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A policial de New Jersey Laurel Hester (Julianne Moore) e a mecânica Stacie Andree (Ellen Page) estão em um relacionamento sério. O mundo delas desmorona quando Laurel é diagnosticada com uma doença terminal. Como sinal de amor, ela quer que Stacie receba os benefícios da pensão da polícia após a sua morte, só que as autoridades se recusam a reconhecer a relação homoafetiva.

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Amor por Direito (Freeheld), 2015

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365 Day Movie Challenge (2018) - #32: Freeheld (2015) - dir. Peter Sollett

Freeheld chronicles the true story of Laurel Hester (played here by Julianne Moore), an Ocean County, New Jersey police detective who was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and subsequently had to fight for the ability to give her pension to her domestic partner, Stacie Andree (Ellen Page). Laurel and Stacie had to do battle with the New Jersey Board of Chosen Freeholders, who didn’t want to grant posthumous pension rights to a lesbian couple, and Laurel also faced resistance from her fellow cops, most of whom initially adhered to the community’s conservative mindset.

Laurel and Stacie’s main supporters include Dane Wells (Michael Shannon), Laurel’s partner on the force; Steven Goldstein (Steve Carell), a proudly gay lawyer from Garden State Equality who brought his coalition to Ocean County to lobby the freeholders on behalf of Laurel as she got progressively more sick; Lynda Hester (Kelly Deadmon), Laurel’s sister; and Stacie’s mother, Carol Andree (Mary Birdsong). Most of the freeholders, including Pat Gerrity (Dennis Boutsikaris) and Peter Santucci (William Sadler), are vehemently opposed to Laurel’s plea, but a lone rebel, Bryan Kelder (Josh Charles), helps Dane find information that helps the case immensely.

Freeheld is pure Oscar bait from start to finish, but it deserves credit for telling an important LGBTQ story with the utmost respect for its subjects. Page gives the most nuanced performance - the final, deeply emotional close-up on her in the film’s last scene moved me to tears - but Moore and Shannon do typically effective work as well. (Carell isn’t required to be more than a ham in his role, but at least he’s an entertaining ham.) Maryse Alberti’s cinematography is impressive during nighttime scenes, like the opening few minutes on the New Jersey boardwalk and inside a gay bar during Laurel and Stacie’s first date, and Alberti also photographs two important scenes set on a beach with beautiful uses of light. For the acting, the photography and the landmark legal history involved, Freeheld is worth a watch.

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FREEHELD (2015)

We all know Elliot Page, Canada’s Trans Sweetheart, by now.  Whether we know him for his role in “Juno” (2007) or in Netflix’s “Umbrella Academy” (2019-) or something else somewhere in between, he’s been a hugely vocal member of the LGBTQ+ community since his first coming out in 2014.  

“Freeheld” is the true story of Laurel Hester and Stacie Andree.  Hester (played by Julianne Moore) is diagnosed with terminal cancer and her and Andree (Elliot Page) have to fight to have Hester’s pension benefits passed on to Andree as her domestic partner.  

Page, who also acted as a producer on the film, has stated that his own being in the closet was detrimental to the film’s progress and his own character’s development.  It’s stated that it took six years for the film to be made because it was so imperative that Page come to terms with their own sexuality first.  They stated, “It felt wildly inappropriate to be playing this character as a closeted person”.  

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Freeheld: Directed by Peter Sollett. With Julianne Moore, Elliot Page, Michael Shannon, Steve Carell. New Jersey police lieutenant Laurel Hester and her registered domestic partner Stacie Andree battle to secure Hester's pension benefits when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer.

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Freeheld é baseado na história real de Laurel Hester (Moore), um policial em Ocean County, Nova Jersey . A história narra as dificuldades enfrentadas por uma detetive policial lésbica e sua parceira doméstica, Stacie Andree (Page). Após seu diagnóstico de câncer de pulmão terminal em 2005, Hester apelou repetidamente para o conselho do condado de proprietários escolhidos para ter seus benefícios de pensão repassados ​​para seu parceiro doméstico; ela acabou por ser bem sucedida. O filme é baseado na história real de Laurel Hester (Moore), um policial em Ocean County, Nova Jersey. A história narra as dificuldades enfrentadas por uma detetive policial lésbica e sua parceira doméstica, Stacie Andree (Page). Após seu diagnóstico de câncer de pulmão terminal em 2005, Hester apelou repetidamente para o conselho do condado de proprietários escolhidos para ter seus benefícios de pensão repassados ​​para seu parceiro doméstico; ela acabou por ser bem sucedida. Recomendação: O Sexo dos Anjos (2012) IMDB

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Freeheld

New Jersey car mechanic Stacie Andree and her police detective girlfriend Laurel Hester both battle to secure Hester’s pension benefits after she was diagnosed with a terminal illness.

