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Life of Agony chose their band name for a reason. For decades, the band and their music has been the vessel through which the principle members — Mina Caputo, Alan Robert and Joey Z — channeled real life pain, trauma, depression and suicidal ideation into something that can now only be recognized as beautiful and a promise to others bearing a similar burden that true happiness is something that can be achieved. For singer Mina Caputo especially, who came out as transgender in 2011 and is n...

Writer: Academy Award winner Dustin Lance Black (Milk) Logline: Rustin tells the story of charismatic, gay, civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, who overcame an onslaughts of obstacles, and altered the course of American history by organizing the 1963 march on Washington. Producers: Higher Ground Productions Priya Swaminathan and Tonia Davis; Academy Award winner Bruce Cohen (American Beauty); Dustin Lance Black Higher Ground Productions, President Barack Obama and Michelle Obamas production co...