Living in the Overlap is the improbable true story of two girls growing up in Brooklyn in the 1940s, falling in love in the Midwest, and making a life together in North Carolina.
Tuesday, January 13
Film screening of Living in the Overlap and Q & A with filmmaker Mary Dalton
LaRose Digital Theater (Koury Business Center), 6:00 p.m.
Living in the Overlap is the improbable true story of two girls growing up in Brooklyn in the 1940s, falling in love in the Midwest, and making a life together in North Carolina. Lennie is an attorney focusing on LGBT issues, and Pearl is a retired professor working on various political issues. They are surprised to have reached icon status for simply living their lives together. The film includes public and private moments in Lennie and Pearl’s lives using interviews, archival material, and sequences shot during their efforts to defeat Amendment One, a constitutional amendment ensuring that marriage between one man and one woman is the only legally recognized domestic union in North Carolina. After 46 years together, Lennie and Pearl still have an indelible spark. The film won the Audience Awards at Inside Out Toronto and Reel Q and was nominated for the Iris Prize.