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10 filmes disponíveis na Netflix que podem mudar a sua forma de ver a vida

O cinema, muitas vezes, leva o público a refletir e se emocionar com temas inimagináveis. A Revista Bula selecionou dez filmes altamente reflexivos disponíveis na Netflix, que são capazes de mudar a forma com que qualquer pessoa enxerga a vida. Os filmes abrangem diferentes gêneros e vão além das produções hollywoodianas. Além disso, cada um à sua maneira aborda valores essenciais para a vida humana em sociedade. Alguns destaques são: “100 Metros” (2016), de Marcel Barrena; “Kiss & Cry” (2017), de Sean Cisterna; e “Amor Por Direito” (2015), dirigido por Peter Sollett. Os títulos estão organizados de acordo com o ano de lançamento e não seguem critérios classificatórios.

Dumplin (2019), Anne Fletcher

Willowdean é uma jovem que está acima do peso, mas é confiante e não se importa com a opinião das pessoas. Ela vive em uma cidade do Texas com a mãe, Rosie, uma ex-miss e celebridade local que se dedica a treinar modelos para concursos de beleza. Willowdean sente que é deixada de lado por Rosie devido à sua aparência e decide se inscrever em um concurso de beleza no qual a mãe será jurada.

Kiss & Cry (2017), Sean Cisterna

Baseado em fatos reais, o filme conta a história da atleta Carley Allison. Após ter a chance de competir na equipe de elite de patinação no gelo da cidade de Colmar, na França, a garota é diagnosticada com uma doença rara e precisa abandonar o esporte. Para enfrentar a doença, Allison se envolve com a música. Contando com o apoio da família e do namorado, ela começa a postar seus vídeos cantando no YouTube.

Thi Mai (2017), Patricia Ferreira

Carmen acaba de perder a filha, María, que morreu em um acidente. Alguns dias depois, ela descobre que sua filha estava prestes a adotar uma garotinha vietnamita chamada Thi Mai. Decidida a concretizar o último desejo de María, Carmem viaja para para o Vietnã. Mas, ao chegar no país, elas descobrem que para conhecer Thi Mai terão que começar novamente o processo de adoção, o que pode levar até três anos.

100 Metros (2016), Marcel Barrena

Baseado na história real de Ramón Arroyo, o filme conta a história de um publicitário de 35 anos que é diagnosticado com esclerose múltipla. No início do tratamento, ele ouve de outro paciente que, em pouco tempo, não conseguirá andar cem metros e decide testar seus limites. Ramón se inscreve no “Ironman”, a mais desafiadora prova de triathlon no mundo. Com a ajuda do sogro, ele treina todos os dias para se superar e conseguir concluir o desafio.

A Incrível História de Adaline (2015), Lee Toland Krieger

Adaline Brown nasceu na virada do século 20 e levava uma vida normal até sofrer um acidente de carro. Depois desse dia, ela milagrosamente para de envelhecer e se torna uma mulher com eterna aparência de 29 anos. Adaline vê todas as pessoas que ama morrerem e passa a viver solitária, nunca se permitindo criar laços, com medo de que descubram seu segredo. Mas, tudo muda quando ela conhece o filantrópo Ellis Jones e se apaixona.

Amor Por Direito (2015), Peter Sollett

Laurel é uma dedicada policial que possui uma união estável com a mecânica Stacie Andree. Laurel é diagnosticada com uma doença terminal e, como sinal de amor, deseja colocar sua companheira como beneficiária de sua pensão. Mas, o caso é julgado improcedente, por se tratar de um casal homoafetivo. O filme é baseado em uma história real, que ocorreu em 2005, nos Estados Unidos, e se tornou um marco na luta pelos direitos da comunidade LGBTT.

