Title: Oral history interview with James Hanley recorded on 2002 Nov. 5.
Creator: Hanley, James
Description: Interview conducted by Jean-Paul Destruge. James Hanley grew up in London, England, and came to the United States to attend college. Although he was originally supposed to attend UCLA film school, a shortage of funds led him to attend Trinity College in Hartford, where he had received a scholarship. As it turned out, he like the area, and has remained in Hartford for the most part since 1968. Hanley became involved in showing films at Cinestudio Theatre, in the way that they were meant to be shown, during his time at Trinity. Cinestudio was seen as a radical theater at first because they would show films that had previously had little to no exposure. In 1988, The Gay and Lesbian Film Festival began in Hartford, and the films were shown at Cinestudio. Hanley has been with the festival since its inception, sitting on the Committee that oversees its production. In its beginnings Hanley had input on almost all aspects of the festival due to his experience. In recent years he has pared down his contribution to the more technical aspects of the festival, such as the showing of the films and the logistics of holding the festival at Cinestudio. During the interview Hanley discusses the changes in the festival over the years, and how the Hartford festival differs from others across the country.
Date: 11/5/2002
Location: Trinity College (Hartford, Conn.)
Subject: Homosexuality -- United States -- Personal narratives; Film festivals; Trinity College (Hartford, Conn.). Cinestudio
Contributors: Destruge, Jean Paul
Publisher: Central Connecticut State University
Relation: GLBTQ Archives;
Type: Moving image
Duration: 1:58:06
Format: video/x-ms-wmv
Language: eng
OCLC number: 464618586
Date created: 9/3/2009
Date modified: 9/3/2009
CONTENTdm number: 20
CONTENTdm file name: 16.asx
CONTENTdm file path: /GLBTQ/image/16.asx
Originally at:
http://video.ccsu.edu/library/glbtq/GLBTQ2002_Hanley_James.wmv
