Wish Me Away, a documentary chronicling country music star Chely Wright’s publicly coming out as a lesbian will premiere at the Nashville Film Festival on April 15 with an encore presentation on April 17, according to Out and About.
Wright’s coming out in May of 2010 coincided with the release of her autobiography Like Me, in which she relays her struggles with being a lesbian and a good Christian with a career in the country music industry.
According to the film’s website, filmmakers Bobbie Birleffi and Beverly Kopf filmed Wright’s coming out process including using private video diaries. Told with interviews of Chely, her family, friends and people in the music business in Nashville, “the film goes deep into Chely’s back story as an established country music star and then forward in verite scenes as she prepares to step into the media glare to reveal that she is gay.” The film also examines the public’s reaction to Wright’s brave move from people in her hometown in Nashville to members of the LGBT community.
Here's a description of the film from the website:
Wish Me Away shows both the devastation of her own internalized homophobia, which led to Chely putting a gun in her mouth, and the transformational power of living an authentic life. It shows the struggles of being a Christian who happens to be gay, even within her own family. And it reveals how “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” has found its way into the culture of Nashville.
The screenings of Wish Me Away are part of the Nashville Film Festival’s mini-LGBT film festival, “Pride on Film.”
The April 14-16 festival will feature six to eight GLBT-focused films, and an opening and closing reception. For tickets, go to NashvilleFilmFestival.org.
Watch the trailer:
Wish Me Away - IndieGoGo Teaser from TVgals Media on Vimeo.
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