Cinema Q: A Jihad for Love

In a time when Islam is under tremendous attack from within and without, A Jihad for Love is a daring documentary filmed in twelve countries and nine languages. Muslim gay filmmaker Parvez Sharma has gone where the silence is loudest, filming with great risk in nations where government permission to make this film was not an option.

A Jihad for Love is the world's first feature documentary to explore the complex global intersections between Islam and homosexuality. Parvez enters the many worlds of Islam by illuminating multiple stories as diverse as Islam itself. The film travels a wide geographic arc presenting us lives from India, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, South Africa and France. Always filming in secret and as a Muslim, Parvez makes the film from within the faith, depicting Islam with the same respect that the film's characters show for it.

A Jihad for Love plays August 1-7 at Starz FilmCenter as part of Cinema Q.

Queer Lives. Queer Voices. Queer Visions. The Denver Film Society is proud to present them in all their diversity via one of the only regular showcases for GLBT cinema in Denver. Don't miss limited first-run releases like Le Temps Qui Reste or encore presentations of genre pioneers such as Gus Van Sant's Mala Noche.

Three free passes left to 'Holding Trevor' tomorrow night at Starz

Hey guys, I've got three three passes left for opening night tomorrow at Starz for 'Holding Trevor'. Each pass is good for two people and all you have to do to win 'em is post a comment here and then email me your contact information at DrewDenver@aol.com.

Win Free Passes to "Holding Trevor" at Starz on Friday

The Denver Film Society is proud to announce that on Friday, July 11, "Holding Trevor" will be the latest movie featured in their Cinema Q program at Starz.

And MileHighGayGuy is proud to announce that I've got five (count 'em FIVE) free passes to give away for opening night. Each pass is good for two people and all you have to do is be one of the first five people to comment this post and send me your contact information at DrewDenver@aol.com. Simple as that. First five commenters who also email me their contact info get free passes to this hot new movie.

Holding Trevor
Trevor Holden has just witnessed his boyfriend Darrell overdose on heroin--again. And as his oldest friend, Trevor feels a responsibility to help Darrell in his latest attempt at sobriety, much to the dismay of his own best friends Jake and Andie. But, when Darrell starts using again Trevor is finally ready to call it quits. And just when he does, he meets the ever so charming Ephram. As Trevor's relationship with Ephram quickly progresses, it starts to put a strain on his friendships with Jake and Andie. Jake, the self-proclaimed sex-addict, is starting to worry a little bit about his past catching up with him, namely in the form of HIV. And Andie, who drunkenly ends her sexual dry spell with a one-night stand, realizes that Jake might have less to worry about than she does. What starts out as Trevor's own personal existential journey, turns into a path that will lead everyone to what is most important: themselves.

Holding Trevor is continually poignant, relentlessly self-deprecating, and just the type of cerebral dark comedy that can speak directly to the twenty-somethings of today while letting other generations in on the joke.

Upcoming Cinema Q films

Queer Lives. Queer Voices. Queer Visions. The Denver Film Society is proud to present them in all their diversity via Cinema Q, one of the only regular showcases for GLBT cinema in Denver. Don't miss limited first-run releases like Jonah Markowitz' Shelter or or encore presentations of genre pioneers such as Gus Van Sant's Mala Noche or Gregg Araki's The Living End. Cinema Q is presented by The Center and Out Front Colorado.

July 4 - 10:XXY - Directed by Lucia Puenzo

Held Over! Now through July 10:
WATER LILIES - Directed by Celine Sciamma 2nd Week!
THE EDGE OF HEAVEN - Directed by Fatih Akin 3rd Week!

Upcoming Cinema Q films:
July 11 - 17: HOLDING TREVOR - Directed by Rosser Goodman
August 1 - 7: A JIHAD FOR LOVE - Directed by Parvez Sharma
Check out the trailer for A Jihad for Love, the worlds first documentary about Islam and homosexuality, below:

If you missed Out Loud, you missed a lot

If you listened to Out Loud yesterday on 760AM (and I don't know why you wouldn't have been), you already know that we had a jampacked, madcap show chockful of fun and excitement from beginning to end. We had interviews with Lucas from The Cliks, U.S. Mr. Gay 2008, Keith from Cinema Q at Starz, Ryan from the PIkes Peak GLBT Center, Louise with Word is Out's Book of the Week, a Rollergirls Roller Derby Recap and Out Front Colorado's Matt Kailey. If you didn't catch the show yesterday, you better mark your calendars for Sundays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. so you can bathe your ears in gay awesomeness. You can even listen to it online at am760.net. You might get lucky like our listener Jenn who won herself a big old Cliks prize pack with two tickets to The Cliks upcoming show in Denver, a Cliks tank top, a CD, posters and buttons and a limited edition green vinyl 7" record album of the type that used to be so popular when I was a wee tot.
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