Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World

From John Scagliotti, the director of Before Stonewall, Dangerous Living is an enlightening and often disturbing look at the struggles of gay activists in developing nations. The opening film is a work in progress from Tom (Swoon) Kalin. Despite increasing visibility in the U.S. and other Western nations, homosexuality remains a pretext for persecution elsewhere, as in the notorious 2001 case of over 50 Egyptian men being arrested for "debauchery"--just one of the many incidents documented in the Dangerous Living. Narrated by Janeane Garofalo. (2003; 70 mins.)

The program begins with Tom Kalin's work in progress, Behold Goliath, or The Boy with the Filthy Laugh. The film comprises four short works inspired by the writings of Alfred Chester, one of modern American literature's most compelling forgotten figures. (2002-03; approx. 10 mins.)