Josh Howard

FILM FESTIVAL NEWS: Elizabeth Rohrbaugh ‘s BECKS closes out The Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival’s Closing Night red carpet featured a lot of BROTHERLY LOVE

By admin 8 years ago

The Closing Night red carpet for the Austin Gay & Lesbian Film Festival featured the filmmaking teams behind BROTHERLY LOVE and SOMETHING LIKE SUMMER and a handful of other filmmakers in addition to the belles of that night’s Ball – the Co-Director of BECKS, Elizabeth Rohrbaugh and the woman that starred as the film’s title character, Lena Hall. Once again, everyone had a great time with the photos and the interviews and aGLIFF closed out their 30th edition of the fest with a lot of fun.

aGLIFF 2017 REVIEWS: Josh Howard's THE LAVENDER SCARE is a timely documentary that sheds lights on the so-called “Un-American Activities” gestapo against the LGBT community

By Miguel Cima 8 years ago

With a clarion cry of rationalization, the phrase, “The pervert can be blackmailed!” was the passport to oppression used by everybody from the FBI to the Postmaster General’s office to root out, expose, and expel gay people from all sorts of government jobs. Howard introduces the audience to several victims of the gay purge: military men and women, scientists, clerks.

FILM FESTIVAL NEWS: Frances Lee ‘s GOD’S OWN COUNTRY Opens The Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival celebrates it’s 30th Anniversary with style and nods to the past

By admin 9 years ago

aGLIFF Program Director Jim Brunzell, said, “Working non-stop for the past eight months, attending various film festivals, doing endless research and watching countless films, celebrating this year’s aGLIFF’s anniversary, we’ve worked extremely hard in making sure we’re delivering something a little extra for our dedicated members, patrons, and film fans. This being our 30th year, this has made us happily dig a little deeper to create some special moments for everyone – whether they have come to aGLIFF for years now, or they are just discovering us after all this time.