The inspirational Gay Chorus Deep South will make its broadcast premiere Sunday, December 20 at 9:00 Pm Et/Pt on Pop and Logo and Pluto TV.
Directed by David Charles Rodrigues and produced by Bud Johnston and Jesse Moss for MTV Documentary Films’, Gay Chorus Deep South tells the story of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus as they embark on a tour of the American Deep South. The journey came in response to a wave of discriminatory anti-lgbtq laws and the divisive 2016 election.
Led by Gay Chorus conductor Dr. Tim Seelig and joined by The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, the tour brought a message of music, love and acceptance to communities and individuals, while confronting intolerance.
Over 300 singers traveled from Mississippi to Tennessee through the Carolinas and over the bridge in Selma. They performed in churches, community centers, and concert halls in hopes of uniting Americans in a time of difference.
Directed by David Charles Rodrigues and produced by Bud Johnston and Jesse Moss for MTV Documentary Films’, Gay Chorus Deep South tells the story of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus as they embark on a tour of the American Deep South. The journey came in response to a wave of discriminatory anti-lgbtq laws and the divisive 2016 election.
Led by Gay Chorus conductor Dr. Tim Seelig and joined by The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, the tour brought a message of music, love and acceptance to communities and individuals, while confronting intolerance.
Over 300 singers traveled from Mississippi to Tennessee through the Carolinas and over the bridge in Selma. They performed in churches, community centers, and concert halls in hopes of uniting Americans in a time of difference.
- 11/27/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
A documentary about a gay choir singing their way through the American South could be an earnest tearjerker, or fabulously entertaining. Unfortunately, the catchy premise laid out in “Gay Chorus Deep South” never comes to life on the screen. With muted characters and a conventional structure, the movie
With Lgbtq+ rights under attack around the country, and anxieties about reaching across the aisle reigniting in the run up to the 2020 election, the time is ripe for an uplifting tale of ideological chasms bridged by the power of music. The subject matter is political, timely, and carries a message of love and acceptance. It makes perfect sense that powerhouse documentary executive Sheila Nevins chose “Gay Chorus Deep South” as her first project under her new role as head of MTV Documentary Films. Nevins is giving the film an awards push, but it may be too understated to excite voters.
Directed by David Charles Rodrigues,...
With Lgbtq+ rights under attack around the country, and anxieties about reaching across the aisle reigniting in the run up to the 2020 election, the time is ripe for an uplifting tale of ideological chasms bridged by the power of music. The subject matter is political, timely, and carries a message of love and acceptance. It makes perfect sense that powerhouse documentary executive Sheila Nevins chose “Gay Chorus Deep South” as her first project under her new role as head of MTV Documentary Films. Nevins is giving the film an awards push, but it may be too understated to excite voters.
Directed by David Charles Rodrigues,...
- 11/1/2019
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
As titles like Jojo Rabbit, Parasite and Judy continue to slay the specialty box office and gain awards season momentum, more titles are throwing their hats into the ring. This week, the Mihal Brezis & Oded Binnun-directed The Etruscan Smile starring award-winning actor Brian Cox and produced by three-time Oscar winner Arthur Cohn.
Documentary Gay Chorus Deep South will be in limited release so it can qualify for award season contention before its nation wide expansion. In addition, Tom Cronin’s docu The Portal looks to bring a meditative stillness to the world while the indie Inside Game puts a spotlight on the great NBA betting scandal of 2007.
Also opening this weekend in the specialty space is American Dharma, which includes an interview between Errol Morris and divisive figure Stephen K. Bannon. In a conversation that spans over 16 hours, we see a portrait of the former White House Chief Strategist.
Documentary Gay Chorus Deep South will be in limited release so it can qualify for award season contention before its nation wide expansion. In addition, Tom Cronin’s docu The Portal looks to bring a meditative stillness to the world while the indie Inside Game puts a spotlight on the great NBA betting scandal of 2007.
Also opening this weekend in the specialty space is American Dharma, which includes an interview between Errol Morris and divisive figure Stephen K. Bannon. In a conversation that spans over 16 hours, we see a portrait of the former White House Chief Strategist.
- 11/1/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
There is a certain amount of dramatic tension that animates “Gay Chorus Deep South,” a documentary directed by David Charles Rodrigues that follows the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, which is joined by the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, as they travel around Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, and the Carolinas.
