E. Gatchalian, has been hired as the project's coordinator. -30- The Love That Won't Shut Up screens Friday, August 24 at 7 p.m. at The Vancouver International Film Centre/Vancity Theatre, 1181 Seymour Street, Vancouver. Reception and performance by Ivan E. Coyote and Veda Hille at 9 p.m. in the lobby. For complete film listings and to preview breaking news and festival announcements, visit our website. Tickets are available at TicketsTonight.ca, Little Sister's bookstore, Black Dog Video and Cinemark Tinseltown. Prices are $9.50 general admission; $6.50 students, seniors, underemployed.
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