Lgbt Rights Activists from Brazil - Flavio Alves, Rosely Roth, Luiz Mott, Joao Silverio Trevisan, Marcelo Cerqueira (Paperback)

Chapters: Flavio Alves, Rosely Roth, Luiz Mott, Joao Silverio Trevisan, Marcelo Cerqueira. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Flavio Alves (born 30 November, 1969 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a writer, screenwriter, and film director. He is best known for his book Toque de Silencio ("Call to Silence," 1997), an autobiographical account of his life as a gay man in the Brazilian navy. Alves was granted political asylum in the United States in 1998. His request was granted because, according to Alves, he received death threats upon publishing his book. Although various human rights organizations, LGBT activists, and former Sao Paulo mayor Marta Suplicy supported his claim, it has also divided the Brazilian gay community. Alves attended Columbia University in New York City, where he earned an undergraduate degree in Political Science. He also worked as an assistant for Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY) and then-New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY). In 2007, Alves left politics and returned to school to study film production at New York University. While there he wrote and directed three short films. His most recent project, Even in My Dreams, which received the Technisphere Award from NYU for best student film, has been screened at a variety of film festivals around the world. The film was also the winner of the Golden Palm Award at the 2009 Mexico International Film Festival, and the Golden Ace Award at the 2009 Las Vegas International Film Festival. ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1746422