As is pointed out in explanatory text at the beginning of the film, several states in the South have bills pending that would allow discrimination of Lgbt people on the grounds of religious beliefs, and so it was felt that a tour with these choirs might do some good to change some hearts.
Tim Seelig is the leader of the Gay Men’s Chorus from San Francisco, and he is the de facto lead of “Gay Chorus Deep South.” He is an older man with a level gaze, and it is only as the film goes on that we learn the story...
As is pointed out in explanatory text at the beginning of the film, several states in the South have bills pending that would allow discrimination of Lgbt people on the grounds of religious beliefs, and so it was felt that a tour with these choirs might do some good to change some hearts.
Tim Seelig is the leader of the Gay Men’s Chorus from San Francisco, and he is the de facto lead of “Gay Chorus Deep South.” He is an older man with a level gaze, and it is only as the film goes on that we learn the story...
- 10/30/2019
- by Dan Callahan
- The Wrap
They say music is the only international language, and the American South may as well be another country to many gay people. For years Lgbtq people have fled conservative small towns in search of more accepting pastures, a pattern that has only continued during the recent swell of legislation curtailing civil rights brought on in the Trump era. In “Gay Chorus Deep South,” director David Charles Rodrigues follows the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus throughout an emotional tour of the Southern United States. The film is the first Oscar contender for powerhouse producer and former HBO executive Sheila Nevins in her position as head of MTV Documentary Films, and she is coming out strong with “Gay Chorus Deep South.”
This moving exclusive first trailer gives you a good indication as to why.
According to the official synopsis, the film “follows a choir of Lgbtq singers as they tour the American...
This moving exclusive first trailer gives you a good indication as to why.
According to the official synopsis, the film “follows a choir of Lgbtq singers as they tour the American...
- 10/3/2019
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
In today’s film news roundup, the documentaries “Gay Chorus Deep South” and “Tread” find homes, Tobin Bell’s latest horror film completes production and Emilio Insolera joins “355.”
Acquisitions
MTV Documentary Films has acquired “Gay Chorus Deep South” for release during the fall for awards season consideration.
Directed by David Charles Rodrigues, the film world premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, where it won the audience award for best documentary feature before going on to win 16 additional awards at festivals. “Gay Chorus Deep South” is the story of 300 singers who traveled from Mississippi to Tennessee through the Carolinas bringing a message of love and acceptance to those fighting intolerance.
MTV Documentary Films plans to qualify the film for awards consideration and screen it at upcoming festivals including Nashville, Woodstock, opening night of Santa Barbara’s Call to Action Festival, opening night of the Boston Globe’s GlobeDocs, Heartland and New Orleans,...
Acquisitions
MTV Documentary Films has acquired “Gay Chorus Deep South” for release during the fall for awards season consideration.
Directed by David Charles Rodrigues, the film world premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, where it won the audience award for best documentary feature before going on to win 16 additional awards at festivals. “Gay Chorus Deep South” is the story of 300 singers who traveled from Mississippi to Tennessee through the Carolinas bringing a message of love and acceptance to those fighting intolerance.
MTV Documentary Films plans to qualify the film for awards consideration and screen it at upcoming festivals including Nashville, Woodstock, opening night of Santa Barbara’s Call to Action Festival, opening night of the Boston Globe’s GlobeDocs, Heartland and New Orleans,...
- 9/16/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
MTV Documentary Films, a division of Viacom’s MTV Studios, today announced its latest acquisition under Sheila Nevins: Gay Chorus Deep South.
Directed by David Charles Rodrigues, the film world premiered at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature before going on to win 16 additional awards at domestic and international festivals. .
Led by conductor Dr. Tim Seelig and joined by The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Gay Chorus Deep South is the story of 300 singers who traveled from Mississippi to Tennessee through the Carolinas, bringing a message of love and acceptance to those fighting intolerance.
The ensuing conversations and connections offer a glimpse of a less-polarized America, where the issues that divide us — faith, politics, sexual identity — are set aside by the soaring power of music, humanity and a little drag.
“The Lgbtq bias is fierce in southern states,” said Nevins.
Directed by David Charles Rodrigues, the film world premiered at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature before going on to win 16 additional awards at domestic and international festivals. .
