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HOPE
ALONG THE WIND: THE LIFE OF HARRY HAY
Tuesday,
October 22
5:00pm
Little Theatre
Amid the reactionary anti-Communist witchhunts of the McCarthy era, America’s first successful gay rights organization, the Mattachine Society, was founded by radical political pioneer Harry Hay. The history of gay rights mirrors Hay’s own story – from efforts to end police brutality toward gays in the 1930s and ‘40s, to the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings in the ‘50s, to the Stonewall Riots and the counterculture youth movement demonstrations of the ‘60s. But HOPE ALONG THE WIND: THE LIFE OF HARRY HAY is much more than a history lesson about the activist who paved the way for the gay rights movement. Poignant interviews with original Mattachine members shed light on an extraordinary man, providing an intimate glimpse of his life and loves. This powerful account of Harry Hay and his struggles for a better world is a testament to the power of perseverance, and of learning to listen to the inner voice that connects us all.
Playing
with INTO THE STREETS, the remarkable account of community
response to the veto of a key gay rights bill in 1992 Southern California.
INTO THE STREETS; Jamie Kravitz, director; 2001; USA;
29 minutes; video
HOPE ALONG THE WIND: THE LIFE OF HARRY HAY; Eric Slade,
director; 2001; USA; 57 minutes; video
Director in attendance
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