Burn Burn Burn (2015), Chanya Button

Seph e Alex acabam de perder o melhor amigo, Dan, que morreu devido a um câncer no pâncreas. Agora, elas têm que viajar juntas para espalhar as cinzas de Dan pelos lugares que ele mais gostava no Reino Unido. Antes de partir, ele programou toda a viagem para as duas. Seph e Alex pensam que estão apenas realizando o último desejo do amigo, mas a experiência faz com que elas repensem suas próprias vidas.

O Melhor de Mim (2014), Michael Hoffman

Em 1964, os adolescentes Amanda e Dawson se apaixonam. Ela, uma garota bonita e de família tradicional, é proibida pelo pai de continuar com Dawson e os dois se separam. Vinte anos depois, o funeral de um velho amigo faz com que eles retornem à cidade natal. O reencontro traz à tona sentimentos que estavam escondidos no passado e Amanda e Dawson refletem sobre as escolhas que fizeram na vida adulta.

O Que Nós Fizemos no Nosso Feriado (2014), Guy Jenkin e Andy Hamilton

Doug e Abi estão passando por um divórcio difícil e brigam constantemente. Eles viajam com os filhos para comemorar o aniversário de Goddie, pai de Doug, que está sofrendo com um câncer. Por causa do momento delicado, o casal pede aos filhos que guardem segredo sobre a separação. Mas, a morte repentina de Goddie abala toda a família e as crianças, que já estão cansadas das brigas entre os adultos, tomam uma atitude para resolver a situação.

Billy Elliot (2000), Stephen Daldry

Billy é um garoto de 11 anos que vive numa pequena cidade da Inglaterra com o pai e o irmão mais velho, que trabalham em minas de carvão. Obrigado pelo pai a treinar boxe, Billy fica fascinado com as aulas de dança clássica que assiste na academia onde treina. A professora de balé, Sandra Wilkinson, vê em Billy um talento natural e o convida para as aulas. O garoto decide abandonar o boxe e se dedicar ao balé, mas teme decepcionar o pai.

10 filmes disponíveis na Netflix que podem mudar a sua forma de ver a vida publicado primeiro em https://www.revistabula.com

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FEBRUARY 21: Ellen Page (1987-)

Ellen Page is a Canadian actress usually best known for playing a teen mom in movie Juno, or the Derby Roller skater Bliss, aka Baby Ruthless, in Drew Barrymore’s Whip It. But after she came out on Valentine’s Day three years ago she became an inspiring model and advocate for the LGBT community.

Portrait of Ellen Page, photographed by Marteen de Boer during the Getty Images Portrait Studio hosted by Eddie Bauer at Village at The Lift on January 24, 2016 in Park City, Utah.

Ellen Grace Philpotts-Page was born on February 21, 1987, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She decided to go to a Buddhist school where meditation and yoga were on the curriculum. She began her film career at 10 in Canadian TV then cinema (with roles for which she collected several awards despite her young age), though started to get international recognition with the 2005 movie Hard Candy, and with her appearance in blockbuster franchise X-Men as Kitty Pride, a girl who has the capacity to walk through walls.

Still from 2007 movie Juno 

She got attention from Hollywood with 2007 movie Juno, for which she received her first Oscar and Golden Globe nominations. She portrays a sassy, independent-minded teenager who gets pregnant at 16 – and her performance was praised by the critics and the general public alike. The movie, which reflects the director’s as well as Page’s mindset, is very much ‘pro-choice’ in that if she decides against getting an abortion, it is after visiting an abortion clinic, and examining all the choices given to her (eventually choosing to give the baby up for adoption).

Indeed Ellen Page describes herself as feminist, “and of course I am ’cause it’s about equality, so I hope everyone is. You know you’re working in a patriarchal society when the word feminist has a weird connotation.” She also dedicates herself to environmental causes and LGBT rights.

Still from 2015 movie Freeheld with Julianne Moore as Laurel Hester and Ellen Page as Stacie Andree

After other notable performances in Tracey Berkowitz’s The Tracey Fragments, Drew Barrymore’s Whip It, Christopher Nolan’s Inception, or Woody Allen’s To Rome With Love, the project of the film Freeheld came along. The movie is based on 2007 documentary of the same name about the true story of New Jersey police officer Laurel Hester (played by Julianne Moore) who, after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, had to fight against the county’s board of chosen freeholders so that her domestic partner Stacie Andree (Page) could benefit her pension after she passed. With her involvement in the making of the movie (as producer as well as actress) she felt the need and courage to come out of the closet. She explained that it took 6 years to make the movie, and that the process paralleled her own personal journey to come out as gay, as she “felt wildly inappropriate to be playing this character as a closeted person.”

