[Marxism] The Road to Love/Tarik El Hob

[Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1@xxxxxxx>]

Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 08:15:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: Al-Fatiha - LGBTIQ Muslims <gaymuslims@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [al-fatiha-news] Upcoming Events of Interest to LGBTIQ
Muslims & their Allies - in Denver, San Francisco, Milwaukee,
Chicago, Houston, Atlanta, St. Louis
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Saturday, October 2 - San Francisco, California - Opening day of the
Arab Film Festival <http://www.aff.org/> - Feature film:  "Road to
Love - Tarik El Hob" - 6:15 p.m. - Followed by a panel discussion on
LGBT issues in the Arab world with the Southwest Asian and North
African Bay Area Queers (SWANABAQ).  For more information contact
Bassam <bassamlebnan@xxxxxxxxx>.

<blockquote>Road to Love, The
[Tarik El Hob]

Type: Feature Film
Director: Rémi Lange
Year: 2002
Time: 70 minutes
Language: French and Arabic with English subtitles

Winner: Best Feature, Seattle 2003 Lesbian & Gay Film Festival /
Freedom Award, OutFest - Los Angeles

Slow-burning and smart, French director Rémi Lange's The Road to Love
is a romantic tale of self-discovery that also offers a fascinating
historical take on homosexuality in northern Africa.

French-Algerian sociology student Karim is having trouble finding
interviewees for his term project, a video documentary on homosexual
relationships in Islamic cultures. As his research progresses, he
meets Farid, a handsome flight attendant. In Farid, Karim believes he
has found an ideal subject for his film...but he soon begins to
admire more than just Farid's insight. When Karim learns that some
cultures have accepted and encouraged same-sex unions, he finally
begins to face his own sexuality.

Set in scenic locales from Paris to Marseilles to Amsterdam (with a
brief detour to Jean Genet's grave in Larache, Morocco), The Road to
Love is a shrewd and sensual tale of enchantment and desire.

For North American bookings of The Road to Love, contact Alex
Williams at (206) 322-0882 x.202 or email institutions@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

This film is currently available for public exhibition only.

Video/DVD release date: November 2004

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--
Yoshie

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