Equality Illinois 2014 Gala - Lana Wachowski Accepts Freedom Award
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- Equality Illinois presents filmmaker Lana Wachowski with its Freedom Award at the Equality Illinois 2014 Gala in the Chicago Hilton on Feb. 8. A native of Chicago's Beverly neighborhood, Wachowski made her mark in the world of imagination, most famously by writing, directing and executive producing with her brother Andy Wachowski the "The Matrix" trilogy as well as films "Cloud Atlas", "Bound" and "Speed Racer".
How can you not love this human being. Brilliant, articulate, compassionate. Committed to being the very best expression of herself. Even more committed to a world that treats people with dignity, and life with respect. Lana, I love you. I love your work. I love the gift that you are for the world, and I hope above hope that some day soon, I'll get the honor and privilege to play with you on your field of endeavor. Until then, keep rocking the world.
I'm a straight man, but for quite some time it bothered me that I came across as somewhat effeminate to a lot of people. I can remember feeling concerned about what that meant for me in terms of being a "Man". This is why I'm grateful for people like Lana who come forward to discuss the broad spectrum of gender and sexuality and give me the chance to be more accepting of myself as a person.
XDDD
And she makes such wonderful points, such an eloquent and well explained speech. It must have been difficult to go from being perceived as a heterosexual male to a homosexual woman and to suddenly realize in full force the restrictions that both transgendered people and women deal with on a constant basis.
But I am so glad to be a part of the LGBTQI community, it is definitely true that it is a forward thinking and open minded community. I'd absolutely be dead if it weren't for them.
"We often lament the absence of mentors or certain resources, but individuals like this have the remarkable ability to ignite a spark within our hearts. Such amazing people serve as inspirations."
OK I am a little bit in love. So eloquent, funny and right on. Go Lana!!
in love with Lana Wachowski,
listen to her story, learn, make conclusion and START action! No excuses!!
Lana, thank you so much for being such an amazing inspiration! love, pp
What a beautiful soul, Good energy upon you Lana x
These sisters are geniuses. they are the Mozart's of film making incredible writing and visual transformation of reality information in magical way to sense for social and economic justice mostly divine existence that we are deprived of
Their only real breakthrough was matrix dude
@@dr.emmettbrown5345 And it's still the most important film trilogy ever to be made to this day. Animatrix is also great & I'm a fan of Sense8
I had no idea Lana also co-directed Bound! ... it makes so much more sense why i love it so much now... it wasn't about two women - the fact that it was a woman doing the handy work in the apartment next door was never an issue, or a topic in the movie... it wasn't about gender. ... awesome.
"confession time: at that moment I found her unkind denial of our rights perversely flattering" I'm in bits lol
she speaks so beautifully
She's still alive wtf are you talking about
@@Ferrislilly its not a she its a he! Wtf
On the contrary, the exceptions proving the rule. Listen to Lana receiving the HRC visibility award. She and her Brother remained out of the public eye for over a decade. When the studios demanded they make public appearances promoting their movies. They said "Then we have to quit making movies." That's the kind of personal integrity the Wachowskis have. She only came out because she knew she was going to be outed by the press, and she was having it be on her terms. They always rock the boat!
Lana I love you so much. Thank you
eloquently and intelligently articulated, seriously talented and inspirational
I am thankful for Lana Wachowski. Very.
What a true artist in all that she does- brilliant, funny and expansive in her thinking. Her words come off as profound poetry! Thank you, Lana!
" Normal has not to be defined for you but by you "
Wachowski Lana
An inspiration for ALL people!! ❤
Funny and intelligent, goofy and humble, prideful and modest, it's no wonder she can think of something deep like The Matrix.
Amazing human and incredible talent
"the carpet totally matches the drapes" line made me laugh so freaking hard. I love her.
That's right mortals, kneel before Zod, but stand for Lana Wachowski! The bright light that enveloped Neo is the brilliance & beauty of Lana's mind. 8:30 She explains how she hopes her hair can symbolize that "...Normal is not something that has to be defined For you, but rather By you."
