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Mariposas en el andamio = Butterflies on the scaffold / Kangaroo Productions ; productora, Margaret Gilpin ; dirección: Margaret Gilpin, Luis Felipe Bernaza.
LIBRA VHS HQ77.95.C9 M37 1997
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Female impersonators--Cuba.
- Female impersonators.
- Cross-dressers--Cuba.
- Cross-dressers.
- Gay community--Cuba.
- Gay community.
- Gay people--Cuba.
- Gay people.
- Homosexuality--Cuba.
- Homosexuality.
- Cuba.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (74 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- Other Title:
- Butterflies on the scaffold
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Water Bearer Films, [1997]
- Language Note:
- In Spanish with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- VHS.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- Summary:
- A documentary examining the issues gays and transvestites face in the context of evolving attitudes towards homosexuality in Cuba. It is a highly unusual look at how a group of working class drag queens in a Havana suburb have become an integral part of their neighborhood.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Raul Perez Ureta, Santiago Yanes Lorites, Julio Valdes ; story, Luis Felipe Bernaza, Margaret Gilpin ; editors, Luis Felipe Bernaza, Renata Gangemi, Margaret Gilpin.
- Notes:
- Videocassette release of 1995 documentary film.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.
- OCLC:
- 39338923
- Publisher Number:
- 759259181014
- WBF 8101 Water Bearer Films
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