AUDIO STORYTELLING
A Field Guide to Gay Animals
Official Selections | | Canada, United States | 42 MINUTES | Documentary, LGBTQIA+, Nature, Journalism
A Field Guide to Gay Animals explores sexuality, gender, and joy in the animal world. Animal enthusiasts Owen Ever and Laine Kaplan-Levenson take you on a quest to see beyond the natural world as we know it and into the natural world as it is: queer as fuck.
Cheeky and contemplative, curious and raunchy, Field Guide shows you the natural world, more exuberant, more joyful, and more gay than you could possibly imagine.
Project Creator: Katie Jane Fernelius, Nathan Harrison, Owen Ever, Laine Kaplan-Levenson, Canadaland | Host: Owen Ever, Laine Kaplan-Levenson
Red For Revolution
Official Selections | United States | 38 MINUTES | New York, Women, Drama, LGBTQIA+, Music, Romance, Politics, Narrative, Expressions of Black Freedom
Red for Revolution is a six-part audio drama centering intergenerational stories of Black women, queer love, and liberation starring Jordan Hull, Loretta Devine, S. Epatha Merkerson, Rutina Wesley, Renée Wilson, Jennifer Beals, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Danny Glover, Alimi Ballard, Vanessa E. Williams, adrienne maree brown, Caro Guzmán, Don Daniels, and many others. The heart of the story centers on the passionate love affair between jazz singer Lorraine Giovanni and activist Ella Ali. The narrative unfolds through the perspective of Jazmine, an 18-year-old grappling with her queer identity, first crush, and the delicate task of mending her relationship with her homophobic mother. As Jazmine seeks solace and guidance from her grandmother, listeners are transported back to 1971, where two remarkable women from vastly different backgrounds, with opposing political views and living oceans apart, embark on a romance that defies all conventions. Red for Revolution was created, written, and directed by Jana Naomi Smith, with sound design by Collin Gerald Thomas, music direction by Tammy L. Hall, executive produced by Renée Wilson, Jana Naomi Smith, & Meta Mana Media, and produced by Liz McBee.
Project Creator: Jana Naomi Smith | Host: Adrienne Maree Brown | Cast: Jordan Hull, Loretta Devine, S. Epatha Merkerson, Rutina Wesley, Renée Wilson, Jennifer Beals, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Danny Glover, Alimi Ballard, Vanessa E. Williams, adrienne maree brown, Caro Guzmán, Don Daniels, Miles Agee, Mathew Quitney, Will Kachi, Mark Thompson, Ashley J. Hobbs, JoNell Kennedy, Krystel Roche, David Alan Graf, Xavier Miles Temple, Christine Angelique, Mal’akiy Rhoden
Slow Burn: An Exclusive Live Taping
Live Events | 90 MINUTES
An Exclusive Live Taping of Slow Burn – Live taping. Named Apple Podcasts 2022 “Show of the Year”, Slow Burn, the hit narrative history podcast from Slate, will tape an exclusive episode of this season live from Tribeca. Slow Burn season 9, “Gays Against Briggs,” explores the Briggs Initiative—a ballot initiative that threatened to ban lesbians and gays from teaching or working in public schools in 1978—and the thousands of LGBTQ people who stepped up and came out to stop it. It’s a story of fear and anger among LGBTQ people, and of cynical politicians stoking a moral panic to further a repressive agenda. But it’s also a story of unlikely coalitions, intra-community drama, joy, sex, and the queer cultural ferment of late-’70s San Francisco. This Pride month, join host Christina Cauterucci and special guests for a live taping you won’t want to miss!
Vibe Check Live with Guest Lena Waithe
Live Events | 90 MINUTES
Vibe Check Live with Guest Lena Waithe – Live taping. Join acclaimed writer Saeed Jones, podcast host Sam Sanders, and Tony Award-winning producer Zach Stafford for a special live taping of their podcast, SiriusXM’s Vibe Check, where the three culture experts and close friends dissect news, entertainment, politics, and everything in between through a Black, queer lens. Named one of the 10 Best Podcasts of 2022 by The New York Times, Vibe Check is a funny, smart, very candid group chat, come to life. For this special live event, they will be joined by a special guest, Emmy-winning writer, actress, producer and founder of Hillman Grad, Lena Waithe (The Chi, Master of None). Vibe Check is a production of SiriusXM’s Stitcher Studios in collaboration with Agenda Management & Production.