Ellen Page comes out as gay in her speech in Las Vegas at the Human Rights Campaign's Time to Thrive conference on Valentine’s day in 2014.

“Here I am, an actress, representing at least in some sense an industry that places crushing standards on all of us. (…) Standards of beauty, of good life, of success. Standards that I hate to admit, have affected me. You have ideas planted in your head, thoughts you never had before, that tell you how you have to act, how you have to dress, and who you have to be (i.e. as defined by stereotypes of masculinity and femininity). And I am here today because I am gay. And because maybe I can make a difference.”

In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres, Page explains that being a closeted person hurt her career more, because she felt sad and uninspired; that she felt guilt for not being out, and felt isolated from the LGBT community. She also revealed in another interview with Elle Magazine that she “would get panic attacks and sense an incredible discomfort because (she) didn’t relate to the conformity that comes with (her) gender.”

Now however she is more excited about life, and experiences a sense of happiness she has not felt before.  Not only does she feel privileged and grateful to be in the position where she can talk about issues and help others less fortunate that she is, but she also is in a relationship with artist and surfer Samantha Thomas. 

Since then, she has been involved in several movies, like Tallulah, projects, but mostly TV Series Gaycation, in which she and Ian Daniel explore LGBTQ cultures around the world by meeting travellers and hearing their stories.

- Lise

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Freeheld

The true love story of Laurel Hester and Stacie Andree and their fight for justice. A decorated New Jersey police detective, Laurel is diagnosed with cancer and wants to leave her hard earned pension to her domestic partner, Stacie. However the county officials, Freeholders, conspire to prevent Laurel from doing this. Hard-nosed detective Dane Wells, and activist Steven Goldstein, unite in Laurel and Stacie’s defense, rallying police officers and ordinary citizens to support their struggle for equality.

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Freeheld

The true love story of Laurel Hester and Stacie Andree and their fight for justice. A decorated New Jersey police detective, Laurel is diagnosed with cancer and wants to leave her hard earned pension to her domestic partner, Stacie. However the county officials, Freeholders, conspire to prevent Laurel from doing this. Hard-nosed detective Dane Wells, and activist Steven Goldstein, unite in Laurel and Stacie’s defense, rallying police officers and ordinary citizens to support their struggle for equality.

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Freeheld

New Jersey car mechanic Stacie Andree and her police detective girlfriend Laurel Hester both battle to secure Hester’s pension benefits after she was diagnosed with a terminal illness.

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Nắm Giữ Tự Do – Freeheld

New Jersey police lieutenant, Laurel Hester, and her registered domestic partner, Stacie Andree, both battle to secure Hester’s pension benefits when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer.

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Tydzień w telewizji: Chirurdzy, The Bi Life, Starszaki, Mistrzowie remontu, Tytuł do praw, Tom of Finland, Queer Eye ...

Od poniedziałku do piątku: Teoria wielkiego podrywu kilka odcinków od 21:00 na Comedy Central. Seks w wielkim mieście od 20:00 na Comedy Central Family. Chirurdzy od 19:00 na Super Polsat. Gotowe na wszystko, od 16:55 na TVN 7. Córka inna niż wszystkie od 16:00 na Discovery Life. Okropne historie od 19:25 na Da Vinci Learning.

Poniedziałek: Gogglebox. Przed telewizorem od 22:00 na TTV/Player.pl. Królowe życia. Po godzinach, od 20:00 na TTV. The Bi Life, od 23:00 na E! Entertainment.

Wtorek: Wieczór z Busy od 2x od 22:00 na E! Entertaiment. The Bi Life, od 18:00 na E! Entertainment. Królowe życia 4, od 20:05 na TTV. Ostre cięcie 6, od 20:55 na TTV. Sekstaśmy, od 00:30 na TLC - Holenderski program występują także pary jednopłciowe.

