For June Pride Month, Chillfest is proud to present VITO The Life of Gay Activist Vito Russo. Followed by Chillfest's Gay Pride Party with drink specials, light bites and DJ Paul Mendoza!
In the aftermath of Stonewall, a newly politicized Vito Russo found his voice as a gay activist and critic of LGBT representation in the media He went on to write The Celluloid Closet, the first book to critique Hollywoods portrayals of gays on screen. During the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, Vito became a passion...
For June Pride Month, Chillfest is proud to present VITO The Life of Gay Activist Vito Russo. Followed by Chillfest's Gay Pride Party with drink specials, light bites and DJ Paul Mendoza!
In the aftermath of Stonewall, a newly politicized Vito Russo found his voice as a gay activist and critic of LGBT representation in the media He went on to write The Celluloid Closet, the first book to critique Hollywoods portrayals of gays on screen. During the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, Vito became a passionate advocate for justice via the newly formed ACT UP, before his death in 1990.
"Jeffrey Schwarz's involving biodoc on Vito Russo, leading gay activist, film scholar and author of "The Celluloid Closet," portrays a vibrant, charismatic, remarkably consistent individual, as generous in his personal life as in his political engagements. Via interviews, rare clips and miles of archival footage (Russo always at the forefront of gay rallies, protests or celebrations), Schwarz also makes his subject a dramatic focal point in the history of gay rights from the Stonewall riots to the AIDS epidemic."
Variety
"An emotionally powerful documentary portrait with an impassioned voice that befits its subject, Jeffrey Schwarz's Vito marries personal and cultural history in its account of the life and activism of Vito Russo, a pivotal figure in both the early gay-rights movement and the fight against AIDS."
Hollywood Reporter
WHAT: VITO, directed by Jeffrey Schwarz.
WHEN: Sunday, June 10th, 4:15PM (doors open 4:00PM).
WHERE: LITM 140 Newark Ave, Jersey City, 1/2 block west of the Grove Street PATH station at Grove St and Newark Ave.
HOW MUCH: $10 at the door, $7 in advance at: www.theladyinquestion.com/chillfest/
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