Series
In the Life
Episode Number
Episode 1209
Episode
The Body Politic
Title
Season 11
Producing Organization
In The Life Media
Contributing Organization
UCLA Film & Television Archive (Los Angeles, California)
AAPB ID
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Description
Episode Description
In the Body positive segment, special guest correspondent John Bartlett spotlights the HIV-positive modeling agency Proof Positive and the issue of using beautiful and healthy-looking models for HIV drug ads. The Nursing home segment features special guest correspondent Pamela Sneed taking a close look at the options or lack thereof for elderly gays. The Real to reel: Simon and I segment features Bev Ditsie discussing her documentary film about South African AIDS activist Simon Nkoli. The Walk like a man segment discusses gay harassment in high school. In Take me out, special guest correspondent Patricia Clarkson covers the Broadway play by Richard Greenberg about sports stars coming out. The Out takes segment with Harvey Fierstein is titled Gay Pride Day. PSAs include Billie Jean King talking about Renee Richards, Wilson Cruz discussing role models, and Martina Navratilova on coming out. The Celebrity ID is a celebrity montage, and Light of a clear blue morning by Dolly Parton plays over the end credits.
Series Description
In the Life began in 1992 as a variety show and later evolved into a news magazine program in 1993.
Created Date
2003-06
Asset type
Episode
Genres
Magazine
Topics
LGBTQ
Subjects
Older gays -- Care; Gay Pride Day; Richards, Rene_e; Greenberg, Richard, 1958- Take me out; Homosexuality -- United States -- History; HIV-positive persons; Bullying in schools; Gay high school students; Coming out (Sexual orientation); Nkoli, Simon, 1957-1998
Media type
Moving Image
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Credits
Commentator: Fierstein, Harvey, 1954-
Commentator: King, Billie Jean
Commentator: Navratilova, Martina, 1956-
Commentator: Cruz, Wilson, 1973-
Director: Swift, Andrea
Host: O'Hare, Denis, 1962-
Interviewee: Ditsie, Bev
Producer: Hopper, Scott (Television producer)
Producer: Ratliff, George, 1968-
Producer: Stein, Rob (Producer)
Producer: Karslake, Daniel
Producer: Barbin, Wayne
Producing Organization: In The Life Media
Reporter: Clarkson, Patricia
Reporter: Bartlett, John, 1963-
Reporter: Sneed, Pamela
AAPB Contributor Holdings
UCLA Film & Television Archive
Identifier: cpb-aacip-4ff906606f2 (Filename)
Format: Zip drive
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Citations
Chicago: “In the Life; Episode 1209; The Body Politic; Season 11,” 2003-06, UCLA Film & Television Archive, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed November 29, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-b5e2710ced8.
MLA: “In the Life; Episode 1209; The Body Politic; Season 11.” 2003-06. UCLA Film & Television Archive, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. November 29, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-b5e2710ced8>.
APA: In the Life; Episode 1209; The Body Politic; Season 11. Boston, MA: UCLA Film & Television Archive, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-b5e2710ced8