Thursday, June 21, 4:00 p.m. Castro
BAY AREA PREMIERE
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| Conversations with Gay Elders: filmmaker David Weissman (L) and Kerby Lauderdale (R) |
It is rare for a documentary to hold my unflagging attention all the way through, but this conversation is engaging from start to finish. Kerby Lauderdale has a fascinating life, from childhood sexual awakening to furtive cruising to marriage and children to living proudly as an out gay man. Of course, that’s partly down to a good editor selecting the best third of the raw footage, but Weissman has a knack for turning what could be an impersonal interview into an intimate conversation. I did think at times about memories from comparable times in my own life, but not so much as to take me out of Kerby’s story.
The series of which this is one installment is an indispensable record of what life was like for gay men who came of age before Stonewall, and it is definitely a MUST SEE.
(disclaimer: filmmaker David Weissman is an acquaintance of several years)
• IMDb (director David Weissman) • official website • Facebook: @GayElders •
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