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LGBT+: “There is an acceptance that is taking place” in the countryside, says the director of the documentary “La Pride des Champs”
LGBT+: “There is an acceptance that is taking place” in the countryside, says the director of the documentary “La Pride des Champs”
(franceinfo)
Antoine Badin directed “La Pride des Champs”, a documentary on LGBT+ Pride which took place in Chenevelles, in Vienne, in July 2023. Guest of 11/13 info, Wednesday May 15, he returns to acceptance LGBT+ people in rural areas.
Antoine Badin had the idea of making a documentary around an LGBT+ Pride in a rural area, which took place in July 2023 in Chenevelles (Vienna). His documentary The Pride of the Fields can be found on the france.tv website. For the director, guest of 11/13 info, Wednesday May 15, the objective was to “to show that in fact, in the rural environment, in the countryside, there is an acceptance that is being made, being created”.
“There is still a long way to go, but initiatives like the one proposed by Fiertés régionales and Mayor Cyril Cibert show that in the end, the population follows and is ready to have a friendly time”notes the director. “Afterwards, they are not necessarily LGBT activists, but this curiosity is rather benevolent, at least for this Pride in Chenevelles”he adds.
