Topic: Lubbock, Texas: BBM Event

[DuaneSimolke]

Lubbock, Texas: Saturday, February 18. Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, 511 Avenue K, 7 PM. Brokeback Mountain panel discussion. This event, co-sponsored by Lubbock Interfaith Fellowship for Equality (L.I.F.E) and the Lubbock Film Society, will explore the movie and its themes. No charge. Western attire optional. I’ll be one of the panelists.

[DuaneSimolke]

Lubbock, Texas: Brokeback Mountain Event

The Lubbock Film Society and Lubbock Interfaith Fellowship for Equality invite the public to attend “The View from Brokeback Mountain,” an evening of discussion about this important new film.
 
The event will be held on Saturday, February 18, at 7:00 p.m. at the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts located at 511 Avenue K.  Admission is free.

Panelists for the program are William Kerns, A-J entertainment editor and film critic for KLLL Radio (96.3FM); James Eppler, film critic for <a href=http://www.kqbr.com/ >KQBR 99.5 FM[/url] and on-line critic for the Lubbock Film Society; Chris Caddel, local film maker; Kathryn Boren, pastor of St. John’s United Methodist Church; Duane Simolke, author of The Acorn Stories and film critic for ThisWeekInTexas.com.   

The panel will critique all aspects of the film, and there will be time for audience participation.

It is suggested that attendees see the movie ahead of time and, if desired, wear Brokeback Mountain western attire to the event. 

Based on a short story by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx, Brokeback Mountain was recently selected as Best Picture at the Golden Globes, and has received 8 Academy Awards nominations.  Film lovers, don’t miss this exciting evening.

Contact person: Grace Rogers,  [grtaos@sbcglobal.net]
phones: (806) 795-4502 or 790-1228

[chameau]

Thanks for posting DuaneSimolke!

[hidesert]

Hmmm...Lubbock is West Texas -- please let us know how it goes especially the audience response.  Home of Texas Tech University - it should be very interesting.  A shame you can't screen the film first and them discuss it.

Best of Luck !!!

[DuaneSimolke]

Thanks, hidesert! The movie has been playing here for a few weeks now, and the press release encourages everyone to see the movie before attending the discussion. (Like here, there will be a lot of spoilers.)

[ethan]

DuaneSimolke, thanks for posting this event. It is great. I have linked this event to the calendar.

When you get a chance, please tell people attending the event about ennisjack.com. The forum welcomes people who can't get enough BBM and the discussions here are terrific.

[DuaneSimolke]

Thanks, for adding the event to the calendar, Ethan! I'll gladly tell attendees about ennisjack.com. That will be a good way to continue the discussions, so it doesn't stop there.

[dougl]

I sincerely wish you all the luck in the world.  From the email and propaganda from the religious right from people I know from that area have been very negative.  I left west Texas as soon as I was able to get away from the "tire iron" swingers of the area.  Times have changed, but I am not so sure the toleration is allowed behind closed doors.  Thank you for holding such a discussion.  Of course you know that most people attending will NOT have seen the movie but have more opinions than you can imagine.  You may even have the Kansas "religious mob" carrying their big sticks attending.  They always manage to show their hate at such meetings/functions.  I will be looking forward to the outcome.

[DuaneSimolke]

Thanks, dougl! I'm really looking forward to it. BBM has been here a month now, and will hopefully still be here next weekend. There's more LGBT presence in Lubbock than most people assume. I write an online newsletter for the local community.

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[DuaneSimolke]

Lubbock, Texas: On Saturday, February 18, I had the honor of appearing on the panel discussion The View from Brokeback Mountain, here in Lubbock, at the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts. Two groups sponsored the event. One of those groups, the Lubbock Film Society, fosters local filmmaking and local interest in low budget or independent movies. The other group, Lubbock Interfaith Fellowship for Equality, works to promote inclusion and justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.

Well over a hundred people attended the event. Though scheduled to last an hour, it went over two hours.

I had already seen and loved the movie. To prepare for the panel, I read the book <a href=http://service.bfast.com/bfast/click?bfmid=2181&sourceid=39740207&bfpid=0743294165&bfmtype=book target="Resource Window">Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay[/url] and explored the discussion boards at <a href=http://AnnieProulx.Com target="Resource Window">AnnieProulx.Com[/url], <a href=http://www.ennisjack.com/ target="Resource Window">EnnisJack.Com[/url], <a href=http://www.davecullen.com/brokebackmountain/ target="Resource Window">DaveCullen.Com[/url], <a href=http://groups.yahoo.com/group/brokeback-mountain/ target="Resource Window">Yahoo! Groups: brokeback-mountain[/url], and <a href=http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/Gay_Cinema/ target="Resource Window">Yahoo! Groups: Gay Cinema[/url].

As with those online discussions, the panel featured a variety of views on the movie and its themes. The same continued when moderator Grace Rogers opened the discussion to the audience. While much disagreement occurred, no one disagreed with the importance of Brokeback Mountain and its themes. More importantly, I never heard anyone make a single homophobic remark! It was an engaging discussion, but still left much to say, and left many eager for more such events.

I appreciate Grace, the other panelists, and the two groups for letting me take part, and all those other people who came out to discuss this thought-provoking film. To read more about gay-related events in Lubbock, please read my <a href=http://www.geocities.com/duanesimolke/hubtri.html target="Resource Window">Rainbow: Lubbock[/url] online newsletter.