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I Just Wanted to Be Somebody
I Just Wanted to Be Somebody
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I JUST WANTED TO BE SOMEBODY

Directed by Jay Rosenblatt
United States, 2006
Short, Documentary

Synopsis

What do the religious right and the gay liberation movement have in common? Both were fortified by the efforts of one woman – Anita Bryant. Part document and part poem, I Just Wanted to Be Somebody brings us back to the late 1970’s and reflects on Bryant’s life and the impact she had.

Synopsis

What do the religious right and the gay liberation movement have in common? Both were fortified by the efforts of one woman – Anita Bryant. Part document and part poem, I Just Wanted to Be Somebody brings us back to the late 1970’s and reflects on Bryant’s life and the impact she had.