Collections/October 2024

Two Films by Arthur J. Bressan Jr.

Director of both the first American feature-length documentary by and about LGBTQ+ people ( Gay USA ) and the first feature-length drama about AIDS ( Buddies ), intrepid filmmaker Arthur J. Bressan Jr. brought images of queer struggle, joy, pain, love, and liberation to the screen with a humanity and urgency that still resonates. These by turns angry, defiant, and uplifting films are vital and vibrant records of queer people asserting their right to exist amid the intense homophobia of America in the 1970s and ’80s.

2 films — 0 on the Channel, 2 unavailable