Bride Pride Returns This July In Provincetown (AUDIO)

In this exclusive audio interview Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of OUTTAKE VOICES™ talks with Ilene Mitnick and Allison Baldwin about Bride Pride the World's Largest All-Girl Wedding and Renewal Ceremony now in its second year that takes place July 22nd 2017 in Provincetown, Massachusetts. They’re expecting hundreds of women simultaneously declaring their never-ending love for each during Provincetown's epic Girl Splash week. Our favorite political humorist and Reverend-for-the-day Kate "Mad Vow" Clinton will be performing the ceremonies at the historic Pilgrim Monument. Though the deadline has passed to register for marriage there is no deadline for renewal registrations. With at least 100 couples participating you'll also become part of history with the Guinness Book of World Records for the World's Largest Lesbian Wedding and Renewal Ceremony. After the exchanging vows and rings and a parade down Commercial Street, the whole town of Provincetown will be your reception party. On behalf of those married Bride Pride will be making a donation to Cyndi Lauper's True Colors Fund that works to end homelessness among LGBT youth, creating a world in which young people can be their true selves. We talked to Ilene and Alli about their inspiration for creating Bride Pride and their spin on our LGBTQ issues.

When asked how they see our LGBTQ community moving forward in a Trump administration Mitnick stated, “ I think that our nation is just really divided and the LGBTQ community I think for years have felt their own division within a country. Now we’re more divided after we’ve come together and it has felt even under the Obama administration, I feel like promises were made to people and promises were kept to people and now I feel like with this administration that it was just a play and it was just a lie. Not that we were lied to by the previous administration but everything is just getting blown up and no matter what fight we fought and no matter how strong we’ve become I feel like it’s really hard to predict a really solid future right now. I think that we need to vote with our feet to stand up and be heard and be strong…”

Baldwin concluded, “There’s so many reasons to be distracted. Everyday there’s half dozen to a dozen crises or things that are upsetting to read about in the news and I certainly read the news everyday. I have to remind myself not to get distracted but to move forward. I believe we need to move forward together and not be divisive amongst ourselves but we need to come together. I feel that has happened even more than in the past, that perhaps this administration has woken people up. Not that I would have wanted this to be the reason for people to wake-up but it has brought people together and like moving together strong.”

Ilene Mitnick and Allison Baldwin are co-owners of the award-winning Roux Bed & Breakfast in Provincetown, MA. After 25+ years of corporate life in hospitality, retail, manufacturing, event planning, marketing and start-up not-for-profits, they took a leap of faith, followed a dream and jumped into restoring and operating a bed & breakfast. They’re genetically wired for curating experiences in and outside their home and passionate about bringing more women to Provincetown year round, which is how Bride Pride came about. Both serial entrepreneurs, they’re constantly creating new ideas for their business and the town.
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Celebrities, Filmmakers & Activists Speak OUT (AUDIO)

In this exclusive audio montage Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of OUTTAKE VOICES™ talks with celebrities, filmmakers and activists at the 19th annual Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF) press luncheon that took place at Lands End Inn Provincetown, Massachusetts. First we spoke with the fabulous Chloë Sevigny who was being honored with PIFF’s 2017 Excellence in Acting Award. Chloë talked about receiving the award and directing her award-winning short film “Kitty” based on the Paul Bowles short story about a young girl who finds herself transforming into a kitten as she grows up and slips away from her family which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and was included in PIFF’s 2017 lineup. We also had a chance to talk about some of her upcoming films as well as her spin on our LGBTQ issues. Then we chatted with Jay Critchley a visual, conceptual and performance artist whose work and environmental activism have traversed the globe. Jay was also honored at PIFF for his commitment to PIFF and to Provincetown. We talked about movies he attended at the festival and his newest creative activism directed at resisting the Trump administration. Next we talked with Michael Musto columnist for out.com who was at the festival to conduct the Q&A for the documentary “Susanne Bartsch: On Top” in which he appears. We talked about the documentary and then turned the conversation to politics and LGBTQ civil rights. Then we talked to producer and actor Sarah Wharton whose film “The Ring Thing” had its World Premiere at the festival. The film is about her character Sarah who accidentally proposes to her girlfriend in Provincetown and finds herself at odds with her partner’s expectations of their future. The film addresses marriage in a new and refreshing light. We talked to Sarah about what she would like to accomplish with her work and her spin on our LGBTQ issues in a Trump administration.

