BIFF film “Love Free or Die” showing at FUMC

Starts: Friday, February 17th 2012 at 2:45 pm
Ends: Friday, February 17th 2012 at 5:00 pm

Boulder International Film Festival Proudly presents:

Love Free or Die: How the Bishop of New Hampshire is Saving the World
Friday, February 17, 2.45pm, at First United Methodist Church of Boulder

Direct to BIFF from the Sundance Film Festival – Colorado Premiere
This film features the consecration of Gene Robinson, the first openly gay Bishop in Christendom. His historic elevation by the Episcopal Church in America caused great controversy worldwide, along with a stream of death threats. But Gene Robinson refuses to leave the Church – or the man he loves. By the end of the film, because of Gene’s faith and leadership, the Church has done a 180-degree turn; more gay bishops are being considered, more same-sex marriages are being blessed and, in 2010, history was made when Gene’s conservative home state of New Hampshire legalized same-sex marriage. Gene proves that you don’t have to leave behind your Christianity, or your civil rights, just to love and be loved.
“This is the time. Right now. This year, 2012.” Macky Alston, Director
Love Free or Die Short: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6siauWojSZk
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About BIFF
50 Films Slated for Highly Anticipated 2012 Boulder International Film Festival Feb. 16-19
Highlights include appearances by Martin Sheen, William H. Macy and an Opening Night Red Carpet Gala featuring a screening of ‘Darling Companion’
The 8th Annual Boulder International Film Festival (BIFF), voted “one of the coolest film festivals in the world” by MovieMaker magazine, is making headlines with a star-studded lineup of celebrity guests and its captivating and thought-provoking program.
The Festival kicks off Thursday, Feb. 16 at 6 p.m. with an Opening Night Red Carpet Gala and screening of Darling Companion, courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics, directed by Lawrence Kasdan and producer Anthony Bregman.
BIFF will also feature “ A Conversation with William H. Macy on Friday, Feb. 17, at 7:15 p.m. and the Closing Night Film and Awards Ceremony featuring the Colorado premiere of acclaimed new film Chasing Ice on Sunday, Feb. 19. Special guest Martin Sheen, critically acclaimed actor, will be honored with the “Master of Cinema Award” on the afternoon of Saturday, Feb. 18.
Film highlights from the festival include: “Chasing Ice”: Produced in Boulder by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Jerry Aronson and producer Paula DuPré Pesmen, this breathtakingly beautiful film follows famed National Geographic photographer James Balog as he deploys revolutionary time-lapse cameras throughout the Arctic to capture a multi-year record of the world’s changing glaciers.
“5 Broken Cameras”: Soldiers fire into his video cameras and explode them with grenades, but it doesn’t stop Emad Burnat from documenting the courageous and chilling story of the Palestinian village of Bil’in—which famously chose nonviolent resistance against an often-brutal Israeli oppression.
“Salmon Fishing in the Yemen”: From Lasse Hallström, the director of Chocolat and the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Slumdog Millionaire comes this inspirational comedy of a visionary sheik with a big dream—to bring salmon fishing to the desert. Starring Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt and Kristin Scott Thomas.
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