Program Overview

A reception and exclusive showing of painting by Bill Petrie. Meet the film makers, Tom Brown and Ed Commons, of In Dreams Awake.

In Dreams Awake

10/12/06
7:00 pm
Muvico Baywalk
St. Petersburg

This feature length documentary is a heartfelt
story of Bill Petrie, a man loved by the myriad of friends and family he left behind who in their candid interviews weave the rich story of a local hero.

Bill Petrie was a tobacco farmer, artist, political activist and passionate gay man living in the rural bluegrass of Grant County, Kentucky. He was a prolific painter, whose work always seemed to tell a story. Bill was a story teller, who spent the formidable years of his art training and coming out in NYC during the heyday of Keith Haring and Andy Warhol.

In Dreams Awake provides a vivid glimpse of a man, his work and the impact his life had on others. Bill’s accidental death reinforced the message he spread often to those around him, to live, live, live and follow the heart, which is what the film so tenderly captures.

This film cuts a fresh path through the genre by avoiding old clichés. It’s a peak at where a generation has been and how the collective memories of a group, held together by one common thread, create a lasting legacy and tribute to their friend, brother, uncle...lover.

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Program Date & Time

Reception

10/12/06
9:00 pm
The Studio@620

Admission

Free and open to the public. Free refreshments.

Film information and admission, contact:

Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival