LibGuides: Queer Film Series: An LGBTQIA+ Inclusive: State of Pride, April 20

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Free and open to the public! The final event in our Queer Film Series: An LGBTQIA Inclusive. Fifty years after the Stonewall uprising, Oscar®-winning filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman and host Raymond Braun travel to three diverse communities – Salt Lake City, San Francisco, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama – for an unflinching look at LGBTQ Pride, from the perspective of a younger generation. The film is free on YouTube.

Join us at 1 p.m. on Wed., April 20 for the discussion moderated by Cindy Clausen, Manager of Academic Success at Meramec.

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State of Pride
Fifty years after the Stonewall uprising, Oscar®-winning filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman and host Raymond Braun travel to three diverse communities – Salt Lake City, San Francisco, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama – for an unflinching look at LGBTQ Pride, from the perspective of a younger generation.

Other films mentioned in the discussion

Flee - not in STLCC library collections. Streaming available on Netflix; possibly other commercial streaming services. DVD may be available to borrow through Mobius
Torch Song Trilogy (Harvey Fierstein). Original play (print) and soundtrack (CD) in STLCC Libraries. DVD may be available to borrow through Mobius. May be available through commercial streaming services.

The Celluloid Closet
Publication Date: 1996; 2001
DVD. Originally broadcast in 1996, this documentary is based on the book and assembles footage from over 120 films showing the changing face of cinema homosexuality from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist cinema of the 1990s. Many actors, writers and commentators provide anecdotes regarding the history of the role of gay men and lesbians on the silver screen.
The Celluloid Closet
Streaming version of the 1996 documentary, from AVOn: Academic Video Online.
The Celluloid Closet by Vito Russo
Publication Date: 1987
Praised by the Chicago Tribune as "an impressive study" and written with incisive wit and searing perception--the definitive, highly acclaimed landmark work on the portrayal of homosexuality in film.
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Publication Date: 1989;1990
DVD. The story of the AIDS Memorial Quilt established by the San Francisco NAMES Project Foundation in 1987 to commemorate the lives lost to AIDS.
Howl
Publication Date: 2010
DVD. A drama about the famed Beat poet Allen Ginsberg's iconic poem "Howl" and the 1957 obscenity trial that followed its publication. Recounts how Ginsberg's controversial work-once in danger of being banned-survived a landmark legal battle to become a widely read American masterpiece.
The Times of Harvey Milk
DVD. Documents the life, career, and assassination of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay person elected to public office in San Francisco. Examines his life leading up to his assassination, his successful efforts to politically represent San Francisco's gay community, and the city's reaction to the assassinations through extensive news footage and personal recollections.

Pay It No Mind: Marsha P. Johnson
Documentary film from AVON (Academic Video Online). 2012

Resources for further exploration

Pride St. Louis
Pride St. Louis is the organization that puts on PrideFest annually. The website includes a history of the gay pride movement in St. Louis.
Black Pride St. Louis
Metro Trans Umbrella Group

Pride by Robin Stevenson
ISBN: 9781459821248
Publication Date: 2020
Pride: The Celebration and the Struggle celebrates the LGBTQ+ community's diversity and the incredible victories of the past 50 years--but it also has a larger focus on activism, the need to keep fighting for equality and freedom around the world and the important role that young people are playing. Ebook.
#Pride: Championing LGBTQ Rights by Rebecca Felix
Publication Date: 2019
In this title, readers learn about the #Pride movement, from its beginnings at the Stonewall Riots to the LGBTQ rights movement, the first Pride Parade, the creation of the Rainbow flag, and legislation such as the Matthew Shephard Act and the 2015 Supreme Court ruling legalizing same sex marriage. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Ebook.

Making Gay History (Podcast)
History told by those who lived it.
Pride -History
Explore the history of the LGBTQ movement in America. From the History Channel.
Metro Trans Umbrella Group Leaves St. Louis PrideFest Parade Over Police Marching In Uniform
ST Public Radio report form 2019

Torch Song Trilogy by Harvey Fierstein
ISBN: 039453428X
Publication Date: 1983
Script of three short plays.