GEN SILENT: A Documentary (2010, 63 min)
Thursday, May 19 | 2:30 PM
Showcase Cinemas 7 – 14
6 Chickering Street, Lawrence
Free admission!
There’s nothing quite like discovering that new film gem that shakes our societal views and breaks emotional ground. We have our dear friend Junkculture to thank for introducing us to this documentary, and this great upcoming event. Please join us for the Merrimack Valley premiere of Gen Silent, screening this Thursday afternoon in Lawrence, MA!
What would you do if you were old, disabled or ill – and the person feeding you put down the spoon and explained that you are going to hell unless you change your sexual orientation? Sound absurd? According to social workers, it’s happening every day. Gen Silent is the new LGBT documentary from award-winning director and documentary filmmaker Stu Maddux (Bob and Jack’s 52-Year Adventure, Trip to Hell and Back) that asks six LGBT seniors if they will hide their lives to survive in the care system. They put a face on what experts in the film call an epidemic: gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender seniors so afraid of discrimination in long-term/health care or bullying by other seniors that many go back into the closet. Their surprising decisions are captured through intimate access to their day-to-day lives over the course of a year in Boston, Massachusetts. Unlike any film before, Gen Silent startlingly discovers how oppression in the years before Stonewall still affects generations of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people with feelings of distrust and dangerous isolation. Many who fought for equality are dying prematurely because they don’t ask for help and are estranged from their families. As we witness the challenges that these men and women face, we also see hope as each subject crosses paths with an impassioned professional trying in their own way to change an entire care industry. (Courtesy of film website)
lowellfilmcollaborativema.org 
Thank you so much for all that you have done in helping promote this amazing documentary!
It is very much appreciated!
It is OUR PLEASURE to help promote great filmmaking such as this. Thank YOU for the inspiration, dear friend! – S.C.