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Frameline From the Beginning: It’s All Coming Back to Me Now
An assortment of classic Frameline trailers and short films from key moments in the Festival’s five-decade history that highlight the evolution of the world’s longest-running LGBTQ+ film exhibition.
Short films showing in this program:
Altered Habits
A musical short featuring our very own Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, which originally premiered at the 5th annual Festival in 1981.
Greetings from Washington, D.C.
A collaborative effort between some of queer cinema’s juggernauts — including future Oscar winner Rob Epstein, Frances Reid, Greta Schiller, Lucy Winer, Jan Oxenberg, and Barbara Hammer — captures the first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in 1979.
Zeitgeist 1977: The First Festival
Participants in the very first “Gay Film Festival of Super-8 Films” (what ultimately became Frameline) — including filmmakers Marc Huestis, David Weissman, Dan Nicoletta, and Rob Epstein — share their recollections.