Hot Docs: Small Town Pride

Small Town Pride offers an intimate look at the joys and challenges of being queer in a small town. Filmed in Alberta, Nova Scotia and the Northwest Territories, the film follows LGBTQ2S+ people and allies as they prepare for their local Pride celebrations. Organizing in church basements, classrooms and around kitchen tables, they take on opponents like a conservative town council that won’t fly a rainbow flag and bend some rules to create a safe space for youth to come out. But, despite experiences of isolation and discrimination, they love their communities and strive to make them places where everyone—no matter whom or how they love—can live and thrive.

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