ArtsQuest and Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center are partnering to present the Lehigh Valley LGBTQ+ Film Series, a year-round bi-monthly exhibition of queer cinema from the past and now. The screenings are free to the public and take place at the Frank Banko Alehouse Cinemas at the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks.
In the ongoing fight for LGBTQ+ justice, visibility is a powerful tool for shattering stigmas, changing perceptions and fostering acceptance. The world of cinema has long served an important role in this pursuit through representation, affirming lives, making the invisible visible, and inviting audiences into histories and experiences beyond their own.
The screenings of the LV LGBTQ+ Film Series at the Frank Banko Alehouse Cinemas at the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks are curated by Catherine Ford, Alessandra Fanelli and Adrianna Gober. This series aims to explore and uplift a wide and diverse scope of LGBTQ+ issues and stories by highlighting selections from the rich, enduring history of queer cinema. The series will showcase comedies, dramas, documentaries, mainstream and independent as well as international films both new and old, spotlighting queer filmmakers, screenwriters, actors and themes.
