Coming out in contemporary Russia: a screening and discussion
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In June 2013, the Russian Parliament passed a law banning so-called 'homosexual propaganda'. Since that time, artists and activists working on LGBT issues in Russia have become vulnerable to fines and state censorship. Nonetheless, in 2016, theatre director Anastasia Patlai premiered her documentary play Coming Out of the Closet at Moscow's only independent theatre venue, Teatr.doc. The production stages a series of verbatim interviews to tell the stories of people who have come out of the closet in Russia and explores how the experience has shaped their relationships to their families.
Join us for a screening of a filmed version of the live performance with text translated by Molly Flynn, Lecturer in Theatre and Performance at Birkbeck. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring director Anastasia Patlai and historian of gender and sexuality in Russia Irina Roldugina (University of Oxford).
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