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GAY USA: ARTHUR BRSAN’S DOCU, SHOT ON ONE DAY

Like Word is Out, Gay USA is a llective productn, ma unr the banner of Artists Uned for Gay Rights. However, unlike Word Is Out, was filmed on one day, June 26, 1977, and was the product of one filmmaker, Arthur Brsan, who nceived the project and shaped s form. * gay usa bressan *

Like the semal documentary Word is Out, Gay USA was a llective productn, ma unr the banner of Artists Uned for Gay Rights.

In the wake of the Miami feat of a gay rights iative on June 7, Brsan cid to jo the San Francis monstratn at Cy Hall. ), g their paras to document an emergg gay nscns.

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If Word is Out explor personal liv and private experienc, Gay USA ptur munal excement. In Gay USA, Brsan orchtrat a diversy of life styl: lbians, sympathetic straight fai, drag queens, profsnals, youths, ex-prisoners, dyk on bik, blacks, school teachers, anti-gay dissenters.

A proponent for repealg laws agast gays is juxtaposed wh an anti-abortnist who supports Ana Bryant.

A statement by a young gay Catholic, who voic his prott agast Church polici, is followed by a fundamentalist cg the Bible for nmng homosexualy as an “unnatural way of livg. “Dyk on Bik” lead off the procsn, followed by thoands of women sportg banners: “We are your teachers, ” “Gay, Alive and Healthy, ” and “Remember the Wch Hunts.

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The film picks up further momentum wh the “Are You Gay” sequence, which a handheld trackg mera, cuttg om rponse to rponse, chronicl a diversy of reactns, rangg om “I don’t thk I n classify myself” to “that’s none of your bs. The kaleidospic visn imparted by Gay USA b some ivolo joy wh more ser attus.

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Even an environment such as San Francis, where gay guys n openly pursue a “ee” life, there still is timidatn, abe, and vlence.

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Brsan dit Gay USA to him and clos wh a memorial at Cy Hall.

Brsan’s iologil and athetic ntrasts unrle the differenc wh the gay muny on var issu, cludg cross-drsg, drag for fun, and so on.

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Jotly, Word Is Out and Gay USA reflected the polics of a rapidly growg gay mory, wh each film givg a platform and propagatg voic long nied accs to the mass media due to bigotry and opprsn. Unfortunately, when ially aired on Public TV, the two documentari were mostly seen by gay viewers, ultimately failg to realize their potential as nscns-raisg tools outsi of the gay muny.

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's historic documentary Gay USA.

Rtored by the UCLA Film & Televisn Archive llaboratn wh Framele and Outft, Gay USA is the first Amerin feature-length documentary by and about LGBTQ+ people. (bt known for his 1985 gay drama Buddi) mobilized mera crews across the untry to document the natnal Gay Freedom Day march June of 1977. One of the pneers of pennt gay cema the 1970s and '80s, Brsan, Jr.

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For Gay USA, he mobilized mera crews across the untry to document the natnal Gay Freedom Day march June of 1977.

The film nveys the passn, anger, and fiant optimism of a muny unr attack ( that month of June 1977 alone: California's anti-gay Briggs Iniative had jt been announced, Ana Bryant's vic homophobia had helped repeal Miami's gay rights ordance, and a gay man named Robert Hillsborough had only days earlier been the victim of a fatal gay-bashg San Francis). A remarkable muny portra, Gay USA illtrat the triumphant power of love and pri. Betifully rtored by the UCLA Film & Televisn Archive llaboratn wh Framele and Outft, Gay USA is the first Amerin feature-length documentary by and about LGBTQ+ people.

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