Hollywood Pride

For generations, members of the LGBTQ+ community in Hollywood needed to be discreetabout their lives butmake no mistakethey were everywhere, both in front of and behind the camera. On the eve of the twentieth century, in Thomas Edisons laboratory, one of the earliest attempts at a sound film depicted two men dancing together as a third plays the violin. Its only a few minutes long, but this cornerstone of early cinema captureda queer moment on film. It would not be the last. With Hollywood Pride, renowned film critic Alonso Duraldepresents a history spanning from the dawn of cinema through the pansy craze of the 1930s and the New Queer Cinema of the 1990s, all the way up to today. He showcases the hard-working actors, writers, directors, producers, cinematographers, art directors, and choreographers whose achievements defined the American film industryand charts the evolution of LGBTQ+ storytelling itselfthe way mainstream Hollywood decided it would portray (or erase) their lives and the narratives created b