Pioneers of Queer Cinema
@ Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
On view through Sunday, September 4th
COMING THIS AUGUST: we are very excited to be announcing our PIONEERS OF QUEER CINEMA Series (in partnership with the UCLA Film & Television Archive)!
Pioneers of Queer Cinema introduces and reacquaints audiences with landmark queer works and their makers, while inspiring new conversations and renewed action surrounding the complex obstacles LGBTQ+ communities continue to face.
Series Films
August 2 & 6 | With her first feature, writer-director-punk archivist-actor Dunye portrays “Cheryl,” a… more
Directed by: Peter Adair, Directed by: Nancy Adair, Directed by: Andrew Brown, Directed by: Robert Epstein, Directed by: Lucy Massie Phenix, Directed by: Veronica SelverUSA | 1977
August 3 & 7 | Nearly 45 years ago, the Mariposa Film Group, a collective of six queer filmmakers… more
Directed by: Tom Joslin, Directed by: Debra Chasnoff, Directed by: Kim Klausner, Directed by: Margaret Lazarus
USA | 1977, 1985
August 10 & 14 | In the experimental, personal … more
August 16 & 20 | A joyous story of friendship and romance, across 24 hours in NYC, PARTING GLANCES is… more
August 17 & 21 | A powerful record of the beloved activist/politician’s inspirational life and work,… more
August 23 & 27 | This debut feature from lesbian feminist filmmaker and artist Barbara Hammer (1939-… more
August 24 & 28 | Livingston’s acclaimed document of NYC’s Ballroom scene in the 80s remains a powerful… more
August 30 & September 3 | Two complex women – the cautious professor Vivian, and the impulsive ranch… more
Directed by: Arthur Dong, Directed by: Marlon Riggs
USA | 1994, 1989
August 31 & September 4 | Based on the landmark book by Allan Bérubé, … more
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Tags: Allan Bérubé, Andrew Brown, Arthur Dong, Barbara Hammer, Bill Sherwood, BLACKSTAR: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A CLOSE FRIEND and CHOOSING CHILDREN, Cheryl Dunye, Chicago, COMING OUT UNDER FIRE and TONGUES UNTIED, Debra Chasnoff, Desert Hearts, Donna Deitch, Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Gregg Araki, Illinois, Jennie Livingston, Kim Klausner, Loop, Lucy Massie Phenix, Margaret Lazarus, Marlon Riggs, Nancy Adair, NITRATE KISSES, PARIS IS BURNING, PARTING GLANCES, Peter Adair, Pioneers of Queer Cinema, Robert Epstein, THE LIVING END, THE TIMES OF HARVEY MILK, THE WATERMELON WOMAN, Tom Joslin, Veronica Selver, WORD IS OUT: STORIES OF SOME OF OUR LIVES
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