THE MEN’S STORY PROJECT: OUT LOUD

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THE MEN’S STORY PROJECT: OUT LOUD

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By Josie LEHRER

CENTRO ARTE ALAMEDA - GITANO FILMS - as SALES / DISTR

Documentary - Completed 2013

Filmed live at a popular theater in Santiago, Chile, this documentary shows the bold debut of The Men’s Story Project: Out Loud! The production highlights diverse men - celebrities, community leaders, and first-time presenters - sharing personal stories with unusual candor before a public audience.

- Year of production
- 2013
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- USA, CHILE
- Languages
- ENGLISH, SPANISH
- Budget
- 0 - 0.3 M$
- Duration
- 107 mn
- Director(s)
- Josie LEHRER
- Writer(s)
- Josie LEHRER
- Cast
- Andrés HERRERA, Andrés RIVERA DUARTE, Bruno Solari SOLARI, Coco LEGRAND, Cristian Álvarez ÁLVAREZ, Jorge OLEA, Mauricio PALMA, Raul PERALTA
- Producer(s)
- Christian VILLAREAL, Josie LEHRER, Shlomit BAYTELMAN
- Synopsis
- Filmed live at a popular theater in Santiago, Chile, this documentary shows the bold debut of The Men’s Story Project: Out Loud! The production highlights diverse men - celebrities, community leaders, and first-time presenters - sharing personal stories with unusual candor before a public audience. The stories explore social ideas about masculinity, and links with topics including family relationships; substance abuse; bullying; men’s evolving social roles;domestic violence; sexual orientation and gender identity; HIV/AIDS; fatherhood in the context of divorce; manual labor, classism and dignity; disability and self-actualization; gratitude to mentors; and the healing power of self-acceptance and love. Mediums include prose, comedy, dance, photography and video.The presenters include Coco Legrand - Chile’s most popular comic; Pedro Sánchez Melivilo, a leader of Chile’s indigenous Mapuche community; and Andrés Rivera Duarte, recipient of the Felipa de Souza Award of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission.Sponsored by Amnesty International.
- Partners & financing
- Amnesty International, Movilh, Masculinidad y Equidad de Genero, Vivo Positivo, EPES, Circus OK, Pranas, OMD