The Gaily Show x Mia Film Festival

Take an extra day for LGBTQ+ History Month (October) and join John Parker and Jim Pounds of The Gaily Show and This Queer Book Saved My Life for a day of film at Mia. This one-day film festival features screenings of Cabaret (1972) and I Dream in Another Language (2017), followed by conversations about these significant films that highlight the LGBTQ+ community.

Schedule

10:45 a.m.: Cabaret introduction
11 a.m.: Cabaret screening
1–1:30 p.m.: Film discussion
1:30–2:15 p.m.: Break
2:15 p.m.: I Dream in Another Language introduction
2:30 p.m.: I Dream in Another Language screening
4:15–4:45 p.m.: Film discussion

Films

Cabaret (1972)

Set in Berlin in 1931, an American cabaret singer meets British academic Brian Roberts, who’s finishing his university studies. Despite Brian’s confusion over his sexuality, the pair become lovers, but the arrival of the wealthy and decadent playboy Maximilian von Heune complicates matters for them both. This love triangle plays out against the rise of the Nazi party and the collapse of the Weimar Republic. This film is rated PG.

I Dream In Another Language (2017)

A linguist arrives in a small jungle settlement hoping to record a conversation between two elderly men, the last two remaining speakers of the Zikril language. Unfortunately for him, the men are feuding, concealing their feelings for each other, and haven’t spoken to each other in 50 years. This film is not rated but recommended for audiences 18+ as there are depictions of violence, sexual intimacy, and adult language.

Free tickets available October 5.