Evening

Series/Themes: LGBTQIA+ Focus

Genre: Documentaries

Film Year: 2019

Locations: USA

Film Length: 100 min.

Languages: English

Director: David Charles Rodrigues

Featuring: Dr. Tim Seelig, Ashlé, Jimmy White, Terrance, Riley, Pastor Jim Dant, Malaysia Walker

In response to a wave of discriminatory anti-LGBTQ laws and the divisive 2016 presidential election, the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus embarks on a tour of the American South. The journey challenges the group of over 300 singers, many of whom fled the South, to confront their own fears, pain,and prejudices on a journey towards reconciliation. The conversations and connections that emerge offer a glimpse of a less divided America, where the things that separate us—religion, politics, sexual identity—are set aside by the power of music, humanity, and a little drag.

This film is part of the LGBTQIA+ series presented by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts and supported by the UVA Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the UVA Office for Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights, and UVA Arts: supported by the Office of the Provost & the Vice Provost for the Arts