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Director: Meredith, Ann P.
Synopsis: Saddle riotously reflects the cowgirls of the IGRIA:The International Gay rodeo Association at their Annual Sierra Stampede.

Description: Taking it to the streets is just what the activists in these short films are inspiring us to do. James Wentzy of DIVA TV (Damned Interfering Video Activists) documents the police violence that broke out during the political funeral held in NYC in Matthew Shepard Political Funeral. A room full of radical queers reject the commercialization of gay pride, and celebrate and organize toward building alternatives in Gay Shame ’98. In 1993, Massachusetts passed an anti-discrimination law that established the rights of gay and lesbian students. Looking For Common Ground traces the history of how one controversial high school refused to enforce the law, and how some students empowered themselves and fought back. Narrated by Angela Davis, Blind Eye To Justice: HIV+ Women Incarcerated In California portrays the injustices of the California prison system as seen through the eyes of incarcerated HIV positive women. This stirring documentary made by the Women’s Positive Legal Action Network gives voice to those who are silenced and encourages all of us to take action.

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