Your custom character in cutscenes
Literally the point of the film is that you can be whoever you want to be in real life just like how you create your own persona and avatars in online spaces such as video games
Im alive purely from cowardice, which 'saved' me from un-aliving myself. Lana said a stranger's gaze saved her, once. I want to disappear, then.
Lana is amazing
Love that the comments so far are so wonderfully positive! As well they should be.
I like you Lana
She's such an inspiration.
Just wonderful.
Wonderful! Thank you for those words! ❤️
Congratulations we all love you be proud of who You Are we do in your great
New favorite person right there.....and a little jealous of the hair.....
I like her perhaps unconscious honoring of the printed word, that she loves so much, by 'uncrinkling' the pages.
OMFG. I burst out laughing at that "carpet" joke. I really wish I could be friends with Lana.
I love her!
OMG, I love her so much. She is such an inspiration for transgender people. ♥
Huh, I never thought about her hair being representation of something. But now I think about it, her red hair clearly signals the representation of the 'Phoenix' -- the mythical bird of re-birth. Kind of interesting.
B5, understanding is not required, faith managers.
My life would be very different without her and her brother. Not many people like Speed Racer and Jupiter Ascending. I LOVE them. THANK YOU LANA!
His brother wears a dress now as well.
@@johnbrowne3950 her sister
@@johnbrowne3950 transphobia isn't cool at all
@@johnbrowne3950 nor is it funny... stop please 😣
@@Lin_Eileen Of course it isn't funny. It's a mental illness and I feel sorry for those who have it.
Lovely speech!
"that joke was for my brother" was priceless.
ill always love her, them
You have a right to your opinions, but if your skin is so thin you can't share the planet with brave, intelligent, funny people simply because their looks shock you, perhaps it is you who should consider a big tall glass of Kool-aid? Ya think? Yes? No?
Hahahah "An emoticon for fake bureaucratic sympathy". Holy shit man she's funny as fuck.
love u so much lanaaaaaaaaa :) yeah ı love uuuuuuuuuuu
SIMPLY PERFECT!!!!!
We really need that emoticon! badly!
her sister is Lilly now
LOL. That's his brother.
@@johnbrowne3950 sister you transphobe
@@DariBenny What's that?
@@johnbrowne3950hating trans people and rights so STFU
14:14 - ConFeSsIOn TiMe 🤣
13:11 So funny too.
Humble's not the word.
Sense8
Thank you.
She's cute
youre amazingly honest and ..well...refreshing
I think Lana's eyes got prettier, did she have a surgery or is that makeup, or just me? She really looks so female and beautiful now.
Lana's very hot
Wrote the comment early in the vid, sorry. She gives me soo much hope, the one person in filmmaking who i would have on my living room wall in large scale.
I like Lana ;)
h.j.benjamin: LANAAAAAAA
President KAMALA
The voice 😂😭
He's a pretty good actor.
🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️ She is a filmmaker
Sassy I love it
The Wachowski brothers made great movies. Shocked about the teansgenderism stuff whoa. But I believe still good, fun, and very talented humans no doubt.
Sisters transgender 🏳️⚧️
He looks ridiculous... Definitely took the blue pill
She took the red pill
She looks great and is a good person unlike you. You also don't even understand the movie at all if you think her coming out as trans is taking blue pill. the blue pill is a metaphorical symbol of setraline/zoloft (commonly known for usually being a blue colored capsule) an antidepressant that doctors like to prescribe to people a lot and sufferer of gender dysphoria often and still do have it prescribed to them as a treatment solution instead of what they actually need which is estradiol/estrogen pills which came in the form of red: th-cam.com/video/KGzSGkmV5e8/w-d-xo.html
this movie is art not some escapist fantasy. it's actually completely based on the experiences of the Wachowski sisters' lives living as trans people in a deeply phobic of anything not straight + white & highly patriarchal society. That's the red pill, objectively. If you don't think so you are just another sentient program yet to be awoken from the matrix.
So she takes on a new voice too?
It takes a real man to accept this award.
Or woman
Wtf
Is that yarn?
Thieves and liers and plagiarist.
Gross
what? she's so beautiful 😍
Anyone who sides with the rich and powerful and gets awards and media attention and praise does not rock the boat.
clown
bigot