A Festival in Transition

[Natasha]

A Festival in Transition

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A666399
8/27/2008

Several months ago, an incident that had the potential to embarrass David Sweeney and the nonprofit he directs, the Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival, took place during the Austin Pride Parade. There were about 45,000 spectators lined up on Downtown streets as the parade lumbered past, as parades – even gay ones – tend to do. In addition to inviting two people to serve as grand marshals, the parade's planners had honored aGLIFF by asking it also to lead the parade.