In 2006, ‘NSync’s Lance Bass came out publicly as gay. Once the “most beloved son” of his home state of Mississippi, he was instantly rejected and his hopes that Mississippi could ever embrace change were dashed. Four years later, the story of a Mississippi youth made national headlines. Constance McMillen was suing her school for denying her the right to go to prom with her girlfriend.
Something was shifting in one of the most socially conservative places in America. This gave Lance, and so many others, a glimmer of hope for change in the state they call home.
MISSISSIPPI: I AM, examines the relatively new battle on the part of primarily young LGBT people to bring gay civil rights and visibility out in the open and beyond division.
Official Selection Atlanta Film Festival 2011
Most Transformative Film: Crossroads Film Festival 2012
Official Selection Atlanta Film Festival 2011
The Pink Peach Short Grand Jury Prize: Atlanta Film Festival
Best Documentary: Tupelo Film Festival 2012
Directed By Katherine Linton and Harriet Hirshorn. Produced By Lance Bass and Mike Huffington
Watch Mississippi I am: A Documentary Film Trailer
Check out Director/Producer Katherine Linton and Producer Lance Bass talking about Mississippi I Am at Outfest. the film shows Saturday at the Festival!
Visit http://www.mississippiiam.com/ for more info.
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