Their most notorious production was the parody film tricias wedding, which was denounced by the nixon white house. Youll have to complete your refund and exchange before the posted showtime indicated on your ticket. Sadly, two of the cockettes who we interviewed in the film, dusty and reggie, have died since the film was completed. Life with the the cockettes san francisco 19691972 photographs by fayette hauser june 4july 9, 2011. The cockettes is a detailed, affectionate look into a shortlived phenomenon though popular on its home turf in san francisco that uniquely combined gay cabaret with the free love mentality of the hippie subculture of the late 60s and early 70s. We were here san francisco during aids crisis independent. Going into its third season, the youth orchestra was established to give young people up to.
The cockettes movie tv listings and schedule tv guide. Hibiscus, a member of the cockettes, in luminous procuress. David weissman and bill webers the cockettes filmmaker. As the psychedelic san francisco of the 60s began evolving into the gay san francisco of the 70s, the cockettes, a flamboyant ensemble of hippies women, gay men, and babies decked themselves out in genderbending drag and glitter for a series of legendary midnight musicals at the palace theater. Jan 20, 2002 the cockettes a fascinatingly detailed snapshot of the flamboyant outer reaches of countercultural san francisco in the hippie years and an emotional celebration of diversity, liberation, sexual. Ruminations follows rumi missabu, the iconoclast cofounder of san franciscos infamous cockettes. As the psychedelic san francisco of the 60s began evolving into the gay san francisco of the 70s, the cockettes, a flamboyant ensemble of hippies women, gay men, and babies decked them. This event is cosponsored by the california lbgt arts alliance a screening of rare cockettes films one night only. The movie, restored and screening in a new 16millimeter print.
Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the cockettes near you. When famed writer truman capote and film critic rex reed raved about a cockettes show to their east coast chums, it began a madcap saga of grand delusions that led to one of the most anticipated, and most. The cockettes was screened at the 2002 sundance film festival. The frameline completion fund provides grants to emerging and established filmmakers. Codirector david weissman and codirector and editor bill weber, who previously made the popular 2001 doc the cockettes, celebrated the fact that their film would hit theaters in september. In early 1971 a few members of the original group broke away from the cockettes and formed their own theatre group, the angels of light.
A massive list of fall 2017 grants all filmmakers should know. Steven arnold s luminous procuress 1971 is among the smith film s most flamboyant offspring. The largerthanlife theatre ensemble the cockettes was born in san francisco in 1969. This program seeks to provide a muchneeded source of financial contributions to artists who often struggle to secure funding to complete their works. The cockettes is a very welldone documentary on the genderbender performance troupe during the late 60s and 70s. Up until today their legacy lives on and inspires many contemporary artists. Steven arnold was a queer mystic who wanted to make an erotic film that expanded consciousness. Four films get completion funds from horizonsframeline. The film debuted at the 2002 sundance film festival, where it was nominated for the grand jury prize.
Although i lived in san francisco from 1961 to 1966 and saw a few great drag shows there was nothing to compare to the cockettes. Jan 16, 2002 although i lived in san francisco from 1961 to 1966 and saw a few great drag shows there was nothing to compare to the cockettes. Luminous procuress 1971 letterboxd your life in film. It illuminates the profound personal and community issues raised by the aids. The cockettes photo book project organized by fayette. Films finished with assistance from the frameline completion fund include chavela, pariah, appropriate behavior, call me kuchu, to be takei, last call at mauds, the new black, brother to brother, kumu hina, the cockettes, vito, freeheld, we were here, and gun hill road. I felt strongly that this film needed to be made by someone whos lived through the onset of aids. A documentary about the cockettes uses interviews and remarkable vintage footage to revisit a group that epitomized the counterculture movement. Sep 07, 2017 a massive list of fall 2017 grants all filmmakers should know about shares in between brainstorming your halloween costume and stockpiling food for winter, you could also be getting money to make your next film.
