NEW DELHI, June 2: Shaunak Sen has had little time to bask in the triumph that “All That Breathes” registered at the just-concluded 75th Cannes Film Festival. The Delhi-based filmmaker has flown to the Docaviv International Documentary Film Festival in Tel Aviv with his Cannes Oeil d’Or and Sundance World Cinema Grand Jury Prize winner, angling for another award. Sen’s 94-minute documentary, which was in the works for three years before it surfaced in Sundance and earned instant applause, is […]
In six episodes made by six directors, FX s Pride Docuseries showcases six decades of stunning and deeply touching interviews and archival footage to visualize the more than half century of LGBTQ struggles and achievements.
Show Synopsis
From Emmy® Award-winning Killer Films (This American Life, Mildred Pierce) and Sundance World Cinema Grand Jury Prize winning VICE Studios (Flee, The Report) comes PRIDE, a six-part documentary series chronicling the struggle for LGBTQ+ civil rights in America from the 1950s through the 2000s. Six renowned LGBTQ+ directors explore heroic and heartbreaking stories that define us as a nation. The limited series spans the FBI surveillance of homosexuals during the 1950s Lavender Scare to the “Culture Wars” of the 1990s and beyond, exploring the queer legacy of the Civil Rights movement and the battle over marriage equality. Featuring little-known characters such as Madeleine Tress or 1980s videographer Nelson Sullivan who chronicled a vanishing downtown New York City during the AIDS epidemic, the series also features international figures such as Civil Rights pioneer Bayard Rustin, writer Audre Lord and Senators Tammy Baldwin and Lester Hunt. The evolution of trans r