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Me and Rubyfruit Program
 
Directed By: Sadie Benning
Produced In: USA, 1989
Running Time: 18 minutes
Genre: Video Art
Language: English
Themes: Gender, LGBT, Video Art
Distributor: Women Make Movies
Synopsis:
"A series of deeply personal, artistically deft and politically-charged works." - Ellen Spiro, The Advocate. At age 15, Sadie Benning began using a toy video camera to produce these frank, funny, and remarkably self-aware missives about growing up lesbian. This compilation tape includes: IF EVERY GIRL HAD A DIARY, ME AND RUBYFRUIT, LIVING INSIDE, and NEW YEAR.
Links:
  • Read Human Rights Watch's report on violence and discrimination against LGBT youth in U.S. schools: HATRED IN THE HALLWAYS
  • Human Rights Watch's recommendations on ways to prevent discrimation based on sexual orientation and gender identity
  • How to start a Gay Straight Alliance at your school
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