Conversations with Hollywood Screenwriter Barry Sandler
Thursday Nov 5th, 2009 - Thursday Nov 5th, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM - Manznita Hall 130
The Queer Studies Program Presents
Conversations with Hollywood Screenwriter Barry Sandler
Barry Sandler, a groundbreaking screenwriter, will screen portions of his films and talk about writing one of the first mainstream Hollywood gay love stories, Making Love. Barry Sandler has written screenplays for numerous motion pictures, including Crimes of Passion, Evil Under The Sun, The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox, The Other Side of Midnight, and The Kansas City Bomber. He is the recipient of the GLAAD Media Award, the PFLAG Oscar Wilde Award, the FMPTA Crystal Reel Award, and the Outfest 2002 Gay Pioneer Award for Courage and Artistry. He served as a commentator in Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman's documentary The Celluloid Closet. In 2000, Sandler was named by The Advocate as one of the most influential gay artists in America.
Free and open to the public.
This event is co-sponsored by the Gender & Women's Studies Department,
the Center for Sex and Gender Research, the Women’s Resource and Research Center,
LGBTA and QSSA
Please feel free to contact sheena.malhotra@csun.edu or call 818-677-7217 for further information on the event.
The Queer Studies website is available at www.csun.edu/qs
Website:
Contact:
Name: College of Humanities
Phone: (818) 677-3301
Email: sheena.malhotra@csun.edu
Sponsor:
The Queer Studies Program
Cost:
This is free and open to the public. Parking on campus is $6.00.
