The Parkway Welcomes Baltimore Pride Week

With a mission to bring Film for Everyone. Every Day, MdFF is thrilled that this June, Baltimore Pride will be centered in the Station North Arts & Entertainment District – home to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Parkway. Baltimore Pride has grown to become Maryland’s largest SGL/LGBTQ visibility event, providing an opportunity for the greater Maryland community to experience and learn more about the SGL/LGBTQ community through a weekend of wonderful events and exhibitions. Over the past four decades, Baltimore Pride has evolved from a small rally of a dozen activists to a full-fledged festival that welcomes 30,000 revelers annually.

 

MdFF plans to showcase a full week of GLBTQ films from Friday, June 16 to Thursday, June 22 – taking Baltimore Pride’s weekend of celebration and expanding into a week of specialty programming. Featuring films that celebrate the history and culture of the GLBTQ community, the Parkway’s Pride Week will feature a rotating slate of documentaries, features, and a unique shorts program.

Among the offerings is Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party, a 2015 drama written and directed by Stephen Cone, exploring a 17-year-old boy coming to grips with his sexuality during an emotionally charged party. Also showing is I Am Divine, a 2013 American documentary film directed by Jeffrey Schwarz on the eponymous American actor, singer, and drag performer. I Am Divine premiered at South by Southwest Film Festival in 2013, and had its Baltimore hometown premier that year at the Maryland Film Festival.