Led by conductor Dr. Tim Seelig and joined by The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Gay Chorus Deep South is the story of 300 singers who traveled from Mississippi to Tennessee through the Carolinas, bringing a message of love and acceptance to those fighting intolerance.
The ensuing conversations and connections offer a glimpse of a less-polarized America, where the issues that divide us — faith, politics, sexual identity — are set aside by the soaring power of music, humanity and a little drag.
“The Lgbtq bias is fierce in southern states,” said Nevins.
- 9/16/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Company picks up Tribeca audience award winner.
Sheila Nevins has made her latest acquisition since joining MTV Documentary Films and will line up an awards-qualifying release this autumn for Gay Chorus Deep South.
David Charles Rodrigues directed the Tribeca Film Festival premiere and winner of the audience award for best documentary before playing at festivals around the world. It will open Santa Barbara’s Call To Action Festival, and The Boston Globe’s GlobeDocs, Heartland, and New Orleans. among others.
Gay Chorus Deep South recounts the story of a walk by 300 singers from San Francsico Gay Men’s Chorus led...
Sheila Nevins has made her latest acquisition since joining MTV Documentary Films and will line up an awards-qualifying release this autumn for Gay Chorus Deep South.
David Charles Rodrigues directed the Tribeca Film Festival premiere and winner of the audience award for best documentary before playing at festivals around the world. It will open Santa Barbara’s Call To Action Festival, and The Boston Globe’s GlobeDocs, Heartland, and New Orleans. among others.
Gay Chorus Deep South recounts the story of a walk by 300 singers from San Francsico Gay Men’s Chorus led...
- 9/16/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Never underestimate the power of music to bring people together, even when the parties in question are deeply conservative Southern Christians and the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus. In response to a rise in fresh anti-lgbt bigotry, the out-and-proud California choir planned a series of concerts across five of the states with the harshest laws against homosexuals. Neither the tour nor the AirBnB-backed, “love thy neighbor”-themed “Gay Chorus Deep South” doc that follows them can fully reverse the discrimination and divisiveness being stirred up in politics today, but both are powerful tools in bridging the prejudice gap.
Rather than simply preaching to you-know-whom, director David Charles Rodrigues — an equal-rights advocate who draws from his own “other” status as a (straight-identifying) Brazilian-American — succeeds in humanizing the individuals on both sides. If anything, the big surprise of the film is how its progressive-minded main characters, the 300 or so San Francisco...
Rather than simply preaching to you-know-whom, director David Charles Rodrigues — an equal-rights advocate who draws from his own “other” status as a (straight-identifying) Brazilian-American — succeeds in humanizing the individuals on both sides. If anything, the big surprise of the film is how its progressive-minded main characters, the 300 or so San Francisco...
- 5/5/2019
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
The 18th annual Tribeca Film Festival announced this year’s Audience Award winners today, with Plus One and Gay Chorus Deep South picking up the coveted prizes.
Plus One received the Narrative Audience Award and Gay Chorus Deep South won the Documentary Audience Award. The winner of each gets a cash prize of $10,000.
The runners-up were See You Yesterday, directed by Stefon Bristol, for the Narrative Audience Award and Watson, directed by Lesley Chilcott, for the Documentary Audience Award.
The festival kicked off on April 24, with audience members rating the films they viewed with one to five stars. Films screened in the U.S. Narrative Competition, International Narrative Competition, Documentary Competition, Viewpoints, Narrative Spotlight, Narrative Documentary, Movies Plus, Midnight, This Used to Be New York, and Tribeca Critics’ Week sections were eligible.
Below are details on the two winning films.
Gay Chorus Deep South, directed by David Charles Rodrigues, written by David Charles Rodrigues,...
Plus One received the Narrative Audience Award and Gay Chorus Deep South won the Documentary Audience Award. The winner of each gets a cash prize of $10,000.
The runners-up were See You Yesterday, directed by Stefon Bristol, for the Narrative Audience Award and Watson, directed by Lesley Chilcott, for the Documentary Audience Award.
The festival kicked off on April 24, with audience members rating the films they viewed with one to five stars. Films screened in the U.S. Narrative Competition, International Narrative Competition, Documentary Competition, Viewpoints, Narrative Spotlight, Narrative Documentary, Movies Plus, Midnight, This Used to Be New York, and Tribeca Critics’ Week sections were eligible.
