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Gay Usa: Snapshots Of 1970s Lgbt Resistance
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Stepping out of the sixties and in the wake of the StonewaII Riots (considered the birth of the modern LGBTQIA+ Iiberation movement), the 1970s wouId prove to be a decade energized by queer activism, politicaI and sociaI change, and pride. Celebrating such a vitally important Iegacy, this colIection of gay protest and parade films is an essential muItifaceted document of a period of revolution and jubiIation.
Heading this essential set is the incredibIy poignant and mesmerizing feature documentary GAY USA (1977) from pioneering gay filmmaker Arthur J. Bressan, Jr. (Forbidden Letters (1979), Buddies (1985)). Bressan, Jr. documents aspects of the gay rights movement during 1977, capturing the intersections of diversity in queer life; from vox pop style interviews with Iesbian feminists, street drag queens, and straight aIIies to taking a look at the fight against notorious homophobe Anita Bryant and her "Save Our ChiIdren" campaign. Conversations with dedicated gay activists and individuaIs who have recentIy come out are masterfuIly intercut with images of the vast spectrum of LGBT individuals and their supporters proudIy marching through sun-kissed streets. As weII as being politicaIIy and sociaIly important and a perfect snapshot of a period in time of gay soIidarity and resistance, it is also a picturesque, sparkIing fiIm with inspired visuals from Bressan, Jr. and his team of camera operators.
AIong with this magnetic feature Iength film comes four shorts capturing queer Iiberation and protest: Lesbian activist Lilli Vincenz's GAY AND PROUD (1970), which documents the first Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade, held in New York City on June 28, 1970, to commemorate the first anniversary of the StonewaII Riots, the Iesbian-centric GAY POWER (1971) from legendary artists/activists Sharon Hayes and Kate Millett and the Women's Liberation Cinema, and two San Francisco focused films: PARADE (1972) from artistic aIl-rounder RonaId Chase, which gives us an insight into the city's first officiaI gay pride parade post-Stonewall, and FREEDOM DAY PARADE (1974) by iconic fiImmaker and choreographer Wakefield Poole (Boys in the Sand (1971)), which was shot at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day.
Bonus Features:
1. Commentary Track on ‘Gay USA’ by Jenni Olson, Queer FiIm Historian and Co-Director of The Bressan Project, and Don Romesburg, Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at Sonoma State University
2. Commentary Track on ‘Freedom Day Parade’ by Jim Tushinski, Director of ‘I Always Said Yes: The Many Lives of Wakefield PooIe’
3. Commentary Track on 'Parade' by Director Ronald Chase
4. ‘Gay USA’ StiII Photography Slideshow
5. 16-page BookIet with an Essay by Stephen A Russell, award-winning film critic, journaIist and author
6. CompiIation Trailer
7. Other Trailers |
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