Gay Chorus Deep South

Name: Gay Chorus Deep South
Genre: Music, Documentary
Released: October 30, 2019
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 66
Cast: Ashle Blow, Chris Verdugo, Dave Andrade, Erick Duckut, Frank Christian Marx

2019

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| Release Date: October 30, 2019 | TV-14

Starring: Ashle Blow, Chris Verdugo, Dave Andrade, Erick Duckut, Frank Christian Marx, Jimmy White, Josh Burford, Julian Francis Clift, Phillip Whitely, Steve Huffines, Tim Seelig, Tom Paulino, Zachary Herries

Summary: Led by Gay Chorus Conductor Dr. Tim Seelig and joined by The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir; the tour brings a message of music, love and acceptance to communities and individuals confronting intolerance. Over 300 singers travelled from Mississippi to Tennessee through the Carolinas and over the bridge in Selma. They performed in churches,Led by Gay Chorus Conductor Dr. Tim Seelig and joined by The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir; the tour brings a message of music, love and acceptance to communities and individuals confronting intolerance. Over 300 singers travelled from Mississippi to Tennessee through the Carolinas and over the bridge in Selma. They performed in churches, community centers and concert halls in hopes of uniting us in a time of difference. The journey also challenges Tim and other Chorus members who fled the South to confront their own fears, pain and prejudices on a journey towards reconciliation. The conversations and connections that emerge offer a glimpse of a less divided America, where the things that divide us-faith, politics, sexual identity-are set aside by the soaring power of music, humanity and a little drag.… Expand

Director: David Charles Rodrigues

Genre(s): Music, Documentary

Rating: TV-14

Runtime: 100 min

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Nikki Baughan

May 4, 2019

Gay Chorus Deep South draws its strength not only from its subject, but also the effective way in which it it presents its arguments. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Matt Fagerholm

Oct 30, 2019

The overwhelming positivity in this footage is illuminating and encouraging, yet also more than a touch puzzling, raising questions of precisely where this intolerance hibernates when cameras aren’t around to support such devastating legislation. Read full review

David Lewis

Nov 20, 2019

What makes the film emotionally satisfying, beyond the stirring music, is that we witness the healing and enlightenment of chorus members, some of them bearing scars from their oppressive red-state upbringings. Read full review

Peter Debruge

May 6, 2019

Rather than simply preaching to you-know-whom, director David Charles Rodrigues ... succeeds in humanizing the individuals on both sides. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

Oct 30, 2019

There’s much to recommend here — emotionally, sociopolitically, musically — and it’s heartening to see greater openness to LGBTQ+ folks than outsiders might expect; compassion, grace and humor are in abundant supply. Read full review

Dan Callahan

Oct 30, 2019

There are the expected clichés voiced here about how music can transform hearts and minds, but Gay Chorus Deep South is most useful as a way of seeing how intolerance hides behind evasive Southern hospitality and how it might be vanquished with what that hospitality seeks to avoid: direct confrontation. Read full review

IndieWire Jude Dry

Nov 1, 2019

With muted characters and a conventional structure, the movie struggles to find the fun or the spirit, humming between high notes and low notes to fall flat in the middle. While its heart is in the right place, Gay Chorus Deep South just doesn’t sing. Read full review

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