Tytuł do praw od 19:55 na AMC. Laurel Hester (Julianne Moore), policjantka z ponad dwudziestoletnim stażem, zakochuje się w młodszej od siebie Stacie Andree (Ellen Page). Kobiety tworzą bardzo udany związek. Pewnego dnia jednak Laurel otrzymuje wiadomość, która burzy ich szczęście. Okazuje się, że jest chora na raka płuc, a jej stan jest dramatyczny. Lekarze nie dają jej szans na wyzdrowienie. Przed śmiercią kobieta postanawia zabezpieczyć finansowo ukochaną. Chce, żeby prawa do jej świadczeń emerytalnych zostały przeniesione na Stacie. Okazuje się to jednak bardzo trudne, gdyż prawo nie działa na korzyść kobiet. Rozpoczyna się walka o równość i sprawiedliwość. Dramat Petera Solletta ("Raising Victor Vargas", serial HBO "Vinyl") opowiada poruszająca historię pary lesbijek, które walczą o godne życie i równe prawa przedstawicieli mniejszości homoseksualnej w Ameryce. Inspiracją dla twórców był nagrodzony Oscarem krótkometrażowy dokument z 2007 roku. przedstawiający prawdziwą historię umierającej lesbijki Laurel Hester i jej batalii z konserwatywnymi władzami hrabstwa Ocean w New Jersey o prawo do przekazania świadczeń emerytalnych życiowej partnerce. W głównych rolach wystąpiły laureatka Oscara Julianne Moore ("Daleko od nieba", "Godziny", "Motyl. Still Alice"), i nominowana do tej nagrody Ellen Page ("Juno", "Incepcja"). Autorem scenariusza zaś jest zdobywca nominacji do Nagrody Akademii Ron Nyswaner ("Filadelfia"). Na MFF w San Sebastián film wyróżniony został nagrodą specjalną oraz nominacją do Złotej Muszli.

Środa: The Bi Life, od 00:00 na E! Entertainment. Grey's Anatomy: Chirurdzy 15, 2x od 21:00 na FOX. Wieczór z Busy od 22:00 na E! Entertainment. Sekstaśmy, od 00:30 na TLC odcinek z udziałem par jednopłciowy.

Czwartek: Królowe życia 4, 2x od 22:00 na TTV. Diabeł ubiera się u Prady od 20:10 na HBO. R.Kelly: jego wszystkie ofiary, odc. 2 od 22:00 na Lifetime.

Zdumiewająca przestrzeń, od 00:00 na HGTV

Piątek: Królowe życia 2x o 23:00 na TTV. Plastyczna fuszerka, od 20:00 na E! Entertainment. The Bi Life, od 22:00 na E! Entertainment. The Bi Life, 4x od 14:00 na E! Entertainment. Przegląd tygodnia: Wieczór z Johnem Oliverem 5, od 21:00 na HBO 3.

Sobota: Gogglebox. Przed telewizorem 2x od 23:00 na TTV. The Bi Life, od 00:00 na E! Entertainment. Starszaki, odc. 7 i 8 od 20:05 na Fox Comedy. Przodem do tyłu od 16:20 na Paramount Channel i od 15:15 na Cinemax 2. Mistrzowie remontu od 15:00 na Discovery Life. Twoja Twarz Brzmi Znajomo 11, odc. 1 od 22:10 na POLSAT.

Świat małych domów, odc 10:50 na Nowa TV. Po latach spędzonych w zbyt dużej i zbyt drogiej kawalerce Matthew jest gotowy na zakup swojej pierwszej nieruchomości w Amsterdamie. On i jego chłopak, Vincent, nie mogą się doczekać chwili, w której wreszcie trafią na swoje wymarzone lokum. Co ważne, nowe gniazdko musi odpowiadać im obu. Niestety, panowie mają długą listę oczekiwań i bardzo ograniczony budżet, więc nie będzie im łatwo znaleźć dla siebie nowy dom.

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Niedziela:  Współczesna rodzina 10, odc. 3 od 12:50 na HBO 3. Mistrzowie remontu od 20:00 na Discovery Life. Tamte dni, tamte noce od 23:50 na Cinemax 2. Tom of Finland od 21:55 na Cinemax. Spotlight od 22:05 na TV 4. Na żywo z czerwonego dywanu: Oscary 2019 od 23:00 na E! Entertainment. 

Przygotuj się na kolejną dawkę szczęścia, ponieważ trzeci sezon Queer Eye, oficjalnie zaledwie za miesiąc.

