Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 13:42:17 +0100
From: glaad@glaad.org (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation)
Subject: GLAAD CONGRATULATES ANTONIA'S LINE FOR WINNING BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:        Tamra King
                (213) 658-6775
                tamrak@glaad.org



GLAAD CONGRATULATES ANTONIA'S LINE FOR WINNING BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
ACADEMY AWARD

LOS ANGELES, CA -- March 26, 1996 -- The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against
Defamation (GLAAD) congratulates Marleen Gorris, writer/director of
Antonia's Line,  which won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Antonia's Line takes its place among a list of other Academy Award winners
which featured gay and lesbian themes or openly gay winners, including: Tom
Hanks for Best Actor in Philadelphia; William Hurt for Best Actor in Kiss
of the Spider Woman; Debra Chasnoff for Best Documentary Short Subject;
lyricist Howard Ashman for Best Song; Robert Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
for Best Documentary Feature for both The Times of Harvey Milk and Common
Threads: Stories from the Quilt; The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the
Desert for Best Costume; and Elizabeth Taylor who received the Jean
Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her charitable and humanitarian efforts
with AIDS and AmFar.

Antonia's Line  is a story about one woman's life and the people who are
part of it.  Included in the cast of characters is Antonia's daughter,
Danielle, who falls in love with a woman named Lara.

"Antonia's Line is a wonderful example of the inclusion of gay and lesbian
images in entertainment," says Tamra King, GLAAD's Entertainment Media
Director, "Danielle's sexuality is never an issue in the film. Her
sexuality is never hidden, avoided or ignored, but is treated just like all
the other characters'." By working with the entertainment industry,  GLAAD
has helped the public see more accurate images of gays and lesbians.

GLAAD is a national organization that promotes fair, accurate and inclusive
representation  of individuals and events as a means of challenging
discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity.

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The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, GLAAD, is a national
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individuals and events in the media as a means of combatting homophobia and
all forms of discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity.
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