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This documentary lovingly explores the variations on gay male sexuality in San Francisco from the 1960's to the 1990's, from the beginnings of gay liberation there, to the promiscuous seventies, on to the more careful behavior of current gays. A great deal of erotic imagery from the period is screened. The narrator and director Marc Huestis, himself HIV positive, also discusses ageism and racism within the community, and interviewees share recollections and discussions reach back into gay life in the 1940s and 1950s. Men are interviewed about these and other topics, including their first sexual experiences, early fantasies, etc. All in all, it is a wide-ranging, if slightly unfocused, exploration of the place and times, not intended for more conservative audiences. (Clarke Fountain, Rovi All Movie Guide)

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  • Runtime

    83 min
  • Country

    United States
  • Year of Presentation

    1993
  • Year of Production

    1993
  • Director

    Marc Huestis
  • Cast

    Larry Brinkin, Danny Castellow, Alex Chee, Wayne Corbitt, Jim Glyer, Miguel Gutiérrez, Robert Hawk, Marc Huestis, Gerard Koskovich, Bambi Lake, R. Wood Massi, David Perry, Brad Philips, Madame X, Jeff Rosenstock
  • Production Company

  • Berlinale Section

    Panorama
  • Berlinale Category

    Documentary Film
  • Teddy Award Winner

    Audience Award

Biography Marc Huestis

Marc Huestis is an award winning filmmaker, camp impresario and social activist. He is best known for his motion picture Sex Is… and his in-person tributes/benefit events feting celebrities from Hollywood’s Golden Age and cult personas from Jane Russell to John Waters at San Francisco’s Castro Theatre. Recently Huestis was awarded the coveted Lifetime Achievement GOLDIE Award by the SF Bay Guardian, the oldest and largest alternative weekly in the Bay Area and he is a co-winner of the 2001 Frameline Award in Recognition as Co-Founding the SF Frameline LGBT Film Festival (now the largest & oldest in the country).