Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride

Overview

Over the course of a year, film follows Vancouver Pride Society president Ken Coolen to various international Pride events, including Poland, Hungary, Russia, Sri Lanka and others where there is great opposition to pride parades. In North America, Pride is complicated by commercialization and a sense that the festivals are turning away from their political roots toward tourism, party promotion and entertainment. Christie documents the ways larger, more mainstream Pride events have supported the global Pride movement and how human rights components are being added to more established events. In the New York sequence, leaders organize an alternative Pride parade, the Drag March, set up to protest the corporatization of New York Pride. A parade in São Paulo, the world's largest Pride festival, itself includes a completely empty float, meant to symbolize all those lost to HIV and to anti-gay violence.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 26, 2010

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

Canada

Cast

Ken Coolen,Gilbert Baker

Director

Bob Christie

Writer

Bob Christie,Aerlyn Weissman

Producer

Morris Chapdelaine,Charlie David

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt1469864