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Half a Life (Halbes Leben)
Claudia Laszczak & Kay Wishöth / Germany 2004
/ 55 min / DVD
Turku: Sat Nov 19 at 12.00 / Kino Thalia, sali 3
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Helsinki: Sat Nov 26 at 12.00 / Andorra
Half a life in the shadows
Turkey is the only islamic country where homosexuality
is no longer a crime. Still there is a long way for Turkish
queers to have their sexualt accepted as such. Half a life - Yarim
Hauatlar is a brave documentary and an important view to the attitude
towards homosexuals in the country applying to European Union
membership.
Documentary presents three gay men, one lesbian and one
transgendered woman, who talk about their life, their thoughts
and about how people react to them. Even though in Istanbul
there are gay cafés,
clubs and magasines, openly gay people are still ignored or
intolerated. This is why many decide to stay in the closet
from their family and colleagues.
+ Tolerance (Tolerancja)
Diana Voxewrbrant / Sweden 2004 / 25 min
/ DVD
A group of Cracovian students decide to organise the first gay
festival in the city. There are plenty of opponents to the
project.
NOTE!
English subtitles.
In Turku there is a discussion
on gay human rights followed by the screening.
www
www.halbesleben.de
Text by
Sari Miettinen
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Demet
keeps fighting for gay rights even though she has been put
to prison and tortured by police many times.
