From the archives of the “queer Smithsonian,” San Francisco’s GLBT Historical Society, comes the forgotten history of a gay Korean War veteran tasked with writing the military discharges of outed gay seamen. The Typist details a conflicted clerk’s participation in discrimination and his divided allegiance to homosexuality and heroism. The Typist has toured in festivals internationally, inspired a feature length Buzzfeed article on LGBTQ military experiences, screened at the National Gallery of Art, and played on Alaska Airlines. DIRECTOR: Kristine Stolakis kristinestolakis.com paperbridgefilms.com http://bit.ly/2t2yedl PRESS: Buzzfeed. This Veteran’s Job was Discharging Gay Sailors in the Navy http://bzfd.it/2tBRwDa POV Magazine. What’s Up, Doc? http://bit.ly/2t2wd0G KALW. Frameline Film Festival brings to life the oral history of gay Navy man http://bit.ly/2tBza5b KQED. The Typist – Interview with Kristine Stolakis http://bit.ly/2t2rX15 SELECTED SCREENINGS: Hot Docs International Film Festival. Toronto, Canada DOC NYC. New York, New York Seattle International Film Festival. Seattle, Washington National Gallery of Art. Washington D.C. Alaska Airlines Frameline. San Francisco, California Outfest. Los Angeles, California Frontline Club of London. London, England European Independent Film Festival. Paris, France Cleveland International Film Festival. Cleveland, Ohio Daegu Queer Film Festival. Daegu, South Korea El Lugar Sin Limites. Various cities, Venezuela & Chile MixMexico! México DF, México Mirror Mountain Film Festival. Ottawa, Canada San Francisco DocFest. San Francisco, California Melbourne Queer Film Festival. Melbourne, Australia Tallgrass Film Festival. Wichita, Kansas Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival. Chicago, Illinois Cabriolet Film Festival. Beirut, Lebanon Side by Side International Film Festival. Saint Petersburg, Russia MiFo LGBTQ Film Festival. Miami, Florida Appalachian Queer Film Festival. Morgantown, West Virginia Fargo-Moorhead LGBT Film Festival. Moorhead, Minnesota CMG Short Film Festival. West Hollywood, California Southwest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Albuquerque, New Mexico PERLEN Queer Film Festival. Hannover, Germany NewFest. New York, New York Roxie Theater. San Francisco, California Mostra La Ploma. International Film and Culture Festival for Sexual, Gender and Family Diversity. Valencia, Argentina Stanford University. Stanford, California The American University of Rome. Rome, Italy PFLAG. Panama City, Florida LGBT Veterans Recognition Ceremony, hosted by Stonewall Columbus. Columbus, Ohio The University of Delaware. Newark, Delaware
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