Article: Gay film fest allows for exchange of ideas

When the Canadian feature "Salut Victor!" opens Chicago Filmmakers' Ninth Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival Wednesday at the Music Box, the reels of conflict will again be in motion. Such are the delicate and sometimes angry politics involved in gay rights and gay expression that any attempt to represent all viewpoints in a single festival can't help inviting controversy.

Some gays and lesbians adamantly oppose the very idea of programming such a festival outside the homosexual community. For them, the presention of films about un-closeted characters and featuring less-than-explicit sex amounts to a sellout. Meanwhile,

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