I've been aware that this Yoruba Richen documentary film was in the making, and was a little bummed when the initial opening film festival tour rotation for The New Black was Los Angeles, New York, Washington D.C. and San Francisco with DC getting a second chance to see it during the recently concluded 2013 edition of OUT on the Hill.A trailer has finally been released for The New Black and when it hits your town I would recommend you see it.
It discusses how the African-American community is grappling with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in light of the marriage equality movement and the fight over civil rights.
It also asks the more pertinent question of why are African-Americans, and especially the Black church being made the faces of anti-gay hatred and who benefits from that?
It was filmed during the 2012 marriage equality battle in Maryland and has a few familiar faces in it for me as I watched the trailer. Maryland eventually became one of three states during the 2012 election cycle that approved marriage equality by a 52%-47% margin.
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