Follow the Rainbow

I went to the NC Gay & Lesbian Film Festival on Saturday, and it was great! The area was crawling with gays- I was in heaven. I went by myself, and when I got downtown I wasn't sure which way to turn, when I realized the car in front of me had a rainbow bumper sticker. I followed them- and they led me right where I needed to be, it was fantastic. It was held in the historic (I think, it seemed very historic) Carolina Theater, which was beautiful. There were lots of booths and I picked up a copy of Q-Notes, NC's gay newspaper, and some "Welcome to Durham" brochures. There were so many people there, I was truely amazed. It was more exciting than Portland's festival, which is held in a few different theaters, so everyone's not all together, this seemed to have a larger sense of community. I saw "Hannah Free," a really good movie about a long-term lesbian couple at the end of their lives. It was funny, well written and acted, only the tiniest bit of cheesiness at the end, and had a message without being too heavy-handed. Well done. If it comes to a theater near you, go check it out.