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Reid Williams is a producer and director of films and television shows.

In 2003, Williams produced the documentary Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World , a film about gay and lesbian people in non-Western countries that was narrated by Janeane Garofalo.

<i>Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World</i> 2003 film by John Scagliotti

Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World is a 2003 documentary film directed by American filmmaker John Scagliotti about the issues experienced by gay, lesbian and transgender people in developing countries. It was the first documentary film to explore these issues in non-Western countries. It is narrated by actress and comedian Janeane Garofalo. It was produced by Janet Baus and Dan Hunt, both of whom had worked with Scagliotti on his previous film, After Stonewall. The film focuses in particular on Cairo 52, a group of 52 Egyptian men who were arrested on board a floating gay nightclub in 2001. It features interviews with gay-rights activists from countries around the world including Honduras, Namibia, Pakistan, the Philippines and Vietnam.

Janeane Garofalo American stand-up comedienne

Janeane Garofalo is an American actress, voice artist, stand-up comedian, and writer.

In 2006, with Janet Baus and Dan Hunt he co-produced and co-directed the documentary Cruel and Unusual: Transgender Women in Prison . [1]

Janet Baus is a documentary film and television director, producer and editor. In 1993, she co-directed Lesbian Avengers Eat Fire Too with Su Friedrich, about activist group the Lesbian Avengers. In 2003 she produced John Scagliotti's film Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World about gay and lesbian people in non-Western countries. She had worked with Scagliotti before, having a co-producer credit on his 1999 film After Stonewall. Her 2006 film Cruel and Unusual, co-directed with Dan Hunt and Reid Williams, was a documentary about pre-operative male-female transsexual women in men's prisons. It won the Michael J. Berg Documentary Award at the 2006 Frameline Film Festival and the Freedom Award at L.A. Outfest. Baus has also won the Cine Golden Eagle, the Vito Russo Award, the Chicago International Television Award and the Gold Aurora Award.

<i>Cruel and Unusual</i> (2006 film) 2006 film by Janet Baus, Reid Williams

Cruel and Unusual is a 2006 American documentary film directed and produced by Janet Baus, Dan Hunt and Reid Williams about the experiences of male-to-female transsexual women in the United States prison system. It was screened on television as Cruel and Unusual: Transgender Women in Prison.

The 2 documentaries aired on the television networks here! and WE TV respectively.

Reid was also the executive producer of Were the World Mine (2008).

<i>Were the World Mine</i> 2008 film by Tom Gustafson

Were the World Mine is a 2008 romantic musical fantasy film directed by Tom Gustafson, written by Gustafson and Cory James Krueckeberg, and starring Tanner Cohen, Wendy Robie, Judy McLane, Zelda Williams, Jill Larson, Ricky Goldman, Nathaniel David Becker, Christian Stolte, and David Darlow.

He is currently developing projects for television. He also devotes time to international LGBT causes. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Scholar and Feminist Online: Tamar Goelman, review of Cruel and Unusual,Sumer 2007, accessed November 23, 2010
  2. ↑ Human Rights Watch : "Family, Unvalued," May 1, 2006, accessed November 23, 2010


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