With unusual candor, the presenters boldly address topics including family relationships; men’s evolving social roles; bullying; domestic violence; violence between men; substance abuse; homosexuality and the Church; transgender identity and LGBT rights; poverty and classism; HIV/AIDS; physical disability and self-actualization; and the healing power of self-acceptance and love. The presenters include Coco Legrand—Chile’s most beloved comic; Pedro Sánchez Melivilo—a leader of Chile’s indigenous Mapuche community; and Andrés Rivera Duarte—recipient of the Felipa de Souza Award of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission. Sponsored by Amnesty International. Produced & directed by Josie Lehrer, Sc.D. Spanish with English subtitles. 2013. Film screening to be followed by Q & A with director Josie Lehrer.
Where: The Roxie Theater, 3117 16th St
Admission: $10
For more info: http://www.roxie.com/ai1ec_event/mens-story-project-loud/