bothner@Navajo.ARPA (11/20/85)
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance at Stanford is trying to
organize a semi-regular film series showing gay-themed
(including Lesbian-themed) movies. I am asking if anyone
out there has any advice on how to get hold of interesting
movies, and in general running such a series.
The main problem is a combination of limited time and money
(and experience). Films where you can legally charge for
admission have high rental costs, which would require a big
publicity effort, and a high risk of losing a lot of money.
So the best bet would seem to be to rent videos, and not
charge admission. This keeps the whole operation low-key,
both in terms of budget and man-power. The problem is that
few rentals (even in the SF Bay Area) have many gay-themed
videos, since most of them are fairly obscure (to the
general audience).
Any help would be welcome. I'll summarize any private mail
I receive.
--Per Bothner
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Bothner, Computer Science Dept, Stanford University, Stanford CA 94305