Burke asks about the making of tricias wedding, the cockettes farcical sendup of richard and pat nixons daughters wedding, and tinsel tarts in a hot coma a show about making a movie in the 30s, whose premiere was attended by truman capote and rex reed. Completion films is currently developing tok tokkie, a ghost thriller set in cape town, directed by jenna bass, a film adaptation of the novel who fears death by nnedi okorafor, directed by wanuri kahiu, the nigerian gang film area boys, directed by omelihu nwanguma and written by acclaimed nigerian playwright oladipo agboluaje. Completion fund past recipients the frameline completion fund provides grants to emerging and established filmmakers. Not only did they upend all conventional notions of gender, but they also subverted the existing conventions of drag which were mainly about female impersonation. In 1969 san francisco, a group of hippies were assembled by a charismatic free spirit known as hibiscus to create an act to go on before a midnight film festival. A troupe of outrageous hippie drag queens, the cockettes performed midnight shows at an old chinese movie theater called the palace in north beach, the neighborhood where the beatniks had arisen a. In many ways, the cockettes were the first gender revolutionaries. They dressed in outlandish and skimpy costumes, danced and sang along to records, and called themselves the cockettes. The cockettes, an entertaining film that follows the san francisco ensembles freeform creation in late 1969 to its eventual breakup in 1972, recaptures a time and place and a way of life that seems refreshingly light years away from todays somber mood. Back in seattle for the seattle international film festival showing of the cockettes 2002 cult classic documentary, concluding with a lively discussion about the era with michael cepress, curator of counter couture. Complete sexual anarchy the cockettes exuded the optimism, playfulness, sexiness and theatricality of a subculture that slipped away almost as soon as it was born. This documentary traces the rise and fall of the cockettes, a troupe of hippies in drag famous for a notorious caberet act in san francisco in the 1960s and 70s. The cockettes were an avant garde psychedelic hippie theater group founded by hibiscus.
Rise and fall of the acid queens for a few glittering years, they were the worlds most celebrated genderbenders. The cockettes were born by accident, the product of a unique. Breakfast with the cockettes bush street house hibiscus golden gate park april 1969 the cockettes web site. Perry seibert, rovi from the back cover this exuberant comedy chronicles the lives of a zany troupe of daring performers from 19691972. Find out when and where you can watch the cockettes on tv with the full listings schedule at. Aug 20, 2004 the napa valley symphonys youth orchestra is holding auditions from 10 a. Kumu hina, the cockettes, vito, freeheld, we were here, and gun. John flowers at the cockettes victorian house, san francisco 1971 the cockettes. Well refund your credit card or we can credit your fandango account to use for another movie. I do think the film is rich and multilayered, and yet i do feel we only scratched the surface. Hibiscus eventually left to form his own angels of light free theater collective, and after a disastrous 1971 new york city appearance, the cockettes disbanded forever. Though little remembered today, the group became a tremendous success at the time, and even appeared on broadway. The best time ive had at the movies here sundance film festival has been at a.
Its subject is the 1960s70s san francisco performance group the cockettes. Im not sure i would have gone to see this show at the palace, although some friends might have talked me into it and saying that i would never have gone back to see them again. Sundance film festival audiences praised the documentary we were here, a powerful look back at san francisco in the 80s and the devastating impact of the aids epidemic, and their enthusiasm led to the film s recent acquisition by red flag releasing. Remembering the cockettes, trailblazing, trendsetting.
Through archive footage, animation and new interviews with stars from sfs queer art past, his lurid tales in and out of the spotlight are revealed as he reinvents himself at the end of his life. Bitte immer nur genau eine deutschenglischubersetzung eintragen formatierung siehe guidelines, moglichst mit einem guten beleg im kommentarfeld. Jan 20, 2008 clips from the amazing documentary on the cockettes and the antics of this infamous hairy fairy performance troupe. The cockettes costumes were completed with the signature make up artistry, most famously the men having glitter in.
The cockettes is a story that perhaps needed the distance of 30 years to be told with perspective and appreciation, and without apology. We were here documents the arrival in san francisco of what was then called the gay plague in the early 1980s. The fund was established 10 years ago to assist lesbian and gay media artists with the final. It arose out of the kaliflower hippie communes spontaneous desire for complete freedom of expression. He has recently completed into the dark unknown, an album of music from. As the psychedelic san francisco of the 60s began evolving into the gay san. Glitter, acid and bearded queens sweet pam details her cockette days in all their farout glory by edward guthmann published 4.
Frameline supports the lgbtq filmmaker community through their completion fund, by exhibiting queer films year round, and at the san francisco international lgbtq film festival. The movie, restored and screening in a new 16millimeter print sunday and monday at anthology film archives, is a 75minute immersion in mr. Through archive footage, animation and new interviews with stars from sfs queer art past, his lurid tales in and out of the spotlight are revealed as he. Theyre cocked, and you better be ready for a good time with this sweet and concise documentary. In his forthcoming film about the legendary performers, david. All yer fave characters make appearances, from cockettes like hibiscus, goldie. The cockettes film the cockettes is a 2002 american documentary film. Various clips taken from the documentary the cockettes. We can thank the cockettes for introducing us to sylvester and divine who are, sadly, no longer with us. The cockettes a fascinatingly detailed snapshot of the flamboyant outer reaches of countercultural san francisco in the hippie years and an emotional celebration of diversity, liberation, sexual.
