Brave Spaces: Perspectives on Faith and LGBT Justice (2015)

• 78%
• 2015
• Documentary
• Amir Jaffer
• Marc Smolowitz

Directed by award winning filmmaker Marc Smolowitz, this HRC-produced documentary brings together a collection of 20 leading faith and community leaders to examine the past, present and future of coalition building and intersectional justice. From the Civil Rights era through the HIV/AIDS Pandemic into the age of Marriage Equality, the film asks the important question -- How have Faith, LGBT and broader communities been able to find increasing common ground and work together to advance the causes of social justice? It traces how coalition building has played an integral part in moving the country forward on so many issues, including LGBT civil rights. And, it charts how Communities of Faith have remained bravely at the table for decades, finding new and powerful ways to be inclusive of LGBT congregants. The film also points to the prospect of a new era of intersectional justice in social movements -- one that brings together LGBT and Faith communities in new ways to tackle some of nation's biggest challenges.