Sun 22 Nov 7pm
Sallis Benney Theatre
DIRECTOR: Kirby Dick.
WITH: Tony Kushner, Barney Frank, Lary Kramer. USA 2009. 90 mins.

Acclaimed documentary film-maker Kirby Dick (THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED) delves into the secret lives of America’s senators and governors, exposing the hypocrisy of closeted gay politicians. Beginning with Idaho’s senator Larry Craig, whose bathroom advances toward a policeman got him arrested in an airport, he builds up a file of instances; Virginia Congressman Ed Shrock’s resignation after the emergence of his gay-sex line calls; New Jersey Governor James McGreevey’s departure from office after he confessed to an affair with a male member of staff. Dick connects the corruption that seeps through politics with the damage of self-denial; what emerges is a bruised sense of disappointment that these men in such positions of power behave with such a lack of honesty, perpetuate notions of ‘shame’ and prevent progression for gay rights. No rock is left unturned in this rapidfire finger-pointing and outing as Dick investigates how the self-denial of a public representative can help to fuel the cycle of repression in a culture that, by now, should be at an age of equality.