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Title The year we thought about love / Village Films presents ; in association with Sarah Hancock ; a film by Ellen Brodsky ; written and directed by Ellen Brodsky ; produced by Ellen Brodsky ; executive producer, Sarah Hancock ; associate producer, Pam Chamberlain
Published [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2016
[Blooming Grove, NY] : New Day Films, [2014]

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Description 1 streaming video file (69 min.) : digital, sound, color
Summary The Year We Thought About Love goes behind the scenes of the oldest queer youth theater in America. In a twist on the common image of LGBTQ youth as victims, the film reveals the troupe members as artists and activists, celebrating the fullness of their lives in both thoughtful and hilarious ways. Our camera crew slips into rehearsal rooms, kitchens, classrooms, and subways capturing the wit, candor, and attitude of these young people. Together they explore love - romantic, familial, and religious - as they write scripts based on their lives. While the play takes shape, other challenges come hurtling at the cast. We learn more about the lives of several troupe members, highlighting both the unique and universal struggles of LGBTQ adolescence. A transgender teenager is kicked out of her house; a devout Christian wrestles with his church's homophobia; and a girl dares to wear boys' clothing at school even as she models dresses on the runway on weekends. When the Boston Marathon bombs explode outside their building, the troupe becomes even more determined to share their stories of love to help heal their city
Notes Originally produced as motion picture by New Day Films in 2014
Credits Director of photography, Austin De Besche ; edited by Peter Rhodes ; music by Claudio Ragazzi
Cast True Colors: OUT Youth Theater
Notes Optional closed captioning
Online resource; title from title screen (Kanopy platform, viewed August 3, 2016)
Subject True Colors: OUT Youth Theater
Theatrical companies -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Sexual minority youth -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Gender identity in the theater -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Teenage actors -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Theater and youth -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Gender identity in the theater
Sexual minority youth
Teenage actors
Theater and youth
Theatrical companies
LGBTQ+ youth
Queer youth
Massachusetts -- Boston
Genre/Form documentary film.
Documentary films
Feature films
Independent films
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Form Streaming video
Author Brodsky, Ellen, screenwriter, film director, film producer
Hancock, Sarah, film producer
Chamberlain, Pam, film producer
De Besche, Austin, cinematographer
Rhodes, Peter, film editor
Ragazzi, Claudio, composer (expression)
Village Films
New Day Films
True Colors: OUT Youth Theater, cast
Kanopy (Firm)