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Sorry We Missed You
- Director: Craig Bettendorf
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John Boswell seems - criminally - to have been forgotten of late. So...any attempt to resurrect his memory and work is very welcome indeed.
The only problem this film has is that it praises him unequivocally...facing his critics and detractors face on would have made this a more balanced film...which is needed when you address this level of academia. That really is what academia is all about.
So...thank you for bringing Mr Boswell back into the public arena...perhaps some other filmmaker with the appropriate academic arsenal can take up the mantle and really tell his story.
As an introduction, it does a decent job...but, much, much more is needed - he is was incredibly important man to LGBT history.
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The(ir) Blurb...
December 24th 2019 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of Yale Professor John Boswell's death. Boswell's many contributions helped shape society's greater acceptance of LGBT people in profound ways. With a recent survey concluding that 20% of the millennial population identifies as LGBT, Boswell's work clearly benefited many. We dedicate the pilot episode of SORRY WE MISSED YOU to Boswell's life and works as they truly changed the world for the better.