Midnight Frontier

Documentary about LGBTQ+ people in Georgia. How do activists here cope with homophobia? What is the role of the church and the government? And what does nightclub Bassiani mean to them?

On 17 May 2013, on the International Day against Homophobia, thousands of Georgians, whipped up by the Georgian-Orthodox Church, attacked some fifty gay rights activists. In this documentary, they tell about their brutal experiences and the dominant role of the church and the government. Nightclub Bassiani is their port of refuge, a beacon of freedom. It is their fort of resistance against homophobic aggression.

Credits

Director

Peter van Langen
Iris-sanne van der Aar

Producer

Executive producer

Camera

Sound Design

Set geluid

Sound editing

Montage

Color correction

Muziek

Sebastian Böldt
Philipp Fromme

: Research
Peter van Langen
Still photography
Iris-sanne van der Aar
Production company
KABK Den Haag

Title: Midnight Frontier
Year: 2019
Duration : 20 minutes
Category: Short Documentary
Edition: NFF 2019

LGBTQ+PolitiekMaatschappij

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