For the Bible Tells Me So
Concordia University (Montreal)
Monday April 7, 2008
Screening begins 19h30
Venue: Room H-110, 1455 de maisonneuve
USA / 2007 / 97min
This screening is co-presented by Concordia's Simone de Beauvoir Institute
Can the love between two people ever be an abomination? Is the chasm separating gays and lesbians and Christianity too wide to cross? Is the Bible an excuse to hate?
Through the experiences of five very normal, very Christian, very American families -- including those of former House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt and Episcopalian Bishop Gene Robinson -- we discover how insightful people of faith handle the realization of having a gay child. Informed by such respected voices as Bishop Desmond Tutu, Harvard's Peter Gomes, Orthodox Rabbi Steve Greenberg and Reverend Jimmy Creech, FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO offers healing, clarity and understanding to anyone caught in the crosshairs of scripture and sexual identity.
AWARDS:
2007 Sundance Film Festival
NOMINEE, GRAND JURY PRIZE
Seattle International Film Festival
AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
KATHLEEN BRYAN EDWARDS AWARD FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Provincetown International Film Festival
HBO AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY
Outfest Los Angeles
AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY
Milwaukee International Film Festival
AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY
BEST DIRECTOR FOR DOCUMENTARY
Image Out: The Rochester Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY
Reel Pride: Fresno Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY
Tampa international Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
GRAND JURY PRIZE FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY
Produced and Directed by Daniel Karslake
Co-Produced and Edited by Nancy Kennedy
Co-Produced by Helen Mendoza
Music Scott Anderson and Mark Suozzo
Executive Producers Michael Huffington, Bruce Bastian, Robin Voss, Robert Greenbaum, Keith Lewis
Co-Executive Producers Karen Ellis, Sandra Hartness, Michael A. Leppen
Associate Producers Sandra Hartness, Karen Ellis
Music Supervisor Susan Jacobs
Researcher Lewanne Jones
