Outfest Announces Centerpiece Films, Family, And Music Events For Outfest Los Angeles 2023 Summer Festival; Fest To Award Amandla Stenberg With Its Platinum Maverick Award
deadline.comToday, Outfest announced the centerpiece events and special awardees that will headline the 41st Outfest Los Angeles Summer Festival presented by Warner Bros.
Discovery and Genesis Motor America, taking place July 13 – 23 in venues around Los Angeles. Outfest will honor actor, producer and musician Amandla Stenberg with its Platinum Maverick Award, to be presented at the festival’s opening night celebration on July 13th at the Orpheum Theatre.
The award recognizes Stenberg’s artistry in film and music, and her unapologetic use of her platform for fierce advocacy and activism within the LGBTQ+ community.
Stenberg will also appear alongside actor Bobbi Salvör Menuez and director Jacqueline Castel at the REDCAT in downtown Los Angeles at Outfest’s July 15th Platinum Centerpiece screening of My Animal, the trio’s queer horror romance that world premiered earlier this year at Sundance.
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