United in Anger: A History of ACT UP
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Its firsthand archive and collective activist voices capture another radical queer movement from the inside, with the same DIY energy and refusal of respectability.
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Why this pick
Its firsthand archive and collective activist voices capture another radical queer movement from the inside, with the same DIY energy and refusal of respectability.
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An essential portrait of ballroom communities whose wit, chosen-family bonds and self-made style resonate with Queercore’s focus on queer subculture as creative resistance.
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This intimate, conversation-driven documentary examines identity and exclusion within queer communities, extending Queercore’s interest in subculture, belonging and contested representation.
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01 / THE STORY
The cultural and social movement that began as an offshoot of punk and was distinguished by its discontent with society's disapproval of the gay, bisexual, lesbian and transgender communities.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
John Waters
Themselves
Beth Ditto

Kim Gordon
Bruce La Bruce
Kathleen Hanna
Silas Howard
Peaches