Dr. Dani SanchezJun 17, 2025
First up is a short CBS News piece about Gay artist Keith Haring (May 4, 1958 – February 16, 1990) from 1982 (https://youtu.be/W04j0Je01wQ?si=RSfbfxf0RBJk5VlF). Haring was known for his bold, pop art-style outline images and his community activism. He passed away due to complications from AIDS in early 1990 but he remains of the most popular artists and activists of his era. His Keith Haring Foundation continues his work in AIDS/HIV, Safe Sex and disenfranchised Youth advocacy.
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Next we have “Heaven” (https://youtu.be/IAkpTSLzuZY?si=5H9dlgAf0-ICuvLk) directed by Rivkah French, an award-winning queer choreographer, dance theorist and activist based in Texas. “Heaven” celebrates the power and beauty of sapphic love and relationships. “Heaven” is scored with a cover of “Knocking on Heaven’s Door” by Queer musician ANOHNI (https://tinyurl.com/4cfsuvtd)
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezJun 17, 2025
“What Really Happened to Baby Jane” (https://tinyurl.com/4www5nrp) is the work of Queer theater and filmmaking collective The Gay Girls Riding Club. They mostly produced camp & drag parodies of popular films. While made as a group effort, most of the films are credited to Ray Harrison.
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You can watch 3hrs of films by The Gay Girls Riding Club for free on TUBI (https://tinyurl.com/ysercwf8), YouTube (https://tinyurl.com/3kbum2cr) and Kanopy (https://tinyurl.com/yjcr6mm9)
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Jun 17, 2025 at 10:26pmWeb
Show threadDr. Dani SanchezJun 17, 2025
The films made by The Gay Girls Riding Club never saw official release until recent years. They were exclusively shown at private parties and social events in the 1960s- 1980s
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezJun 17, 2025
And here’s “Rebel, Rebel” by bisexual icon David Bowie from a 1974 episode of the Dutch music show “TopPop” (https://youtu.be/FA25s6Nn-IQ?si=ODYIDM7-bp37Ngax). “Rebel Rebel” was the lead single from Bowie’s “album “Diamond Dogs” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mUpZawgYtERKbiZXiznvS5VsKf99NUXTw&si=zUaHSYLkp4AdmICW) and is considered one of his best songs.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezJun 17, 2025
And now y’all can click over to our Feature Presentation: “The Doom Generation” (1995) (https://archive.org/details/TDG_WS_20230906) directed by gay Japanese-American filmmaker Gregg Araki (December 17, 1959-). This film is the second entry of his “Teenage Apocalypse Film Trilogy”, which #LaEsoterica will be watching over the course of this summer
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezJun 17, 2025
Despite writing, directing, editing & producing “The Doom Generation” (1995) it was Greg Araki’s first film to be made with a full production crew and a nearly $1mil budget (Approx. $800K). Shooting took nearly a month
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezJun 17, 2025
The characters Amy Blue and Jordan White, played by Rose McGowan and James Duval respectively, are loosely based on comic book character by outsider artist Mark Breyer of the same name. His work was fairly popular in the late 1980s & 1990s with his animated shorts “The Adventures of Thomas and Nardo” appearing on MTV’s “Liquid Televsion” (https://tinyurl.com/2js9kzc4)
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