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The lavender scare / Full Exposure Films presents ; a film by Josh Howard ; produced and directed by Josh Howard.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 032 457
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil service.
- Security systems.
- History.
- Gay people--Employment.
- Gay people in the civil service.
- United States--Officials and employees--History--20th century.
- United States.
- Gay people in the civil service--United States--History--20th century.
- Gay people--Employment--United States--History--20th century.
- Gay people.
- Civil service--Security measures--United States--History--20th century.
- Cold War.
- Kameny, Frank, 1925-2011.
- Kameny, Frank.
- Employees.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- History.
- Nonfiction films.
- Historical films.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- burning
- Place of Publication:
- [Austin, Texas] : Tugg, [2019]
- System Details:
- DVD-R, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.78:1 aspect ratio) presentation.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD-R video
- Summary:
- "With the United States gripped in the panic of the 1950s Cold War, President Dwight D. Eisenhower deems homosexuals to be "security risks" and vows to rid the federal government of all employees discovered to be gay or lesbian. Tens of thousands lose their jobs. But the mass firings have an unintended effect: they stir outrage in the gay community and thrust an unlikely hero into the forefront of the LGBTQ rights movement. In addition to illuminating a little-known chapter of American history, The Lavender Scare is a timely reminder of the value of vigilance and social action when civil liberties are under attack"--Tugg Edu website.
- Participant:
- Narrator: Glenn Close; voices: Cynthia Nixon, Zachary Quinto, T.R. Knight, and David Hyde Pierce.
- Credits:
- Associate director, Jill Landes; director of photography, Richard White; editor, Bruce Shaw; music, Joel Goodman.
- Notes:
- Based on The lavender scare / by David K. Johnson.
- Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 2017.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- Contains:
- Motion picture adaptation of: Johnson, David K. Lavender scare.
- OCLC:
- 1119731421
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