The “Coming Out” Film Series

THE “Coming Out” FILM SERIES: The Harlem Debut Of The “Coming Out” Film Series Featuring Selections Celebrating The Diversity of The LGBT Community.

New York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/04/2010 -- Making its Harlem debut, The “Coming Out” Film Series presents its first selection, “Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin” by Nancy Kates and Bennett Singer.

Curated by Carmen Neely of the Crucial Arts Monthly Documentary Film Series, the series begins on Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 2 PM with “Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin” by Nancy Kates and Bennett Singer. Each month there will be a new selection. The remaining dates are February 20th, March 13th, April 10th, May 8th, from 2 to 4PM, and the culminating event is June 12th at 4PM. All screenings are presented at the Casa Frela Gallery (http://www.casafrela.com) located at 47 W. 119th Street (between Lenox Avenue and Fifth Avenue), New York, NY 10026. Ticket Donation is $10 per person and guests are encouraged to bring their own refreshments.

ABOUT THE FILM
Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin

He was there at most of the important events of the Civil Rights Movement - but always in the background. Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin asks "Why?" It presents a vivid drama, intermingling the personal and the political, about one of the most enigmatic figures in 20th-century American history. One of the first "freedom riders," an adviser to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and A. Philip Randolph, organizer of the march on Washington, intelligent, gregarious and charismatic, Bayard Rustin was denied his place in the limelight for one reason - he was gay.

ABOUT THE CASA FRELA GALLERY
Casa Frela Gallery presents cultural content in many kinds of traditional and cutting-edge media. Much of the artwork Casa Frela Gallery chooses to feature reinterprets or recombines art movements and styles from the past through a contemporary language. This art dialogue can be conceptual, stylish or representational. Art is extremely influenced by contemporary society, which has many concurrent and competing themes and perspectives. Casa Frela Gallery is curated and directed by Lawrence Rodriguez.

Lawrence Rodriguez and Carmen Neely invite you to celebrate and support the great talent and diversity of our LGBT community.

For further information about the Casa Frela Gallery, please visit http://www.casafrela.com or call 212-722-8577.

For further information about Crucial Arts Productions, please visit http://www.crucialarts.org or call 917-991-4760.