O Happy Day The Early Days of Black Gay Liberation (1996)

Name: O Happy Day The Early Days of Black Gay Liberation
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2023-02-19
Duration: 6 min
Rating: 100

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O Happy Day The Early Days of Black Gay Liberation

NR 6 minJun 24th, 1996Documentary

The seminal short film O Happy Day imagines the early days of gay liberation for black gay men Lofton juxtaposes images of black men from late 60s and early 70s films with images of Black Panther Party demonstrations as a way of intentionally revising history The soundtrack is punctuated by a 1970 quotation from Black Panther leader Huey Newton Theres nothing to say that a homosexual cannot also be a revolutionary Quite on the contrary maybe a homosexual could be the most revolutionary O Happy Day blurs the difference between the Black Power movement and the Gay Power movement and instead focuses on the similarities between the two

DirectorCharles Lofton

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