Straightlaced Film Screening

Scene from the film Straighlaced

With a fearless look at a highly charged subject, Straightlaced by GroundSpark Films unearths how popular pressures around gender and sexuality are confining American teens. Their stories reflect a diversity of experiences, demonstrating how gender role expectations and homophobia are interwoven and illustrating the different ways that these expectations connect with culture, race, and class.

Straightlaced is the cornerstone of a bold national campaign aimed at challenging bias-based bullying and creating inclusive school and community climates where all youth can succeed and thrive. Launched by GroundSpark in 2009, the campaign includes nationwide Straightlaced screenings, a comprehensive curriculum guide, trainings for educators and youth providers, issue-based social networking opportunities, policy and media efforts, a youth peer-to-peer training program, and collaboration with a wide range of partners in many different fields.

Watch the Straightlaced trailer, and read what people are saying about the film.

Please join us on September 21st for this insightful and provocative film. If you have not already RSVPed, please contact Brandon Dunng at bsd@sff.org.