Join us for a trip down memory lanes told in documentary and narrative formats as queer storytellers delve into histories that are serious, sexy, sentimental and sometimes silly.
Sunday January 29th Noon Esther Newton Made Me Gay directed by Jean Carlomusto/USA/2022/92:00min/English ESTHER NEWTON MADE ME GAY explores the life and times of cultural anthropologist Esther Newton. Throughout her career, Esther was a pioneer—questioning and challenging status quo assumptions on gender, sexuality, and anthropological methods. Her work inspired generations of scholars to pursue research […]
Monday January 30th 6pm All Man: The International Male Story directed by Bryan Darling & Jesse Finley Reed/USA/2022/83:00min/English ALL MAN: The International Male Story journeys across three decades of the catalog’s unlikely but lasting impact on fashion, masculinity, and sexuality in America. Gene Burkard, a once-closeted Midwesterner and GI, found freedom in San Diego, where […]
These documentary short-subject films focus on beacons of hope & courage during even the darkest times.
Winter Kept Us Warm -dir. David Secter/81min/Canada/1965 It's the 1960s at the University of Toronto. Doug is a well-liked senior with an equally popular girlfriend. Peter is a shy freshman, and new to the big city. Peter and Doug become best friends and soon start going to concerts, drinking, and playing in the snow together. […]
