Director
Steve McLean
Year
1994
Run Time
93
min
Country
United States
Language
PROGRAM Time
minutes
CONTENT WARNING:
Inspired by the autobiographical writings of David Wojnarowicz, “Postcards From America” chronicles the abuse the artist suffered as a child at the hands of his father and his subsequent running away to New York to become a street hustler.
This film is presented in with English subtitles.
Inspired by the fictionalized autobiographical writings of poet/essayist/vidoemaker/performance artist David Wojnarwicz (who died of AIDS last year), the film knots together three stories from the life of a young gay outsider named David. The film follows David through his violent suburban childhood, his teen years as a hustler on the streets of New York, and finally explores his adulthood fascination with anonymous sex, the American desert and the open road.
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Gentle Giants

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Bruce Weber's heartbreakingly beautiful remembrance of growing up gay that includes the burly black dogs (Gentle Giants) he frolicked with, the beautiful Guy Madison he fantasized over, and one Elizabeth Taylor he stalked one summer.

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