OUUT Omaha GLBT Blog: October 2009

Thursday, October 1, 2009

2nd Sunday movie for Oct 11 is "Total Eclipse"

This historical drama, directed by Agnieszka Holland, focuses on the rocky relationship between the renowned 19th century French poets Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine. Rimbaud (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a teenage wunderkind known for his rebelliousness against conventional society and his surrealistic writing. He disrupts the life of Verlaine (David Thewlis), a more conventional writer who is older and married to a dutiful young wife, Mathilde (Romane Bohringer). The drunken Verlaine is unkind to Mathilde, even though her father is providing him with a house and an income to live on while he pursues his writing. Rimbaud overwhelms Verlaine, mocking his conventionality, constantly disrupting his domestic life, and somehow attracting the maniacal love of the older man. ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide

About OUUT -- Omaha Unitarian Universalists for Tolerance

OUUT was formed in 2002 originally as a Interweave (UUA GLBT affiliated group) Group, but now is an independent group affilated with the First Unitarian Church of Omaha (and our friends at Second Unitarian Church of Omaha) and is dedicated to the spiritual, political, and social well-being of individuals who are confronting oppression as lesbians, gay men, bisexual persons, transgendered persons, and their heterosexual allies. It celebrates the culture and lives of its members. OUUT has four primary goals: ** To provide fellowship for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered persons for support, socializing, and sharing of life issues to members of the church and in the community at large. ** To extend invitation to the larger GBLT community to explore the religious alternative offered by Unitarian Universalism; ** To reduce prejudice by increasing understanding and acceptance among people of different sexual orientations by providing educational programs and workshops to the larger UU congregation and heterosexual community; and ** To support efforts of other community social, spiritual, and political groups to end all forms of oppression, including homophobia, heterosexism, sexism, racism, and ableism.

OUUT GLBT Film Festival -- Second Sunday Screenings

OUUT Gay and Lesbian Film Festival is now in its 5th year of showing gay and lesbian related films -- dramas, musicals, and documentaries. Second Sunday Screenings are held the second Sunday of each month at the First Unitarian Church (3114 Harney near Park Ave in Omaha, Nebraska) in the Common Room on the lower level of the church with the entrance on the west side of the building. Doors open at 6:30 PM and the film will begin at 7:00PM. Current film title showing will be blogged by the Film Festival coordinator (check the blog to the left). Join us for an evening of interesting film and discussion.