Netflix 15 marca, trzeci sezon Jonthan, Bobby, Karamo, Antoni i Tan jadą do Atlanty, Georgia, Kansas City w stanie Missouri, dają rady dotyczącą stylu życia innym.

Pierwszy zwiastun nowego sezonu nagrodzonego nagrodą Emmy przestawia piosenką od Caryl Rae Jepson "Now That I Found You".

Serwis Netflix w India zaznaczyli w tym roku Walentynki z uroczym romansem pomiędzy dwoma młodymi mężczyznami. Krótki film wyreżyserowany przez Reemę Sengu.

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Link do filme: https://www.filmelgbt.com/movies/freeheld-amor-e-justica-2015/?feed_id=767&_unique_id=6010c6a9d200a Título: Freeheld - Amor e Justiça Freeheld, a tenente da polícia de Nova Jersey, Laurel Hester, e sua parceira registrada, Stacie Andree, lutam para garantir os benefícios da pensão

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Ellen Page Talks LGBTQ Fundraising, Not Watching Movies

Actress and social activist Ellen Page recently witnessed history repeating itself while revisiting acclaimed classic Casablanca. Page noted the 1942 film’s eerie modern-day relevance, “the Nazi presence, but the sort of neutrality of people,” while watching the fraught and tense events – as well as “the romanticism of sacrifice” – unfold as Humphrey Bogart’s Rick Blaine, former freedom fighter and nightclub owner in Casablanca, protects his old flame, Ingrid Bergman’s Ilsa, and her husband Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid) from Nazis. What stood out after taking another look at director Michael Curtiz’s WWII-set romantic drama: “You have these scenes in this cafe where they’re being shown respect because there’s these officials, even though, needless to say, they’re completely disagreeing.”

Page and writer-filmmaker Jason Reitman, who directed the actress in her Oscar-nominated breakout role in 2007’s Juno, set out to reimagine Casablanca for our Trump-led times, which are similarly fraught and tense for those desperately seeking life in America – and for disenfranchised groups already there. Simply titled Live Read of Casablanca and part of the Live Read Series, this is what Casablanca looks like in 2018 thanks to the diversified scope of Page and Reitman’s Dec. 13 live-read of the classic film at Los Angeles’s Ace Theater: female-led, and very queer. Before the event, a benefit for Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, a philanthropic organization working exclusively to advance LGBTQ human rights around the globe, Page was eager to perform with an “inclusive” cast who are “fucking awesome.”

“It’s one of the most iconic love stories with some of the most memorable lines of any film ever,” says the 31-year-old actress by phone. “It just seems perfect to sort of recreate it in the way that we are.”

Live-streaming future reads to reach a larger audience is a “good suggestion,” she acknowledged, but for now, “I really encourage people to go to (Astraea’s) website and learn more about their work and what they do, and if they’re able to support in any way at all that would obviously be really amazing.”

Page’s queering and feminizing of Casablanca marches in line with a Hollywood movement bending to minorities as they occupy the narratives of famed and noteworthy but classically cisgender, straight, white works, from the all-black cast remake of Lifetime’s Steel Magnolias to the Latinx-led One Day at a Time, on Netflix, and women taking on roles first depicted by men in Ocean’s 8 and Ghostbusters. “In some ways, people are almost just realizing it,” Page remarks on efforts to portray underrepresented minorities on screen. She says, until recently, the “privileged” American public (see: white people) “haven’t been cognizant” of giving every kind a seat at the table.

Page, who came out in 2014 and married professional dancer and fellow Canadian Emma Portner in 2018, is forthright about the lack of diversity in some of her own films.

“A movie like Whip It, you know, should be more queer,” she says, blatantly. “It’s just that simple.”

Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut, Whip It featured Page as Bliss Cavendar, a Texan teenager living in a fictional town called Bodeen and joining a roller derby team, which includes derby girls played by Barrymore, Kristen Wiig, Eve and Juliette Lewis. “It wasn’t a realistic reflection of the derby world, and I wish that was different,” the actress says. “I love that film, just wanna be clear. Love that film, had a fucking blast, met two of my best friends in the universe on the film. But yeah, of course looking back on that, that’s a bummer.”