Below are details on the two winning films.
Gay Chorus Deep South, directed by David Charles Rodrigues, written by David Charles Rodrigues,...
- 5/5/2019
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
Tech goliath Airbnb is venturing further into the content business with its first feature film.
The home-sharing platform has developed, financed, and produced Gay Chorus Deep South, which will premiere next week at the Tribeca Film Festival, Variety reports. The movie, directed by David Charles Rodrigues, follows a 300-member gay men’s chorus from San Francisco -- led by conductor Tim Seelig -- on a 10-day tour across the south back in 2017, where they sought to spark conversations about civil rights and also discuss personal challenges in the wake of a wave of anti-lgbtq laws in Southern states and the divisive 2016 election.
Airbnb creative head James Goode told Variety that the company wanted to create the film, which was two years in the making, because it aligned with its corporate values of celebrating people from all walks of life. “Airbnb is in the space of telling stories of belonging and acceptance,...
The home-sharing platform has developed, financed, and produced Gay Chorus Deep South, which will premiere next week at the Tribeca Film Festival, Variety reports. The movie, directed by David Charles Rodrigues, follows a 300-member gay men’s chorus from San Francisco -- led by conductor Tim Seelig -- on a 10-day tour across the south back in 2017, where they sought to spark conversations about civil rights and also discuss personal challenges in the wake of a wave of anti-lgbtq laws in Southern states and the divisive 2016 election.
Airbnb creative head James Goode told Variety that the company wanted to create the film, which was two years in the making, because it aligned with its corporate values of celebrating people from all walks of life. “Airbnb is in the space of telling stories of belonging and acceptance,...
- 4/22/2019
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
The latest player to hit the film-festival circuit may be a bit unexpected: Airbnb, the travel-accommodations booking marketplace, developed, financed and produced documentary film “Gay Chorus Deep South,” set to premiere at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival on April 29.
It’s the company’s very first feature film. Directed by David Charles Rodrigues, “Gay Chorus Deep South” follows the 300-member San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus on a 10-day tour across the Southeastern U.S. with the goal of inspiring conversation around inclusivity and civil rights. The film documents the challenges the singers faced as they brought their music into people’s homes, churches and concert halls.
Why did the Silicon Valley commerce company decide to dive into film production? James Goode, Airbnb’s head of creative, explained that the film aligns with its corporate values that all people should not only be treated with dignity and respect but should be welcomed and celebrated.
It’s the company’s very first feature film. Directed by David Charles Rodrigues, “Gay Chorus Deep South” follows the 300-member San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus on a 10-day tour across the Southeastern U.S. with the goal of inspiring conversation around inclusivity and civil rights. The film documents the challenges the singers faced as they brought their music into people’s homes, churches and concert halls.
Why did the Silicon Valley commerce company decide to dive into film production? James Goode, Airbnb’s head of creative, explained that the film aligns with its corporate values that all people should not only be treated with dignity and respect but should be welcomed and celebrated.
- 4/18/2019
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Directed and written by David Charles Rodrigues, the documentary Gay Chorus Deep South is set to have its world premiere on April 29 at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. And based on the trailer alone it will not only melt the coldest of hearts but also inspire unity and peace.
The documentary follows the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus and their “Lavender Pen Tour” in 2017 which took the 300 members of the group through five states in the Deep South — an area of the country that tends to have a reputation for not being as tolerant of the Lgbtq community. As they embarked on their bus tour through south they celebrated music, challenged intolerance and confronted their own dark coming out stories to embattle a resurgence of anti-lgbtq laws.
Led by Gay Chorus Conductor Dr. Tim Seelig and joined by The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir; the tour brings a message of music,...
The documentary follows the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus and their “Lavender Pen Tour” in 2017 which took the 300 members of the group through five states in the Deep South — an area of the country that tends to have a reputation for not being as tolerant of the Lgbtq community. As they embarked on their bus tour through south they celebrated music, challenged intolerance and confronted their own dark coming out stories to embattle a resurgence of anti-lgbtq laws.
Led by Gay Chorus Conductor Dr. Tim Seelig and joined by The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir; the tour brings a message of music,...
- 4/2/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
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