The documentary Out Laws follows the work of three LGBT+ rights activists who, against overwhelming hostility in their home countries, have successfully fought to repeal colonial era anti-homosexuality laws
A Leytonstone indie cinema is to screen a film documenting the fight of three LGBT+ activists trying to repeal anti-homosexuality laws in formerly colonised nations.
The Waltham Forest Cinema Project, based at Good Shepherd Studios, will also host a Q&A with the director of Out Laws, James Lewis, immediately following the film screening on Thursday 29th October.
The documentary sees the activists fight for LGBT+ rights against overwhelming hostility in their home countries, all of whom have laws still in place from the colonial era.
Friedel Dausab fights pushes for landmark legislation in Namibia; writer and trans activist Raven Gill, shows how she changed attitudes and the legal system in Barbados; and advocate Rosanna Flamer-Caldera reflects on her successful fight to change the law in Sri Lanka.
There will be soft drinks, hot drinks and snacks available from the on site café during the film.
With the support of Good Shepherd Studios volunteers, staff and community, the cinema is offering some free tickets; these are ‘pay what you can’ tickets, with no questions asked.
Out Laws will be screened on Thursday 29th October at Good Shepherd Studios in Leytonstone. Doors open at 7.30pm. Find out more and book your ticket here
See what the Waltham Forest Cinema Project is up to here
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