UCO to host screening and discussion panel for award-winning documentary 'We Were Here'
The University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) will offer a screening of the award-winning documentary “We Were Here” at 7 p.m. Oct. 4 in Pegasus Theater in the liberal arts building on campus followed by a panel discussion with the director and two of the film’s subjects.
The College of Liberal Arts Global Initiative Program and the Student Alliance for Equality (SAFE) are sponsors for this event.
The 90-minute documentary, released in 2011, reflects on the beginning of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, then often called the “gay plague.” Director David Weissman tells the story through five individuals who lived in San Francisco at the time, home to the gay-centric Castro district, while focusing on the community and medical response to the epidemic.
“It was one of the most moving films I’ve ever seen,” said Susan Spencer, Ph.D., director of Global Initiatives of the College of Liberal Arts. “We screened the film last year and the students were so impressed we decided, with student encouragement, to show it again this fall.”
Following the screening, Weissman will participate in a panel discussion along with two of the people featured in the film: Eileen Glutzer, a nurse who worked in one of the first clinics to treat AIDS patients, and Ed Wolf, who volunteered as a counselor at one of the hospitals nearby.
“It is important for the Central students to see this film because it brings a new level of awareness to the AIDS crisis and reminds people it is still a serious health issue that many struggle with today,” said David Macey, Ph.D., faculty advisor of SAFE.
“We Were Here” was nominated for 2012 Independent Spirit and GLADD Media awards, and was shortlisted for the Academy Award in the best documentary category. The film won the Jury Award at the 2011 Newport Beach Film Festival and was an official selection of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information about this event contact Spencer at sspencer@uco.edu or 405-974-5892.
The University of Central Oklahoma will offer a free, public screening of the award-winning documentary “We Were Here” 7 p.m. Oct. 4 in Pegasus Theater in the liberal arts building on campus followed by a panel discussion with the director and two of the film’s subjects.
The University of Central Oklahoma will offer a screening of the award-winning documentary “We Were Here” at 7 p.m. Oct. 4 in Pegasus Theater in the liberal arts building on campus followed by a panel discussion with the director and two of the film’s subjects.
The 90-minute documentary, released in 2011, reflects on the beginning of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, then often called the “gay plague.” Director David Weissman tells the story through five individuals who lived in San Francisco at the time, home to the gay-centric Castro district, while focusing on the community and medical response to the epidemic.
The College of Liberal Arts Global Initiative Program and the Student Alliance for Equality (SAFE) are sponsors for this event.
“It was one of the most moving films I’ve ever seen,” said Susan Spencer, Ph.D., director of Global Initiatives of the College of Liberal Arts. “We screened the film last year and the students were so impressed we decided, with student encouragement, to show it again this fall.”
Following the screening, Weissman will participate in a panel discussion along with two of the people featured in the film: Eileen Glutzer, a nurse who worked in one of the first clinics to treat AIDS patients, and Ed Wolf, who volunteered as a counselor at one of the hospitals nearby.
“It is important for the Central students to see this film because it brings a new level of awareness to the AIDS crisis and reminds people it is still a serious health issue that many struggle with today,” said David Macey, Ph.D., faculty advisor of SAFE.
“We Were Here” was nominated for 2012 Independent Spirit and GLADD Media awards, and was shortlisted for the Academy Award in the best documentary category. The film won the Jury Award at the 2011 Newport Beach Film Festival and was an official selection of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information about this event contact Spencer at sspencer@uco.edu or 405-974-5892.