Gay USA (1977)
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Documentary about the gay rights movement during the year of 1977, capturing the intersections of diversity in queer life; from vox pop style interviews with lesbian feminists, street drag queens, and straight allies to taking a look at the fight against Anita Bryant and her notorious "Save Our Children" campaign.
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Arthur J. Bressan
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Arthur J. Bressan, Jr.
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Joseph R. Knutson
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David Pasko
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1977. Anita Bryant is running her "Save Our Children" campaign and the LGBTQ+ community is already fighting back. This documentary captures gay pride events across America that year with such immediacy — lesbian feminists, street queens, drag performers, allies, all speaking directly to camera about who they are and what they want. It's 72 minutes of pure historical record and it will make you furious at how little some arguments have changed and in awe of how courageous people were when they had literally nothing protecting them. Archival queer history is sacred. Preserve it. Share it.