Stephen Fry’s BBC2 Out There documentary will be screened at Duke’s At Komedia on Sunday, July 27 as part of the Pride Arts and Film Festival together with a special Q&A with director Fergus O’Brien.
Few documentaries hit home as forcibly as Out There. Fry’s journey across the globe highlights the state-sponsored homophobia so many LGBT communities have to live with and features several stories, often heart-wrenching, from Moscow, Rio and Uganda.
For Fry, homophobia is absurd: “It’s as if you met someone who spent all their life trying to get rid of red telephones.” Through his encounters with those determined to rid their countries of homosexuality he ably demonstrates the illogicality of their argument.
Fry’s interviews with Pastor Solomon Male and government minister Simon Lokodo in Uganda and Vitaly Milonov, the Russian politician responsible for the legislation criminalising homosexual propaganda directed toward minors, are as frightening as they are ludicrous.
Director Fergus O’Brien will discuss the ambitions behind his acclaimed documentary, how LGBT life can be in certain parts of the world and where the roots of this homophobia originate from.
Out There highlights why we must continue to fight for the equality of LGBT communities across the globe and their Freedom to Live.
What: Stephen Fry’s Out There episodes 1&2 plus Q+A with Director Fergus O’Brien
Where: Duke’s At Komedia, 44-47 Gardner St, Brighton and Hove, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 1UN
When: Sunday, July 27
Time: 6pm
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