John Waters, Kim Gordon, Kathleen Hanna, share
memories of movement that used queer identity to combat homophobia. See
trailer at Into now.
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Tess at the
one year anniversary of the WTO protests November 30, 2000. Photo credit: Alice
Wheeler.
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the official US trailer for “Queercore: How To Punk A Revolution,”
exclusively at Into
or the link below.
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“Queercore: How To Punk A Revolution” –
Theatrical Dates (as of Aug. 23rd)
09/23/2018: Brooklyn, NY @ Spectacle
09/28-9/30: Brooklyn, NY @ Spectacle (INFO)
09/28-10/4: Los Angeles, CA @ Laemmle Ahrya Fine Arts (INFO)
10/02: Miami, FL @ O Cinema (INFO)
10/02: Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA (INFO)
10/03-10/5: Seattle, WA @ Northwest Film Forum (INFO)
10/04/2018: Yonkers, NY @ Alamo Drafthouse (INFO)
10/05-10/11: San Francisco, CA @ Roxie Theater (INFO)
10/12/2018: Santa Fe, NM @ Jean Cocteau Cinema (INFO)
10/12-10/18: New Orleans, LA @ Zeitgeist (INFO)
10/21/2018: Portland, OR @ Hollywood Theater (INFO)
11/25/2018: Harrisburg, PA @ Midtown Cinema (INFO)
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“Queercore: How To Punk A Revolution” – Film
Festivals & Awards
Outfest – The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film
Festival (USA)
Frameline (San Francisco, USA)
Hot Docs (Toronto, Canada)
Sheffield Doc | Fest (UK)
IDFA (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
DOC NYC (USA)
Melinka Festival (Serbia) – Best Queer Documentary
Homochrom Film Festival (Germany) – Audience Award – Best
Documentary
Soundwatch – Audience Award
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Following a round of festival appearances “Queercore: How To Punk A Revolution,”
a new film that documents the start of the pseudo-movement to the widespread
rise of pop artists who used queer identity to push back against gay
assimilation and homophobic punk culture, will make its way to theaters
nationwide this fall in a limited run.
Recently acquired by imprint Altered Innocence, the Yony
Leyser (“Desire Will Set You Free,” “William S. Burroughs: A Man Within”) –directed
documentary debuts in Brooklyn, NY on Sept.
23rd. See above for all theatrical dates as of Aug. 23rd,
and watch the film’s trailer now over at queer culture website Into
or at YouTube.
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More about “Queercore: How To Punk A
Revolution”
What happens when the community you need is not the
community you have?
Tell yourself it exists over and over, make fan zines
that fabricate hordes of queer punk revolutionaries, create subversive movies,
and distribute those movies widely–and slowly, the community you’ve fabricated
might become a real and radical heartbeat that spreads internationally. This is
the story that “Queercore: How To Punk A
Revolution” tells, from the start of a pseudo-movement in the mid-1980s,
intended to punk the punk scene, to the widespread rise of artists who used
radical queer identity to push back equally against gay assimilation and homophobic
punk culture.
Interviewees discuss homophobia, gender, feminism,
AIDS, assimilation, sex, and, of course, art. The extensive participant list
includes Bruce LaBruce, G.B. Jones, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, John
Waters, Justin Vivian Bond, Lynn Breedlove, Silas Howard, Pansy Division,
Penny Arcade, Kathleen Hanna, Kim Gordon,
Deke Elash, Tom Jennings, Team Dresch,
and many more.
Underscoring the interviews are clips from movies,
zines, concerts, and actions iconic to the movement. As steeped in the radical
queer, anti-capitalist, DIY, and give-no-fucks approach as queercore itself,
the movie reveals the perspectives and experiences of bands, moviemakers,
writers, and other outsiders, taking audiences inside the creation of the
community–and art–so desperately needed by the same queers it encompassed.
“Queercore: How To Punk A Revolution” starts a nationwide theatrical run on Sept. 23rd in Brooklyn, NY.
Director Yony Leyser is available
for interviews and appearances in conjunction with screenings. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.
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“Queercore: How To Punk A Revolution” Links
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
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