NARRATED BY JANEANE GAROFOLO
PREMIERES ON HERE! MAY 11th
here!, the nation's first gay and lesbian premium television network, is proud to present Dangerous Living, an important and powerful documentary about being gay and lesbian in developing countries, by acclaimed filmmaker John Scagliotti (Before Stonewall, After Stonewall). Dangerous Living will air on here! Wednesday, May 11th to coincide with the anniversary of the arrests of the "Cairo 52."
On May 11th, 2001, 52 men in Cairo were arrested, tortured and imprisoned for simply gathering at a gay discothèque on the river Nile. Since there is no official law against homosexuality in Egypt per se, the Government had to concoct an excuse and therefore officially accused the men of committing crimes of debauchery. Subsequently, 23 of the 52 men were later tried, convicted, and sentenced to one to five years in prison.
By using the arrests in Cairo as a centerpiece, Dangerous Living explores the perils of being gay, lesbian and transgender in far away places such as Pakistan, Honduras, the Philippines, India, Namibia, Thailand and Vietnam.
Now here! will mark this infamous date of human rights abuse with the US broadcast premiere of Dangerous Living.
James Hormel, the first openly gay US Ambassador, explained why he will be introducing the film on here!. "I have known, John Scagliotti, the director of Dangerous Living for more than thirty years. He has filmed and presented hundreds of gay people to the public in many of his documentaries and TV programs like "In the Life" and Before Stonewall.
And now, he and his production team (Janet Baus and Dan Hunt and Reid Williams) have traveled throughout five continents to bring us a glimpse of a world to which we need to bear witness."
here! (formerly here! TV), America's first gay television network, is currently available in more than 40 million households. here! is now available on satellite via DIRECTV and DISH Network, and on cable in markets including New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Washington DC, Austin, San Antonio and Milwaukee. For more information, visit here!'s website at <http://www.heretv.com>www.heretv.com.
Major Funding for Dangerous Living was provided by the H. van Ameringen Foundation, the Ted Snowdon Foundation, Andrew Tobias and Charles Nolan, Ric Weiland, Steven Fox, the Overbrook Foundation and the Small Change Foundation.
First Run Features (<http://www.firstrunfeatures.com/>www.firstrunfeatures.com) is also releasing the DVD on May 24th.
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DANGEROUS LIVING: COMING OUT IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD
Narrated by Janeane Garofalo
Comes to Home Video and DVD on May 24, 2005
Dangerous Living is the first documentary to deeply explore the lives of gay and lesbian people in non-western cultures., Dangerous Living sheds light on an emerging global movement striving to end discrimination and violence against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people.
Winner!
Audience Award
Barcelona GLBT Int'l Film Festival
Bruxelles Festival du Film Gay & Lesbien
& Hartford Alternatives Film Festival}
60 minutes + bonus material, Video, Color, 2003, U.S.A.
Director/Writer: John Scagliotti Narrator: Janeane Garofalo Producer/Project Director: Dan Hunt Producer/Archival Director: Janet Baus Executive Producer: Reid Williams Music: Don DiNicola Produced by After Stonewall Inc. copyright.
Bonus Features:
*Shocking Raw Footage of the Cairo 52 Trial * Interviews with Representative Barney Frank and DNC Chair Howard Dean * Ambassador James Hormel introduces leading Human Rights Groups *Human Rights Watch Notes *Biographies *Trailer Gallery
Human Rights Watch endorses this film for bringing human rights issues to a wider audience
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