Wednesday, December 31, 2008

here! TV in January

From documentaries about Broadway and Massachusetts' fight for marriage, to endearing family comedies, to touching love stories, January is chock full of new films.

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway deftly chronicles the entire process of putting together a Broadway musical from the early stages of casting, all the way through to the nail-biting of The Tony Awards. In Breakfast With Scot, Eric, an ex-hockey player, and his boyfriend become the guardians of a young boy who is anything but athletic.

With personal stories and political anecdotes, Saving Marriage documents the uphill battle as Massachusetts struggled to answer the question "Should gay and lesbian couples have the right to marry?" Tru jeopardizes her friendship with the closeted football player when she sets up her school's first Gay-Straight Alliance in the heartwarming film Tru Loved.

The month wraps up with director Shamim Sarif's beautiful film, The World Unseen, a moving look at the hardships of unconventional relationships during the beginning of Apartheid in South Africa. To find out when these films make their television debut, click here! and choose your provider.