BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20190721T233000Z DTEND:20190722T030000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Cinema Q Film Festival Closing Night Film and Reception DESCRIPTION:The Colorado LGBTQ Chamber is proud to be the sponsor for this years CinemaQ Film Festival's closing reception and film. \n\n\n\nSunday\, July 21st\, 7:00pm. Closing Night Reception precedes the screening at 5:30pm \n\n \nCircus of Books\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn 1976\, Karen and Barry Mason had fallen on hard times and were looking for a way to support their young family when they answered an ad in the Los Angeles Times. Larry Flynt was seeking distributors for Hustler Magazine. What was expected to be a brief sideline led to their becoming fully immersed in the LGBT community as they took over a local store\, Circus of Books. A decade later\, they had become the biggest distributors of gay porn in the US. The film focuses on the double life they led\, trying to maintain the balance of being parents at a time when LGBT culture was not yet accepted. Their many challenges included facing jail time for a federal obscenity prosecution and enabling their store to be a place of refuge at the height of the AIDS crisis. Circus of Books offers a rare glimpse into an untold chapter of queer history\, and it is told through the lens of the owners' own daughter\, Rachel Mason\, an artist\, filmmaker and musician. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Colorado LGBTQ Chamber \; is proud to be the sponsor for this years CinemaQ \;Film Festival'\;s closing reception and film.  \;
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\nSunday\, July 21st\, 7:00pm. Closing Night Reception precedes the screening at 5:30pm \;
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Circus of Books

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\nIn 1976\, Karen and Barry Mason had fallen on hard times and were looking for a way to support their young family when they answered an ad in the Los Angeles Times. Larry Flynt was seeking distributors for Hustler Magazine. What was expected to be a brief sideline led to their becoming fully immersed in the LGBT community as they took over a local store\, Circus of Books. A decade later\, they had become the biggest distributors of gay porn in the US. The film focuses on the double life they led\, trying to maintain the balance of being parents at a time when LGBT culture was not yet accepted. Their many challenges included facing jail time for a federal obscenity prosecution and enabling their store to be a place of refuge at the height of the AIDS crisis. Circus of Books offers a rare glimpse into an untold chapter of queer history\, and it is told through the lens of the owners'\; own daughter\, Rachel Mason\, an artist\, filmmaker and musician. \; LOCATION:Sie Film Center 2510 E. Colfax Denver\, CO 80206 UID:e.2492.5687 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260407T004612Z URL:https://business.colgbtqcc.org/events/details/cinema-q-film-festival-closing-night-film-and-reception-5687 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR