We’re a lot further along that continuum now, thankfully, even with the setbacks.In The Americans, the historian Daniel Boorstin traced the madness of the farmers to the Homestead Act of 1862. "In those earlier decades, we had so much basic ground to cover.
There are more queer filmmaker voices out there today than before and that’s a good thing," he said. "Our films have helped change the culture. Telling LGBTQ+ stories is crucial to effecting change and queer cinema has come a long way in the past two or three decades, Epstein said. "Several younger viewers commented on how surprised they were at how many of the issues we were discussing back then in the ‘70s are so relevant today, when legislatures across the country are banning our books in library, limiting what can be taught in schools, denying health care access." Greater acceptance of queer stories "I recently appeared with 'Harvey Milk' for a screening at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles," Epstein said. True to one of the goals of "Pioneers of Queer Cinema" the Milk documentary is bringing a history-making queer story to new audiences. Elected to the San Francisco's Board of Supervisors after three defeats, Milk and Mayor George Moscone were assassinated in 1978 by disgruntled ex-supervisor Dan White. One of the best-known of the restored films in "Pioneers of Queer Cinema" is the Oscar-winner "The Times of Harvey Milk," a look into the rise and death of California's first openly gay public official.
In addition to the works in the series, other films that have been preserved - some from 16mm prints after the original negatives were lost - include the LGBTQ+ classic "Paris is Burning," a project done in partnership with the Sundance Institute. Ruby Rich, who coined the term “New Queer Cinema" and we consulted the late Vito Russo’s invaluable book, 'The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies,'" Wiener said. "The four of us consulted with the teams at Outfest and IndieCollect, as well as filmmaker, archivist and author Jenni Olson the distinguished scholar and author B. The films in the series were selected by a four-member team of UCLA Film and Television Archives experts through an extensive, thorough process using several sources. "'Pioneers of Queer Cinema' utilized a great deal of titles that were formally preserved and/or archived as part of the Legacy Project initiative," Wiener said.
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