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U People Nominated for a GLAAD Media Award
U People has been nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary. This is exciting news in addition to the past 3 years of hard work and community building both online and off. We are very appreciative of the nomination and are crossing our fingers for whatever comes next. The 21st GLAAD Media Award [...]
U People Visible Voices Tour Hits Memphis!
The U People Visible Voices Tour visits Memphis Tennessee where politics, history, the church and gay rights meet at a crossroad. U People screened at the National Civil Rights Museum a panel making it the first LGBT focused film to be screened at this historic location. Afterward an equally historical panel discussion ensued. The panel [...]
Part 1: Director Q and A [14:39m]: Play Now | Play in Popup Part 2: Commissioner Mulroy retells his journey with passing a LGBT rights bill in Memphis [14:35m]: Play Now | Play in Popup Part 3: African American Community in the South [5:32m]: Play Now | Play in Popup Part 3: Dr. Horne LGBT Facts and the power of writing it down [3:03m]: Play Now | Play in Popup PArt 4: Audience Engagement and Solutions [25:33m]: Play Now | Play in PopupU People Collectors Edition is for the true U People Fan
This latest collectors edition U People DVD is packed with all a U People fan could appreciate: – Over an hour of deleted scenes – Intimate and hilarious interview with Director/Producers Hanifah Walidah and Olive Demetrius – Music Videos and more… BUY YOUR COPY HERE!
Press Release: LGBT film breaks ground in the South
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LGBT FILM MAKES HISTORY IN THE SOUTH New York, NY – On October 3rd 2009 the U People Visible Voices Tour kicks off with a screening of the award-winning documentary, U People at the National Civil Rights Museum at 450 Mulberry Street in Memphis, TN. The film screening will begin at 7:30pm [...]
Collegiate Voices Simulcast
Click here for College Simulcast Registration Go to Official Simulcast Viewing Page THE U PEOPLE VISIBLE VOICES TOUR – FALL 2009 In October 2009; in response to the current right to marriage movement; the creators of U People alongside a small team of performers and activists will embark on a month long tour of the [...]
Visible Voices Tour
Click image to go to broadcast The Memphis U People screening and panel is FREE but YOU MUST RSVP by clicking HERE U People is an award-winning documentary produced and directed by Olive Demetrius and Hanifah Walidah. (currently in high-rotation on the LOGO network) U People is a film about what happened in a brownstone [...]
U People in Memphis
In anticipation of the U People Visible Voices tour this fall in the south, U People filmmakers Olive Demetrius and Hanifah Walidah visited Memphis Tennesse for Mid-South Gay Pride. === While there we met with Beverley Robertson at the National Civil Right Museum who has embraced the idea of screening U People at the museum [...]
Live from Brooklyn Pride (click for info)
Click to watch show Join us Friday, June 12 for a special Brooklyn Pride Live with U People broadcast! You can join us live at the party or from the comforts of your home from where ever you are! RSVP TO THE PARTY OR JOIN THE U PEOPLE PAGE ON FACEBOOK! We will be broadcasting [...]
U People comes to Oakland
Join us for a special screening of U People with directors in attendance in Oakland April 15, 7:30pm. More info below. U PEOPLE THE ROCKUMENTARY for our time comes to Oakland 30 Women of color across sexualities 2 days1 house and it was all an accident… ABOUT THE FILM Recently winning the Jury Award at [...]
WE LOVE LA! U People in the Pan African Film Festival
U People has been invited to the 2009 Pan African Film Festival. Both directors Olive Demetrius and Hanifah Walidah will be present for post screening talkbacks. 3 AMAZING SCREENINGS at the Panorama in Culver City Plaza Theater! MONDAY, FEB. 9/6:30pm TUESDAY FEB.10/4:30pm THURSDAY FEB 12/2:15pm If your in LA, support the film! Buy Tickets at [...]
