Queerama: A Century of Gay Rights and Desires on Film

Synopsis: QUEERAMA takes the viewer through a century of gay experiences, encompassing persecution and prosecution, injustice, love and desire, identity, secrets, forbidden encounters, sexual liberation and pride. Using a wealth of unknown newsreel and amateur footage from the BFI National Archive, alongside the sub-textual references scattered throughout 20th century cinema, the film covers the sexual liberation of the early 21st century queer and transgender scene, and the gay parenting and marriage campaigns of recent years.
Special features:
-Daisy Asquith Q&A (2017, 8 mins): director Daisy Asquith in conversation with the BFI’s Simon McCallum.
-This Week: Homosexuals (James Butler, 1964, 23 mins)
-This Week: Lesbians (John Phillips, 1965, 26 mins)
-Ballad of Reading Gaol (Richard Kwietniowski, 1988, 11 mins)
-Rosebud (Cheryl Farthing, 1991, 14 mins)
-Illustrated booklet with full film credits and essays by Daisy Asquith, Simon McCallum, Lucy Robinson, Selena Robertson, Alex Davidson and So Mayer.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2018
Year of production: 2017
Subjects: Social Studies; Film studies
Keywords: amateur films; archive films; gay rights

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