We then chatted with filmmakers P. David Ebersole and Todd Hughes about the U.S. Premiere of their documentary “Mansfield 66/67” about the last two years of the legendary “blonde bombshell” Jayne Mansfield’s life and career. This is a fabulous camp production that includes dance performance and rare chats with actors, directors, and academics including John Waters, Mary Woronov, Mamie Van Doren, Tippi Hendren and Kenneth Anger. We also had a chance to talk to David and Todd about their past and future projects and about what it’s like working with each other as a married husband and husband creative team. Then we caught up with director John Waters, “Hairspray”, “Pink Flamingos” and “Serial Mom” among others who always has something brilliant to say. John talked about his new graphic book “Make Trouble” adapted from the commencement speech that he gave to the graduating class of the Rhode Island School of Design to ‘get busy and make trouble’. We also talked about movies and his spin on resisting the Trump administration and his advise on getting through these difficult times. We concluded with director Katherine Dieckmann whose film “Strange Weather” made its New England Premiere at the film festival. “Strange Weather” stars Holly Hunter as she embarks on a road trip through the Deep South with her best friend played by Carrie Coon, who plays a lesbian in an interracial relationship, to uncover the truth about the death of her son. Katherine talked about the complications and challenges that exist for women directors in the film industry. She expressed her perspective that although women producers and directors still struggle for recognition in this predominantly male dominated field, it is getting better for women in film. This year 60% of the Provincetown International Film Festival 2017 line-up were created by women continuing the Festival’s long tradition of supporting women filmmakers. Photos by Marilyn Rosen
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Provincetown International Film Festival June 14 to June 18

In this exclusive audio interview Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of OUTTAKE VOICES™ talks with Rick McCarthy, President of the Board of Directors of the Provincetown Film Society about the Provincetown International Film Festival that runs June 14th to June 18th in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Celebrating its 19th year, Sofia Coppola will receive the Filmmaker on the Edge Award coming off her recent Cannes win for Best Director. Coppola will be in attendance to accept the award in conversation with resident artist John Waters on Saturday June 17th at Provincetown's historic Town Hall and Chloë Sevigny will receive the Excellence in Acting Award in a conversation with Eugene Hernandez, deputy director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center & co-publisher of Film Comment. The festival will open on Wednesday June 14th with “Mr. Roosevelt” written, directed and starring Noël Wells (Netflix's "Master of None") and festival's Closing Night Film will be “Ingrid Goes West” starring Aubrey Plaza who will receive the festival's inaugural Next Wave Award which recognizes those who take artistic risks and have a passionate commitment to independent film. Additionally the festival announced a special presentation with Julie Klausner and Scott King the creators of Hulu's hit original series "Difficult People" and a special screening of a new documentary from acclaimed filmmakers Sebastian Junger and Nick Quested with Junger in attendance as well as daily breakfast panels and more. We talked to Rick about PIFF’s theme this year “Lights, Camera & Taking Action” and his spin on our LGBTQ issues.

When asked how he sees our LGBTQ community moving forward in a Trump administration McCarthy stated, “You know you hear people say ‘I’m moving to Canada’. I am not moving anywhere. This is my country. This person who is here is not going to get in my way. I am not having to accommodate these psychopaths. We gain momentum and we have to take steps backward. I have to say and I would agree that this one I have never seen before, this backlash is totally scary. I just don’t want people to get discouraged. I want you to believe when you’re above looking down, we are moving and I don’t think we can go back to the way we were and just support each other and resist and look at all the resistance. I’ve never seen such activism. Just stay active, get involved and we just have to fight back. It’s our country too.”

Before McCarthy became President of the Board of the Provincetown Film Society Rick was President of GLAD where he helped spearhead marriage equality and many other civil rights struggles in Massachusetts and nationally. In 2008 Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick appointed him to the Governor’s Diversity Advisory Council where he served as Vice Chair. His day job is in banking where he currently serves as Regional Sales Manager at U.S. Bank. The Provincetown Film Society, Inc. (PFS) is a non-profit year-round organization and home of the Provincetown International Film Festival. PFS is dedicated to showcasing new achievements in independent film and honoring the work of acclaimed and emerging directors, producers and actors. This is the tenth year we’ll be covering the film festival for OUTTAKE VOICES™.
For Info & Tix: ptownfilmfest.org

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