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THIRTEEN Celebrates the Summer of ’69: 50 Years Later is a multiplatform experience celebrating the golden anniversaries of pivotal moments in U.S. To stream everything from short digital shorts on the earliest drag pioneers to a feature film on neurologist Oliver Sacks, see our Pride Month collection. Reel 13 Indies presents Carol on June 12 Reel 13 Classics presents The Birdcage on June 26. See schedule including late-night and WLIW21 dates. Read more about the film and those affected by the “witch hunt” firings. Native New Yorker and early gay rights advocate Frank Kameny features prominently in the film. The Lavender Scare (Monday, June 7, 10 p.m.), narrated by Glenn Close, tells the story of the four-decades-long witch hunt that began in 1953 when President Eisenhower declared homosexuals “security risks” and ordered the firing of government employees suspected of being gay or lesbian. Photo: Courtesy of The New York Public Library
AMERICAN MASTERS HOLLY NEAR FULL
We just do it dancing.” See the full film on American Masters beginning June 4.įrank Kameny leads a picket line in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia on July 4, 1965. In the words of ballerina Kevin Garcia, “Every time the curtain opens we represent progress for equality. American Masters - Ballerina Boys interweaves original interviews and contemporary and archival performance footage to tell the remarkable history of the company and culminates with The Trocks’ 2019 performance at the Stonewall 50th anniversary concert at Central Park’s SummerStage in New York City. The film Ballerina Boys follows The Trocks on tour in the Carolinas, an epicenter of continued struggles for LGBTQ rights.
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Inspired by the Stonewall Riots of 1969, the company was fueled by the spirit of defiance and creative exuberance that the gay rights movement unleashed. Read all American Masters - Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives tells the tale of a talented performer whose virtuoso vocals and songwriting inspired generations of people working to 'bend the arc of justice forward.' From Free the Army tour performances with Jane Fonda to million-person global peace rallies, from women-only concerts and sold-out shows with Ronnie Gilbert to mid. The men perform classical ballet en pointe and in drag, challenging the art form’s rigid gender norms as they mix rigorous technique with comedy and satire. For over 45 years the company has shared their signature style and message of equality, inclusion and social justice with audiences around the world. American Masters – Ballerina Boys (Friday, June 4 at 9 p.m.) features an all-male ballet dance troupe whose origins and home is actually New York City, despite its name: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (“The Trocks”).