Campaign Against Homophobia

Radio 4 article by Stephanie Power

Great Radio 4 piece by Stephanie Power looking at Homophobic hate crime in Liverpool (it's about 25 mins in)http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00npfr8/PM_12_11_2009/

It also features a brief interview with Jess from Project Triangle.

The First Screening

Ok - here's the finished DVD for tonights screening. It's been an
epic editing process - trying to make sure everyone is included
without central messages being watered down. It's always about balance
and I hope I've got it right. It feels right, and I'm looking forward
to the screening although it's always a nerve racking experience.

The next stage and I suppose the most important one is the development
of the educational and DVD. There's a number of themes that have come
out of the film that we can look at more closely in the DVD. It's
going to be an exciting process.

The Real Cabaret

Interesting BBC 4 Documentary about the real story behind the film Cabaret and what life was like in Berlin in the 1930's before the Nazi's got into power.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00nf012/sign/The_Real_Cabaret/

The Editing Process

Well - it always takes a lot longer than you think. For the last few
weeks since the trip I've been busy doing follow up interviews and
researching suitable music and archive images.

Structurally, I've broken the film down into 18 sections that I can
knit together once all complete. We managed to obtain some archive
footage filmed by the Russians at the liberation of Auschwitz - we
have the rights to use 30 seconds in the film.

Also have the rights to use a few seconds from a police recruitment
video from 1974 to help illustrate how far we've come in terms of
equality.

Still some work to do. We've also been researching relevant news
headlines to feature at the end.

Not long now though until the first screening so onwards and upwards!

Obama speaks at HRC last night: watch the video

Dear Friend, Just hours ago, President Obama took  the podium at HRC's National Dinner to  talk directly to the LGBT community and  our many friends and allies. Find out what Obama said – and be sure to share the news with your friends >>

Post Trip Interviews

After a short period without a camera, I've now been able to start some of the post trip interviews with members of the group.  To be honest, I also wanted to leave a bit of space for everyone to be able to reflect on the experience.

This week I've spoken to Jess, Emily, Andrew, Jeanette and David.  On Wednesday we had a group feedback session with lots of cake and pop.  It's been great to catch up with everyone again, finding out what they've been doing.

I've been working on the structure for the documentary film based on the footage we have the the various messages and themes we want to put across.  With specialist advice from Paul Muddle, we started looking at some of the additional footage we need for the education pack.  It's all coming together.