Ashlee Marie Preston and the filmmakers on Facebook so you can get behind the scenes info on the movies. For more details and to reserve tickets (limited to 7500 first come first served reservations) head on over the NewFest site.While of course celebrating Pride means wearing rainbows, riding on parade floats, and going to parties, it also means learning our queer past.
This documentary, made entirely of footage from Pride events in 1977 is a time capsule of what it meant to be LGBTQ+ in the seventies.
Directed by Arthur J. Bressan Jr. (who would tragically pass away ten years after the film’s release in the AIDS epidemic), the film features interviews with dozens of individuals attending the Pride events, including everyone from drag.