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Before homosexuals : from ancient times to Victorian crimes / After Stonewall Productions presents ; presented by John Scagliotti ; directed by John Scagliotti ; produced by John Scagliotti ; co-producers, Christopher Dawes, David M. Hall, Betsy Kalin ; writers, Betsy Kalin, John Scagliotti, JoAnn Wypijewski ; produced in association with The Center for Independent Documentary.
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Homosexuality--History--To 1500.
- Homosexuality.
- Gay people--Social conditions--History.
- Gay people.
- Homosexuality and art.
- Homosexuality and literature.
- Homosexuality--Public opinion--History.
- Gay liberation movement--History--19th century.
- Gay liberation movement.
- Homophobia--Religious aspects--History.
- Homophobia.
- Gay liberation movement--History--20th century.
- Gay liberation movement--History--21st century.
- Gay people--Social conditions.
- Gays--Social conditions.
- Homophobia--Religious aspects.
- Homosexuality--Public opinion.
- Genre:
- documentary film.
- Documentary films
- Feature films
- History
- Nonfiction films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 87 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- stamping.
- polychrome.
- Distribution:
- New York : First Run Features
- Other Title:
- Title from opening and closing credits: Before homosexuals : the prequel to Before Stonewall
- Place of Publication:
- [Guilford, VT] : After Stonewall Productions, [2019]
- Language Note:
- English narration, with English subtitles.
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- Disc characteristics: DVD-R.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- "Emmy Award-winner John Scagliotti, producer of the landmark films "Before Stonewall" and "After Stonewall", guides us in a wondrous tour of erotic history, poetry and visual art in this point-of-view documentary on same-sex desire from ancient times to Victorian crimes. He explores how the sexual revolution of the 1960s and the growth of LGBT political power in the 1990s cleared the path for artists and scholars to re-discover pre-20th century same-sex desires. With dozens of experts he revels in lesbian love spells from ancient Rome, censored chapters of the Kamasutra, Native American two-spirit rituals and more. A prequel to Before Stonewall, Before Homosexuals unearths the garden of human sexual delights and the endurance and creativity of 'an army of lovers.'"--Film website: http://beforehomosexuals.com/about-the-film/.
- Contents:
- 1. Unnatural acts
- 2. Genes don't lie
- 3. Heroic love
- 4. Two-spirit love
- 5. Moral policemen
- 6. Zeus & Ganymede
- 7. Forbidden friendships
- 8. True colors.
- Participant:
- Featuring dialogue with: Gilbert Herdt, Ph.D. (Professor of Human Sexuality at San Francisco State University), Anna Leah Sarabia (human rights activist, Philippines), Aditya Bondyopadhyay (human rights activist, India), Charles Gueboguo (author of "La Question Homosexuelle en Afrique"), Bernadette Brooten, Ph.D. (author of "Love Between Women"), Audre Lorde (poet, c. 1984 CE), Ruth Vanita, Ph.D. (author of "Same-Sex Love in India"), James Saslow , Ph.D., (author of "Ganymede in the Renaissance"), Dean Hamer, Ph.D. (author of "The Science of Desire: The Search for the Gay Gene and the Biology of Behavior"), JoAnn Wypijewski (author of Carnal Knowledge column, The Nation), Janet Afary, Ph.D. (author of "Sexual Politics in Modern Iran"), Thorsten Opper (curator of Greek & Roman sculpture, The British Museum), Sophie Volpp, Ph.D. (Department of East Asian Languages, Associate Professor, UC Berkeley), Richard Parkinson (Professor of Egyptology, Oxford University), Louis Crompton, Ph.D. (author of "Homosexuality & Civilization"), Dimitris Plantzos (author of "Greek Art and Archaeology C. 1200-30 BC"), Maria Margaronis (journalist, The Nation, London Bureau), Tze-Lan Sang, Ph.D. (author of "The Emerging Lesbian: Female Same-Sex Desire in Modern China"), Akira Ohno (art historian, Koganei Hakenomori Art Museum, Japan), Seth Jacobowitz, Ph.D. (author and Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages, Yale University), Edward Maeder (historical fashion and textiles expert), Laxmi Narayan Tripathi (Hijra guru, transgender activist), Terence Kissack, Ph.D. (author of "Free Comrades: Anarchism and Homosexuality in the United States"), Max Dashu (founder of the Suppressed Histories Archives), Rodney Lutalo (human rights activist, Uganda), Michael Rocke (Director of the Biblioteca Berenson, Harvard University, Florence, Italy, author of "Forbidden Friendships: Homosexuality and Male Culture in Renaissance Florence"), Theo van der Meer, Ph.D. (author of "Sodoms zaad in Nederland"), Gert Hekma, Ph.D. (editor of "A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Modern Age"), Richter Norton, Ph.D. (author of "My Dear Boy: Gay Love Letters Through the Centuries"), Carl Brandon Strehlke (museum art curator), Jeffrey Weeks, (author & officer of the Order of thte British Empire), Neil McKenna (author of "The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde), Michael Lombardi-Nash (translator of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs), Sheila Rowbotham (author of "Edward Carpenter: A Life of Liberty and Love"), Gary Schmidgall (author of "Walt Whitman. A Gay Life").
- Credits:
- Editors, Christopher Dawes, David M. Hall ; cinematography, Michael Hanish, Arnaud Lalanne ; original music, Don DiNicola.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2018.
- "This film is dedicated to Louis Crompton (April 5, 1925-July 11, 2009) ...and the many other LGBT historians who have fought tirelessly to save same-sex history."--Opening frames.
- "DISCLAIMER: Unless otherwise stated, the people who appear in this film should not be presumed to be homosexual...or heterosexual."--Opening frames.
- For private home use only.
- ISBN:
- 9786317815308
- 6317815305
- OCLC:
- 1242976664
- Publisher Number:
- 720229917865
- 00720229917865 gtin-14
- FRF 917865D First Run Features
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