Coming Together

In Coming Together, Ryan Powell captures the social and political vitality of the first wave of movies made by, for, and about male-desiring men in the United States between World War II and the 1980s. From the underground films of Kenneth Anger and the Gay Girls Riding Club to the gay liberation-era hardcore films and domestic dramas of Joe Gage and James Bidgood, Powell illuminates how central filmmaking and exhibition were to gay socializing and worldmaking. Unearthing scores of films and a trove of film-related ephemera, Coming Together persuasively unsettles popular histories that center Stonewall as a ground zero for gay liberation and visibility.  Powell asks how this generation of movie-making—which defiantly challenged legal and cultural norms around sexuality and gender—provided, and may still provide, meaningful models for living.

In Coming Together, Ryan Powell surprinde vitalitatea sociala si politica a primului val de filme realizate de, pentru si despre barbati care doresc barbati in Statele Unite, intre al doilea razboi mondial si anii 1980. De la filmele underground ale lui Kenneth Anger si Clubul de echitatie pentru fete gay, pana la filmele hardcore din epoca eliberarii homosexuale si dramele interne ale lui Joe Gage si James Bidgood, Powell ilustreaza modul in care filmarea si expozitia centrala au fost pana la socializarea si realizarea lumii gay.