Notre Dame Queer Film Festival
notre dame queer film festival founded ran moniker pressure new administration led university president rev john jenkins name festival changed gay lesbian film filmmaker narrative spectatorships incarnation festival changed name qlassics reimagining sexuality self recent american cinema recently series titled globalgbtq film festival primary focus film produced outside united state first notre dame queer film festival ran february –february campus university notre dame film shown hesburgh library auditorium festival sponsored gay lesbian alumniae university notre dame saint mary college galandsmc well several university academic department including department film television theater department english department anthropology gender study program outreachnd unrecognized gay lesbian student group original official mission festival promote discussion awareness queer film context acceptance sexuality university notre dame word liam dacey cofounder festival student chair normalize existence gay student campus offer entire community opportunity enjoy study extraordinary accomplishment gay cinema artist united state cofounder richard friedman fifth year architecture psychology major worked establish university community support promote event gaining support academic department queer film festival sanctioned official academic event notre dame president rev edward malloy allowed festival occur principle academic freedom stated richard friedman time understand breakthrough university administration even barred gay group advertising student newspaper liam dacey senior film major time worked gu hinojosa cofounder gala ndsmc chair raise fund attract national filmmaker seek community support notable gala ndsmc member worked festival included david pais kevin heffernan interview dacey said want create awareness gay member notre dame community member like anyone else also wanted exhibit lot different film gay artist wouldnt normally see february documentary jim bold screened producer malcolm lazin young gay america cofounder michael glatze scott macphae february hedwig angry inch shown soldout audience question answer session followed director star john cameron mitchell go fish shown february introduction notre dame professor jill godmilow final day festival featured two film talkback session guy producerstar dan bucatinsky opposite sex director roos three panel also took place festival tom oneil led panel called gay hollywood still closet february roos hosted screenwriting workshop february ron gregg programming director lecturer committee cinema medium study university chicago moderated academic panel entitled film construction sexual identity february queer film festival attracted national medium attention covered outlet chicago tribune fox news channel dacey said end festival best weekend ive notre dame second notre dame queer film festival held february –february venue festival moved stateoftheart debartolo center performing art browning cinema dacey shifted role student chair director operation medium relation festival joanna basile student chair gala ndsmc chair gu hinojosa remained alumnus chair second festival featured saved february talkbalk director brian dannelly february documentary good conscience sister jeannine gramicks journey faith screened preceded panel gay marriage producer brendan faye director barbara rick rick garcia notre dame proefessor gail bederman sister jeannine gramick panel moderated gala ndsmc member david pais second documentary entitled gay pioneer also shown day talk late longtime gay lesbian civil right activist barbara gittings – film adaptation angel america shown evening february afternoon february love valour compassion screened evening question answer session director tony awardwinner terrence mcnally matthew v storin university notre dame vice president news information said festival people object respect opinion attempted stop culture united state america year gate notre dame avenue juniper road would fruitless exercise really wouldnt preparing student world theyre going enter bishop john darcy ft waynesouth bend indiana diocese condemned festival abuse academic freedom storin responded written statement said within reason would prefer student encounter secular american culture fault context catholic education rather attempting cloister till time graduate confront reality