David weissman, filmmaker the cockettes, we were here radical inconvenient love is a moving and important film. These excockettes would talk about their houses and parties and shows, and it was so unbelievably wild. This was the golden age of lgbtq san francisco before aids took the p out of party a gross understatement. Projects finished with assistance from the frameline completion fund include vision portraits, call her ganda, chavela, pariah, appropriate behavior, call me kuchu, to be takei, last call at mauds, the new black, brother to brother, kumu hina, the cockettes, vito, freeheld, we were here, and gun hill road. When famed writer truman capote and film critic rex reed came to a show and spread the word to their east coast chums, it began a madcap saga of grand delusions that led to one of the most anticipated, and. Jan 10, 2002 frameline and horizons have announced the recipients of the 2002 horizonsframeline completion fund. According to john waters it was complete sexual anarchy, which is always a beautiful thing. The cockettes became a huge sensation in san francisco, drawing crowds from the gay and hippie countercultures as well as from high society. The untold tales of armistead maupin groundbreaking tales. Frameline and horizons have announced the recipients of the 2002 horizonsframeline completion fund.
Ive often heard harmony korine and gaspar noe talk about cinema as drug, and although i dont think their films take us there or any film for that matter could, luminous procuress almost does. It was a level of wildness and experimentation thats almost incomprehensible. Documentarians david weissman and bill weber, the filmmakers behind 2002s the cockettes, introduced additional footage from the film and a memorial segment that acknowledged members of the group who have died since the documentary was made. The cockettes a film by david weissman and bill weber. This program provides a muchneeded source of financial contributions to artists who often struggle to secure funding to complete their works.
Fashioning identity in the american counter culture. Cockettes drag troupe returns, now with rehearsals the new. You may exchange or request a refund for your entire order, less the convenience fee, through fandango up until the posted showtime. In 1971, the cockettes released the short film tricias wedding, lampooning the wedding ceremony of richard. At the talk that accompanied the film, i believe it was rumi of the cockettes who stated that arnold not only looked up to cocteau, he even thought. Dec 20, 2003 four films get completion funds from horizonsframeline. Apr 06, 2012 a revival of the cockettes hot greeks brings back that genderbending performance groups good old days the early 1970s in many ways, but a few changes have been made. Frameline completion fund provides funding for films in the postproduction. Completion films is committed to the development and production of globally dynamic feature films and occasionally documentaries directed by some of the most talented filmmakers from africa.
Released in 2002, bill weber and david weissmans documentary, the cockettes shines a light on one of san franciscos most wonderfully out there trippy, hippie freakshows, the alltoobrief troupe of performers. This film is not currently playing on mubi but 30 other great films are. After completing preservation, the berkeley art museum and pacific film archive has. As the psychedelic san francisco of the 60s began evolving into the gay san francisco of the 70s, the cockettes, a flamboyant ensemble of hippies decked themselves out in genderbending drag and tons of glitter for a series of legendary midnight musicals at the palace theater in north beach. From 1969 to 1972, the cockettes an outrageous theatrical troupe comprising gay men, women and babies used their lsdinfused exuberance, imaginations and a gift for dressing to the nines in. The untold tales of armistead maupin examines the life and work of one of the worlds most beloved storytellers, following his evolution from a conservative son of the old south into a gay rights. Cockettes then, cockettes now and cockettes forever. The adventures of james broughton, hope along the wind inspiring. The cockettes presence in luminous procuress comes as no surprise. Jan 25, 2010 the cockettes, an equalopportunity theater group comprised of women, men and children, performed in drag at san franciscos palace theater in the late 60s and 70s. It was directed by bill weber and david weissman, and produced by weissman. In case you dont know, the cockettes were a sexuallyanarchic san franciscan drag troupe that. Sheds vital light on a soulful transformation beyond shame to liberation, activism and community. Id read about this film when it came out and really dont know why it took me so long to get around to watching it.
Life with the cockettes link to page the 2002 documentary film, the cockettes by david weisman and bill weber was featured at the sundance film festival and has won numerous awards. Todd mccarthy, daily variety the best time ive had at the movies here sundance film festival has been at a documentary. The cockettes embodied thatthey were that junction. The cockettes 2002 directed by david weissman, bill. A documentary profile on rumi missabu, the iconoclast cofounder of san franciscos infamous cockettes. A flamboyant ensemble of genderbending hippies, the cockettes created a series of lsdfueled musicals in early 1970s san francisco. A chronicle of the rise and fall of the legendary san francisco theatrical troupe, the cockettes 19691972. He also worked on other peoples films including crumb, and in the shadow of the. Napa valley symphonys youth orchestra holding auditions sfgate. Glitter, acid and bearded queens sweet pam details her.
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