Using archive film footage dating back to 1919.
Queerama is a documentary that explores the changes in gay and lesbian experience in the last 100 years or so.
There is no narrative here. Some captions are displayed to highlight changes in legislation. Progressive such as decriminalisation of homosexaulity or regressive such as Section 28.
Music from American music John Grant is heavily featured.
Using newsreels, television footage and excerpts from movies. Director Daisy Asquith explores the problems and persecution encountered by gay people.
Footage from two Man Alive documentaries dating back to mid 60s is used a lot. They featured perspective from gay men and lesbian women. It would had been regarded as ground breaking at the time.
It does not shy away from the impact of Aids in the 1980s to the fight for equality in the 1990s.
Queerama is loosely structured and not always coherent. A glaring omission was the lack of footage from My Beautiful Launderette. I guess it would had been due to rights clearance.
It focuses on the depiction homosexuality in the media as well as real life. At times it did come across like the old BBC show, The Rock and Roll years. That to featured music and newsreels.
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