Equality U

• $7.00
• Director: Dave O’Brien
• 2007, USA, 90min

Reel Pride’s special Youth Saturday program continues with this documentary for everyone, which features the now famous tour of LGBT college students taking the bravest road trip of their lives.  These determined socially conscious young people crisscross the country to visit colleges that have open discrimination polices against students identifying or practicing as gay or lesbian.

The Equality U bus tour included a stop at Fresno Pacific University, arrests at Oral Roberts University, and a touching and haunting visit to BYU, one of the most strict of all colleges, and, as it turns out, one of the most receptive to the visit.

Members of the team battle internal strife, external protests and universal attraction, and themes of civil rights all while dealing with the public perceptions expressed by their friends and families as the trip garners publicity.  They couldn’t possibly be more ‘out,’ and their pride creates in the students they visit a shared peer support team, allowing some closeted students the chance to tell their stories on stage…no matter what the potential (and actual) consequences.

Scheduled to Appear:  Director Dave O’Brien, students from various colleges.

Wednesday

• VIP Pre-party Bobby Salazar’s 5:30pm
• Ruby Blue 7:00pm
• Opening Night Gala - Samba Tower Immediately Following "Ruby Blue"

Thursday

• black./womyn.:
  conversations with lesbians of African descent 6:00pm
• Boystown (Chuecatown) 6:15pm
• Men's Night Out Party Immediately Following "Boystown"
• To Each Her Own 8:30pm
• Women's Night Out Party Immediately Following "To Each Her Own"

Friday

• Out Late 4:30pm
• Between Love and Goodbye 6:30pm
• Girls Gone Wild 6:45pm
• Women's Night Out Party Immediately Following "Girls Gone Wild"
• Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild 9:00pm
• Men's Night Out Party Immediately Following "Another Gay Sequel"

Saturday

• Dottie’s Magic Pockets 10:00am
• Youth Shorts & Pizza Party 11:00am
• Youth Shorts Pizza Party Immediately Following "Youth Shorts"
• Clapham Junction 1:00pm
• Director's Club/Filmmaker's Party 7:00 pm
• She’s a Boy I Knew 3:30pm
• Equality U 1:30pm
• Ciao 3:30pm
• Newcastle 5:30pm
• Laughing Matters…The Next Generation 5:30pm
• The World Unseen 8:30pm
• Reel Pride After Party - Déjà vu Immediately Following "The World Unseen"

Sunday

• 10:30 am
• VIP and Up Champagne Brunch at Bobby's 10:30 am
• A Jihad for Love 12pm
• The Art of Being Straight 12:30pm
• Boy's Shorts Program 2pm
• Bi the Way 2:30pm
• Pageant 4:30pm
• Director's Cuts 4:30pm
• Filmmaker’s Forum Discussion Panel Following Director's Cut Shorts
• XXY 7:30pm
• Closing Night Gala & Awards - Samba Tower Immediately Following "XXY"