Part of our Pride Night special event! Watch this program with Queer Stories here, and join in on our virtual Pride Party at 10:15pm on Friday, May 21, streamed live for free on Twitch.
Performance is an important part of creating and sustaining LGBTQ+ communities. Baltimore is Burning is a series of three short films from local filmmakers about local LGBTQ+ performers. These documentaries explore the lives of hip hop artists who are queer, ballroom dancers and unconventional drag performers, and what their art means to them and those around them. They capture a time before the COVID-19 pandemic when we could experience powerful, transgressive, joyful, and empowering moments together, and the films highlight the resiliency of the Baltimore LGBTQ+ community.
Have an All Access Pass? Unlock your on-demand screening of this film here!
Total Run Time: 87 minutes
This program will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.
Programmed by Festival Programming Associate, Garrett Stralnic.
Content Considerations: Strong language, implied sexual situations, depictions of sexual situations, self-harm, implied sexual violence, harassment, implied violence.
A not-so-Cinderella-story of LGBTQ+ Baltimore Ballroom dancers as they prepare to compete at the inagural Peabody Ball, while they face real life obstacles and cultural exploitation. This Ball takes a scene that has historically thrived underground—but has recently found itself nomadic due to a rash of gay club closings—and inserts it into one of Baltimore’s most stunning and exclusive settings.
- Year2020
- Runtime25 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorJason Gray, Kathryn Martin
- ProducerJason Gray, Kathryn Martin
- CastKeith Holt, Londyn Smith de Richelieu, Marquis Clanton
- EditorCharles Cohen
Part of our Pride Night special event! Watch this program with Queer Stories here, and join in on our virtual Pride Party at 10:15pm on Friday, May 21, streamed live for free on Twitch.
Performance is an important part of creating and sustaining LGBTQ+ communities. Baltimore is Burning is a series of three short films from local filmmakers about local LGBTQ+ performers. These documentaries explore the lives of hip hop artists who are queer, ballroom dancers and unconventional drag performers, and what their art means to them and those around them. They capture a time before the COVID-19 pandemic when we could experience powerful, transgressive, joyful, and empowering moments together, and the films highlight the resiliency of the Baltimore LGBTQ+ community.
Have an All Access Pass? Unlock your on-demand screening of this film here!
Total Run Time: 87 minutes
This program will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.
Programmed by Festival Programming Associate, Garrett Stralnic.
Content Considerations: Strong language, implied sexual situations, depictions of sexual situations, self-harm, implied sexual violence, harassment, implied violence.
A not-so-Cinderella-story of LGBTQ+ Baltimore Ballroom dancers as they prepare to compete at the inagural Peabody Ball, while they face real life obstacles and cultural exploitation. This Ball takes a scene that has historically thrived underground—but has recently found itself nomadic due to a rash of gay club closings—and inserts it into one of Baltimore’s most stunning and exclusive settings.
- Year2020
- Runtime25 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorJason Gray, Kathryn Martin
- ProducerJason Gray, Kathryn Martin
- CastKeith Holt, Londyn Smith de Richelieu, Marquis Clanton
- EditorCharles Cohen