Tag: 1970’s
New PBS Doc ‘THE WAR ON DISCO’ investigates the late 1970s when angry homophobes and racists tried to stop the music….
For most of us (of a certain age) our passion for everything disco peaked in 1977 with John Travolta’s swagger in the opening scenes of Saturday Night Fever. The film resulted in the Best Actor Oscar Nomination for Travolta but for the rest of the world, it shepherded in a whole new movement…
Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews STUDIO ONE FOREVER the story of the infamous LA gay club with a racist/sexist door policy
Studio One Forever is a documentary about the infamous Studio One nightclub in West Hollywood, known for its racist and sexist door policies as much as anything else. Launched in 1974, the club ran for 19 years until 1993. Why Studio One decided to have racist and sexist door policies is not made…
Uranian Dreams: Two classic 1970s Homosexual Films by Eloy de la Iglesia coming to Blu-ray and DVD on August 29th
Queerguru are VERY BIG fans of Altered Innocence queer film distributors who are dedicated to releasing LGBTQ & Coming-of-Age films with an artistic edge. Their latest home video release is Uranian Dreams: Two Homosexual Films by Eloy de la Iglesia, a pioneering gay and socialist Spanish filmmaker. Adeptly combining genre and social critique, Eloy de la…
Once A Fury: a doc on The Furies, a notorious 1970s lesbian separatist collective NOW STREAMING ONLINE
Ten former members of the Furies, a notorious 1970s lesbian separatist collective that published a national newspaper and planned to seize state power, reflect on political activism and personal struggle. Jacqueline Rhodes‘s award-winning film simultaneously provides information on The Furies’ newspaper, what and who they were fighting for, and what their message was, as…
Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews KevIn Hegge’s TRAMPS! a wonderful nostalgic trip to when British music was at its best
1977-1982 was arguably the most fertile period in British music history. I was at school then and almost everyone was into at least one of a complete soundclash of music genres – including punk, new wave, disco, soul, funk, heavy rock, mod, two-tone, early rap, hip hop, electronica, and the new romantic bands.…
