The Veil: A New Film of LGBTQ Concerns : So to Speak

Alison Vande Bunte, screenwriter and active member of the LGBTQ community, has an exciting new project and impressive story to tell!

?On the eve of her best friend Katrina?s wedding, Laurie reveals a long held secret feeling which may alter their relationship forever.?

The Veil is Bunte?s newest script revolving around the real life concerns of real people. In this story the veil is not only the description of the bridal gown, but the intersection of metaphor when society makes it particularly hard to reveal one?s true self and demands honest and good people to hide behind. Here, we follow Laurie as she comes out to her best friend. As a central theme in all Bunte?s stories, The Veil ?aims to express the feelings of LGBTQ people growing up in small American communities, to show young people that they are not alone in their experiences and to help straight Americans see and understand all people for who they really are ? human beings.?

In collaboration with Director Krisstian de Lara, Producer Lu Liu, and Director of Photography Donk Kyu Lee, Alison Vande Bunte has initiated a Kickstarter Project to help fund and make possible the shooting of The Veil. A donation to their production fund will help the team ?let people of the LGBTQ community know that they are understood and supported and that others have gone through strikingly similar experiences. More specifically, in order to produce this film, we need $5,000 of funding to pay for: equipment, props, locations and actors. We want to make a high-quality film, and therefore need to rent a high-quality camera, as well as lighting and sound equipment. We also need to pay for our locations and props, and compensate our actors.? ?from The Veil Kickstarter profile

The Kickstarter profile has many wonderful and detailed descriptions and insights of The Veil team?s goals, and in addition I?ve asked Bunte some more feminist related questions?

SM: It seems to me one aspect of the movie is investigating female friendship? those bonds and struggles, especially if one friend develops a crush. Do you think this is different at all between opposite sex friendships when a crush happens? Or any thoughts in general about same sex friendships? (I try very hard to be female friendship positive on the blog)

AVB: The second part I?m not so sure about, but I do think there is a difference if someone develops a crush in a same sex relationship v. an opposite sex relationship. For many opposite sex friendships, I feel like (especially if at least one party is single) it?s basically expected by society/friends/etc to develop into something more. But there?s very little expectation on anyone?s part for that in a same sex friendship, especially when someone has been frightened into staying in the closet their whole life. If that makes sense!

Another dimension I?m interested in is what you hope you?re script will teach people? What attitudes people might walk away with after viewing the movie. What you hope for the movie in the long-run.

So the script has two audiences, the LGBTQ community and people who may not understand the LGBTQ community fully. For the first group, I hope that it will be something people can relate to, to know that weird or embarrassing feelings they have had are not weird or embarrassing, but something other people have experienced too. For the non-LGBTQ community, it?s to show them the emotions behind the lesbian main character and her fear of coming out, as well as that she is a real person, not a stereotype.

So I hope that people walk away with an attitude of understanding and of not feeling alone. And I just want more media that represents gay characters as?real people, especially in main roles.

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If you want to see more gay, lesbian, queer, transgender stories in main stream and pop culture consider making a minimum donation of $1 to this film. If you also want to see more LGBTQ concerns at the center of films, then definitely donate to this project! To help support this incredible movie pledge the amount you are comfortable with here! And a bonus: For different amounts pledged, you are?guaranteed? a fun thank you gift! Follow writer Alison Vande Bunte for movie updates @myhandsmyknees

? Sheila M

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Source: http://sotospeakjournal.org/2013/01/the-veil-a-new-film-of-lgbtq-concerns/

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