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GAY SAN FRANCISCO
1970, USA, dir. Jonathan Raymond, 60 mins
A previously lost documentary depicting queer life in San Francisco five decades ago. Shot between 1965-1970, Gay San Francisco features a collection of incredible footage of San Francisco's thriving LGBTQ culture, with a focus on the Tenderloin, San Francisco's first queer neighborhood. Scenes from gay bars are intercut with fascinating interviews featuring gay men, lesbians, and trans women discussing issues from harassment to sex to job security. The film also includes a not-to-be missed Halloween drag show at On The Levee, one of SF's many historic gay bars that closed their doors long ago.
PARADE (short)
1971, USA, dir. Ronald Chase, 13 mins
A short film on the first Gay Pride March in San Francisco in 1971, the year after the Stonewall Riots. This film was lost for 50 years before it was found and restored by SF Art & Film.
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