David Millbern, a gay actor/producer, created a documentary to chronicle the past 50 years of LGBTQ history celebratn of The Advote's 50th anniversary.
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IS DAVID MILLBERN GAY?
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Actor and Emmy-nomated producer David Millbern has intified as gay sce his early twenti, but he never nsired himself much of an activist. The pany agreed and fund , and Millbern hired Billy Clift, an acplished gay filmmaker, to direct ( the photo above, Clift is on the left and Millbern is on the right). Profil Pri: What was your journey to g out as gay?
We talk about film as activism, fotten gay history, guerrilla terviewg famo thors, and the rponsibily of equaly. * david millbern gay *
I started g out as gay my early twenti. I said let’s go wh Billy; he’s an amazg director/wrer, he has amazg style, and he is gay. It was New Year’s Eve and raids were happeng around gay bars the Silver Lake area back that time.
So a uple months later, around 500 to 600 gays, lbians, and alli did a silent prott where they uldn’t stop bee they’d be arrted for loerg, and they uldn’t yell or talk or shout. One woman, the first openly gay super mol, Patty Harrison, passed on durg the filmg. There’s a wonrful phrase we say all the time: “gay straight black whe, same stggle, same fight.
It’s also a history of photography om profsnal portras created on ttyp to amatr snapshots taken by the brave gay upl who wanted to pture their relatnships this new medium regardls of the possible nsequenc.