Gay Couple Featured in Peak Oil Movie
The movie "Escape From Suburbia" features about 17 minutes of footage of a gay couple "Tom" and "Phil" in NYC dealing with Peak Oil and Transition Movement issues.
Escape From Suburbia main site:
http://escapefromsuburbia.com/
Reviews that talk about Tom and Phil:
http://www.atlanticfreepress.com/content/view/2092/81/
<< After a brief explanation of Peak Oil, the film opens with the departure of a baby-boomer man and woman from their suburban home in Portland to an ecovillage in Canada, then moves into focusing on two gay men from New York City, Philip and Tom, who are eagerly planning their escape from the Big Apple to a venue where they can utilize the plethora of farming and permaculture skills they have intentionally acquired over the past few years. >>
http://odeo.com/episodes/22043995-Escape-from-Suburbia-Director-interview
(must click "More..." on this site)
<< A gay couple in New York explore their options, and their emotions, as they confront a society with a limited future >>
http://www.obviously.ca/artsandculture/movie/escape_from_suburbia
<< Focusing on the lives of some green activists, including single mothers in Toronto, the town of Willits, California, as well as a gay couple in New York City, Escape from Suburbia encourages us to flee the suburbs by transforming the surroundings, making alternative choices, and breaking our addiction to fossil fuels. >>
http://carolynbaker.net/site/content/view/58/
<< How will two gay men navigate collapse in a homophobic world where gay and lesbian people more often than not have no connection with families of origin because they have been rejected by them? How will gay and lesbian people be received in ecovillages or communities comprised primarily of heterosexuals? What will be the specific challenges to gay men and women in a collapsing world? Will people of various ethnicities be genuinely welcomed in such communities, or will they encounter prejudice behind politically correct rhetoric? >>
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Some video clips from the movie.
Escape From Suburbia main site:
http://escapefromsuburbia.com/
Reviews that talk about Tom and Phil:
http://www.atlanticfreepress.com/content/view/2092/81/
<< After a brief explanation of Peak Oil, the film opens with the departure of a baby-boomer man and woman from their suburban home in Portland to an ecovillage in Canada, then moves into focusing on two gay men from New York City, Philip and Tom, who are eagerly planning their escape from the Big Apple to a venue where they can utilize the plethora of farming and permaculture skills they have intentionally acquired over the past few years. >>
http://odeo.com/episodes/22043995-Escape-from-Suburbia-Director-interview
(must click "More..." on this site)
<< A gay couple in New York explore their options, and their emotions, as they confront a society with a limited future >>
http://www.obviously.ca/artsandculture/movie/escape_from_suburbia
<< Focusing on the lives of some green activists, including single mothers in Toronto, the town of Willits, California, as well as a gay couple in New York City, Escape from Suburbia encourages us to flee the suburbs by transforming the surroundings, making alternative choices, and breaking our addiction to fossil fuels. >>
http://carolynbaker.net/site/content/view/58/
<< How will two gay men navigate collapse in a homophobic world where gay and lesbian people more often than not have no connection with families of origin because they have been rejected by them? How will gay and lesbian people be received in ecovillages or communities comprised primarily of heterosexuals? What will be the specific challenges to gay men and women in a collapsing world? Will people of various ethnicities be genuinely welcomed in such communities, or will they encounter prejudice behind politically correct rhetoric? >>
google is so weird (please note this text is intented to make google index me
Some video clips from the movie.
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