Join us for an LGBTQ+ Movie Night as Pride Houston premiers the Sundance Award – Winning feature film, AILEY. Night Out at the Movies will be the first screening of this powerful film since Sundance- and the Pride Houston community will be first in the nation to experience it. All 3 films are a snapshot of our lives, loves, and stories.

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TICKETS

$10 streaming link

• FILMS : All Boys Aren’t Blue / I’m With Harrison

$ 15 in-person

• Films : All Boys Aren’t Blue / I’m With Harrison / AILEY

*A livestream link will be provided to those who purchase a Livestream ticket.

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VENUE

The Montrose Center 401 Branard Street Houston, Texas 77006 (confirmed) Room 106/107

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SPONSORS

• HOUSTON CINEMA ARTS SOCIETY – ‘AILEY’ Co-Presenter
• MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON – Community Liaison

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FILMS

AILEY *EXCLUSIVE TEXAS PREMIERE

• SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
• 82 minutes

Told through his own words and a new dance inspired by his life, Ailey is a searing and inspirational account of a visionary artistic genius who from his childhood in Rogers, Texas used his gift of dance and movement to express the Black American experience and become one of the most iconic artists in the world.

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ALL BOYS AREN’T BLUE

• Starring Jenifer Lewis (Jackie’s Back / Black-ish) & Dyllón Burnside (Pose)
• Outfest Fusion Film Festival
• 41 minutes

Using experiences from childhood, adolescence and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. It covers topics like as gender identity, masculinity, family, consent and Black joy. It struck a chord with readers and was selected as one of last year’s best tomes by Kirkus, Amazon and Goodreads. Gabrielle Union and her Sony-based I’ll Have Another optioned it for a potential TV series. The short, directed, adapted and produced by Nathan Hale Williams, centers on three chapters from the book as performed by Jenifer Lewis (Black-ish), Dyllón Burnside (Pose), Bernard David Jones (The Mayor) and Thomas Hobson (Sherman’s Showcase).

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I’M WITH HARRISON

• DENTON BLACK FILM FESTIVAL
• 4.5 minutes

In 2019, after a 41-year history of the Houston Pride Parade, Harrison Guy became the first Black gay man to be the Grand Marshal of the parade. I’M WITH HARRISON tells the story of how Harrison became a central figure in Houston’s LGBTQ+ community and how he has brought to his leadership role the distinctive community-building skills he learned growing up in a small Black community outside of Houston. The film combines the celebratory pageantry of the parade with an intimate conversation with Harrison about the hidden cracks in the LGBTQ+ community and his vision for healing wounds and creating a vibrant community of choice in Houston, Texas.