LETTER TO ANITA Screens Tonight at the Los Angeles LGBT Center

Standout Productions and the Los Angeles LGBT Center's Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center present a special, one-night-only screening of the award-winning documentary LETTER TO ANITA in the Renberg Theatre tonight, January 24, 2015 at 8 p.m.

LETTER TO ANITA explores the painful legacy of singer Anita Bryant's infamous anti-gay campaign of the late 1970s. Narrated by Emmy-winner Meredith Baxter, LETTER TO ANITA tells the story of Dr. Ronni Sanlo, a married mother of two who came out as a lesbian and divorced her husband, losing custody of her children as a result -- an injustice that propelled Dr. Sanlo into a life of LGBT activism.

With jaw-dropping archival footage, interviews with Sanlo family members and the first on-camera interview with Bryant's son Robert Green, the film paints a riveting portrait of the damage homophobia can wreak on families, and how its destructive power can ultimately backfire on itself.

Winner, Jury Award: El Lugar Sin Limites Festival Internacional de Cine LGBT
Winner, Audience Award: Tampa International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Runner Up, Jury Award: Tampa International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Official Selection: San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival; Outfest Los Angeles; Pride of the Ocean LGBT Film Festival; Fresno Reel Pride; Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival; Pittsburgh LGBT Film Festival; Santa Barbara LGBTQ Film Festival

For more information, visit www.familyuntiedmovie.com.

The screening will be held at Los Angeles LGBT Center's Renberg Theatre, The Village at Ed Gould Plaza, 1125 N. McCadden Place, Los Angeles 90038 (one block east of Highland Ave.; just north of Santa Monica Blvd.) Free parking. Saturday, January 24, 2015 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $15 General Admission. To purchase tickets, visit http://lalgbtcenter.org/theatre or call 323-860-7300. Net proceeds of all ticket sales will support the full range of free and low-cost programs and services offered by the Los Angeles LGBT Center.

About the Los Angeles LGBT Center - Since 1969 the Los Angeles LGBT Center has cared for, championed and celebrated LGBT individuals and families in Los Angeles and beyond. Today the Center's more than 450 employees and 3,000 volunteers provide services for more LGBT people than any other organization in the world, offering programs, services and global advocacy that span four broad categories: Health, Social Services and Housing, Culture and Education, Leadership and Advocacy. We are an unstoppable force in the fight against bigotry and the struggle to build a better world; a world in which LGBT people can be healthy, equal and complete members of society. Learn more at lalgbtcenter.org.

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