Straitlaced - an exciting new documentary on gender roles
Wow, Debra Chasnoff has done it again. From the brilliant documentary filmmaker who brought us "It's Elementary" "That's a Family" and "Let's Get Real", she has turned her lens on the issue of gender role expectations and how homophobia impacts how kids grow up and learn to fit into narrow concepts of man/woman and by default gay/straight. I have only viewed excerpts, but based on her previous work and the content of the interviews I just read (http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.phpch=entertainment&sc=movies&sc2=features&sc3=&id=85633 and http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=columnists&sc=mombian&id=91153) I can not wait to see this film!!
For more on these films, visit their website: http://groundspark.org/ where you can also download resources that accompany these films to help teachers in K-12 classrooms talk about these issues and integrate them into their curricula.
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