36th cleveland international film festival :: march 22 - april 1, 2012
A Place to Live: The Story of Triangle Square
Director:
Carolyn Coal

Run Time: 84 minutes

Country: USA

Year: 2008
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A Place to Live: The Story of Triangle Square

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Bette Davis once said, “Old age is no place for sissies.” The tenacious elderly gays and lesbians featured in A PLACE TO LIVE would no doubt agree, having faced unbelievable discrimination in their lives. Now they’re fighting another battle: access to a community that accepts them for who they are. The film follows seven older, low-income residents of Los Angeles, revealing their life stories and tracking their application process to each win a spot in Triangle Square, the nation’s first affordable, multicultural housing development supporting the needs of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) elders. McCormack Baron Salazar, a nationally recognized developer of urban affordable housing, and the L.A.-based Gay & Lesbian Elder Housing (GLEH) nonprofit organization undertook this $21 million project in 2005. Now a beautiful building in Hollywood with over 100 apartments, Triangle Square is an answer to the prayers of many people who have been marginalized their whole lives. GLEH hopes the project will be recognized as a model of GLBT elder care, offering it as proof that the GLBT community cares for its own. – B.B.

Sidebars Standing Up Competition, 10% Cinema
Producer Cynthia Childs
Editing Susan Munro
Music Marika Tjelios
Director Bio Carolyn Coal attended the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena where she earned an MFA in Film & Advertising. An Assistant Professor of Communications at Cal State Fullerton, she has worked in narrative film, advertising, and corporate branding.
Select Filmography A PLACE TO LIVE: THE STORY OF TRIANGLE SQUARE (2008)
Print Source Bittersweet Productions
Cynthia Childs
cynthia@bittersweetproductions.com
www.aplacetolivemovie.com
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