Film gay america

Footage from a compilation of gay pride marches across the nation in nineteen seventy-seven is edited jointly in this documentary to furnish us a gay state of the nation in nineteen seventy-seven.

What proves truly informative while viewing this film, many years subsequent to its creation, are the interviews with individuals at the time, speaking about the progress of gay rights.

Filmed on the twenty-sixth of June, in nineteen seventy-seven, this follows a group of gay pride parades (mainly in NYC and San Francisco). A large group of individuals are interviewed, asking if they are gay or straight and what their thoughts are on gay rights and gay marriage. The insights into what people considered in nineteen seventy-seven are captivating. This was carried out pre-AIDS, so health issues are never broached. Additionally, I appreciate that they permit lesbians to discuss their feelings on the subject. There is no narration, therefore no judgmental dialogue to dictate our thoughts. The only genuine detriment here is some truly awful musical interludes. The songs are quite terrible and halt the movie abruptly. Yet, this is an important film that reveals how the gay world has evolved (and remained unchanged) since nineteen seventy-seven.

Essentially presenting the nineteen seventy-seven Gay Pride, which appears to be the same parade featured in one of his art porno films. A remarkably intriguing documentary, illustrating the intersection of people who were, I suppose, at that point, simply wishing to grasp all the commotion.

Numerous interviewees were exceptionally engaging and possessed a multitude of observations to share. I recall interviews with the likes of an older woman who is there because she believes that everyone should have rights, many individuals juxtaposing the sixties' Civil Rights Revolution with the Gay Rights movement, and a homophobic man who believes his hate need not impede LGBT's rights - which was a mental whiplash, to be candid. But shrewdly, Bresson never offered judgment; he merely edited these diverse commentaries into a well-flowing documentary.

I deem this to be a commendable film for anyone interested in the Gay Liberation Movement of the seventies AND seeking insight into how people at that time were responding to it. It genuinely captures all shades of commentary AND presents it without any form of judgment. It even showcases a "kababayan" proudly supporting the movement.

Highly Recommended.

"Gay USA" is less an innovative film, but more a passionate declaration of pride in US citizens obtaining same-sex civil rights, during a time of social and religious intolerance towards sexual variance. Despite this, I am concerned that in twenty twenty, other countries might not distinguish their same-sex culture, as North America now models this via an unassailable media presence.

Once upon a time, in the nineteen seventies, there existed a day when gay men, lesbians, transsexuals, and other members of varying sexual and gender orientations paraded in major cities across America. More than twenty-five camera operators captured the parades and interviews with individuals, and later Arthur J. Bressan Jr. Edited it into this film.

I am unsatisfied with that paragraph. Language and terminology concerning what was grouped together as "gay" in nineteen seventy-seven has drastically altered in the nearly half-century since this film was released. I anticipate this will continue to evolve. This review will appear dated, potentially quaint, both in how I articulate my thoughts, and indeed, those thoughts themselves. Therefore, the most that can be usefully expressed is that this captures a few moments in the evolution of sexuality throughout the ages, near the zenith of acceptance between the Stonewall Riots and the AIDS epidemic of the nineteen eighties.