Released in 2009 by Fox Searchlight Pictures, Page adds, “It’s a reflection of the time. I’d like to think that it would be different now, and I think it actually does show not much has changed, but some things have.”

As demonstrated in recent years, it’s not too late for past works on the wrong side of diversity, so perhaps the unrealistically heterosexual-laden Whip It could be remedied: “If you made a sequel, I would love it,” Page enthuses. “I wish there was a Whip It 2, and she was lesbian.” She giggles, delighted by the thought. “And living in Austin.”

Cut on roles in 2005’s Hard Candy and Juno, Page’s career has dipped into multiple genres: high-budget thrill rides (two X-Men films, Inception), zombie dramas heavy on queer subtext (The Cured), and gay-themed true stories. In the 2015 lesbian biopic Freeheld, Page portrayed Stacie Andree, the partner of Laurel Hester (Julianne Moore), a gay police officer who fought to have her pension benefits transferred to Andree after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. Early the following year, the actress’ collaboration with gay friend and co-host Ian Daniel, Viceland’s Gaycation, aired. The show had the activists traveling to countries like Japan, Brazil and Jamaica to investigate the horrific challenges and distinct cultural characteristics of being LGBTQ abroad.

After two seasons, the show returned in April 2017 for a special presentation that examined LGBTQ life in America post Trump. No more episodes are planned, Page apologetically reveals, but she and Daniel are in the early development stages of “a different project that’s similar,” but “less in terms of a travel show, more focused stories.” She adds, “Not that they’ll be in America, by any means.”

Looking back on Gaycation, Page was humbled by the experience, which she says “changed me.” “I mean, you’re meeting people who, every day, are risking their lives, are activists spending their lives doing that, and sacrifice so much to do that. That’s a level of bravery and courage that I’d like to think I’m capable of, but I’m probably not.”

Meeting transgender activist and famed Stonewall rioter Miss Major for the first season’s finale was an unforgettable moment for the actress when thinking of “a force and a person who is someone who’s ultimately been responsible for so much change for the community.”

After Gaycation, Page has continued to tackle projects that are extensions of her own lesbian identity, such as this year’s The Cured, an allegorically queer zombie film from out filmmaker David Freyne. Recent LGBTQ films evade her simply because “I’ve, like, literally barely watched movies. It’s been a problem.” She immediately retracts: “Not a problem – but the last year or two, quite frankly, I don’t know, but just for some reason I haven’t really watched movies.” Apologizing for missing this year’s impressive slate of LGBTQ films (she did ask for recommendations), Page says she thoroughly enjoyed the “stunning” Tomboy, a 2011 French drama she says is still fresh on her mind.

Seemingly more queer-content creator than consumer, she just wrapped shooting the revival of Armistead Maupin’s 1993 TV adaptation of his Tales of the City books, where she joins original cast members Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis in the 10-part Netflix series, due in 2019. Page refrained from sharing specific details as requested by showrunners, but Netflix’s contemporary Tales is set 20 years later, as Mary Ann (Linney) returns to San Francisco to her ex-husband Brian (Paul Gross) and daughter Shawna (Page), as well as Anna Madrigal (Dukakis) and a motley crew of other 28 Barbary Lane residents.

“I have a love interest, played by Zosia Mamet,” Page says of her co-star, best known for her role on HBO’s Girls. “Zosia’s amazing. She absolutely blew me away. I had such a wonderful time working with her. She is such a phenomenal actor, so yeah, that was awesome.”

And acting alongside Dukakis and Linney: “It’s crazy, right? Yeah, walking in and working with someone like Laura Linney, who is absolutely one of my favorites of all time – and, of course, Olympia – I felt so welcomed,” she says. “You couldn’t be working with more lovely, sincere, they-do-this-job-because-they-just-fucking-love-it (people).”

Says Page, “It’s about connecting with another actor, not to sound all actor-y and cheesy, but that is such a joy, to be in an environment like that. So to have the opportunity to be able to work with someone like Laura, and to be a part of this in terms of the stories and the narratives and the representation, yeah, I feel very lucky that I was included.”

source https://hotspotsmagazine.com/2018/12/27/ellen-page-talks-lgbtq-fundraising-not-watching-movies/ from Hot Spots Magazine https://hotspotsmagazin.blogspot.com/2018/12/ellen-page-talks-lgbtq-fundraising-not.html