SOUTHERN FAMILY
2002 14 minutes, DV, color
It's Christmas in Dixie and time for the entire clan to gather at Meemaw and Nannie's house. Keith Wilson's Southern Family documents the people and festivities surrounding this annual family event at the home of his grandmother and 92 year-old great-grandmother. Viewers find them-selves involved in an unexpected, intense and heart-warming story that spans three generations and questions popular notions of what it means to be Southern.
Southern Family is a tribute to two Southern women whose love of family is unconditional and is a demonstration to the fact that acceptance of differences is possible. It is Keith Wilson's first video to be shown outside of living rooms.
awards
Best Documentary Short, Downstream International Film Festival
Best Documentary Short - Second Prize, Chicago Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Best Documentary Short Honorable Mention, University of Oregon Queer Film Festival
watch a clip
To watch clips of the film go here.
reviews
"Gays whose families are less accepting should be moved. Those who've been afriad tocome out to their families may be empowered to do so. Many viewers will connect emotionally with Southern Family and love it unconditionally." Southern Voice
"A coming out story with a twist." The Sacramento Bee
"A poignant, beautiful exploration of a family's difficult yet loving reaction to a son coming out." Film Festival Reporter
"...exceptionally moving...a touching film by Keith Wilson about coming out in the Deep
South." Tampa International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival"Lord have mercy Keith. I cried and cried." Nannie
"Awesome dude. Awesome." Mom
"Those people up in New York are gonna get a real kick out of our accents." Meemaw
"Nuts!" Aunt Cyndi
purchase the film
Available for purchase and rental individually and as part of the Come Out, Come Out DVD from Frameline.
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contact
public screenings owned by Theatrical
Castro Theatre (San Francisco)
Film Festivals
San Francisco DocFest
New Festival - New York
San Francisco Gay/Lesbian Film Festival
Toronto Gay/Lesbian Film Festival
Chicago Gay/Lesbian Film Festival
Nashville Independent Film Festival
New Orleans Film Festival
Hollywood Shorts DocFest
Austin Gay/Lesbian Film Festival
Sacramento Gay/Lesbian Film Festival
Tampa Gay/Lesbian Film Festival
Southern Arizona Gay/Lesbian Film Festival
Soul of the South Film Festival, Memphis
Richmond Pride Film Festival
Crossroads Film Festival, Jackson, MS
Fort Worth Gay/Lesbian Film Festival
North Carolina Gay/Lesbian Film Festival
Downstream Film Festival - Decatur, GA
Pittsburgh LBGT Film Festival
Indianapolis Gay/Lesbian Film Festival
Oxford Film Festival (Oxford, Mississippi)
Educational
Princeton Gay/Lesbian Film Festival
Emory Universtiy Pride Film Festival
University of Oregon Queer Film Festival
William & Mary GALA Film Festival
University of Illinois Reel Queer Festival
Georgia Southern Univeristy Film Series
University of Washington, Vancouver
Hollins College, Roanoke, Virginia
Parkview High School (Lilburn, GA)
Hayward High School (Hayward, CA)
Community
Cleveland Public Library
Charleston Public Library (Charleston, SC)
Pride Community Center (Gainesville, FL)
Jackson, Mississippi Unitarian Congregation
Government
U.S. Center for Disease Control
State of Kentucky Library System
Emory University
Duke University
UCLA
Univ. of N. Carolina - Chapel Hill
University of Illinois-Champaign
Ohio State University
Indiania University
Ithaca College
Tufts University
Bryant University
Nipissing University
Metropolitan State University
Cleveland Public Library
Santa Fe Public Library
Charleston (SC) Public Library
State of Kentucky Library System
Center for Disease Control
links
For a list of links related to queer issues, coming out and the good ole South visit the Walleye Links page.