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The Year We Thought About Love--Queer Lives on Film: Kanopy Flick of the Month

The Year We Thought About Love--Queer Lives on Film: Kanopy Flick of the Month Online

The Newark Public Library LGBTQ+ Resource Center presents Queer Lives on Film, a monthly program celebrating LGBTQ+ stories, voices, and perspectives through cinema. Each month, we'll spotlight a thought-provoking and inspiring film available on Kanopy, the library's free on-demand streaming platform.

Discover groundbreaking films, compelling documentaries, and hidden gems that explore the rich diversity and history of queer lives and experiences. Whether you're looking to learn, reflect, or connect with a larger community, this series offers an opportunity to engage with important stories that matter.

No registration is required. Bring your curiosity and your library card to start streaming for free on demand from any device!

1) Go to www.kanopy.com/en/npl OR click on the Kanopy Logo on npl.org

2) Enter your library card number and PIN (last 4 digits of library card number)

3) Search "The Year We Thought About Love"

The Year We Thought About Love: Behind the Scenes of Queer Youth Theater

2014

Runtime: 1 hr 9 min.

What happens when LGBTQ youth decide to create a play about queer love to tour to area high schools? The Hollywood Reporter writes that the play "shocks, entertains, and awes!" Our award-winning film reveals how the "powers of art elicit the most interactive, educational, funny, vibrant, experiential illustrations of real life for queers, and queers growing up." (Afterellen.com) The theater troupe explores love - familial, romantic, and spiritual - with wit, candor, and a bit of attitude.

While the play takes shape, other challenges come hurtling at the cast. A transgender teen is kicked out of her house; a devout Christian wrestle's with his church's homophobia, and a girl experiments with boy's clothing even as she models dresses on the runway on the weekends. When the Boston Marathon bombs explode outside their rehearsal room, these actors and activists grow even more determined to share their stories of love to help heal their city.

Date:
Sunday, August 31, 2025
Time:
All Day Event
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Online:
This is an online event.
Event URL:
https://www.kanopy.com/en/npl/video/179034
Audience:
  Adults     Teens  
Categories:
  Branch Brook     North End     Springfield     Vailsburg     Weequahic     Main Branch     Van Buren  
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Steve Lorenz

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