2023 Outfest LA LGBTQ+ Film Festival

Virtual Screening: Playland

Expired July 24, 2023 6:59 AM
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A haunting debut filled to the brim with an eclectic cast that includes Pose’s Danielle Cooper, drag icon Lady Bunny, and trans body-builder Mason Caminiti, bends time through its multimedia approach to telling the story of one last transgressive night in the legendary and infamous Playland Café, Boston’s oldest gay bar established in 1937. The history of the pioneering queer space and those who inhabited it while battling local zoning ordinances, celebrating pride, and fighting for civil rights, is beautifully crafted by West’s unique voice and vision, while giving a nod to experimental cinematic elders Derek Jarman and Sally Potter. Demolished in the 90s, queer ancestral conspirators of every ilk linger in Playland, refusing to allow us to forget the importance of such establishments.

  • Year
    2023
  • Runtime
    72 minutes
  • Language
    English, German
  • Country
    USA, United Kingdom
  • Premiere
    Los Angeles
  • Genre
    Feature Film, Narrative
  • Director
    Georden West
  • Screenwriter
    Georden West
  • Producer
    Russell Sheaffer, Hannah McSwiggen, Danielle Cooper
  • Executive Producer
    Peter Luo, Nick Knight, Emily Ruhl & Zack Parker, Eric Chen, Shebbie Jacques, Eileen Amy Ryan, Nancy Xu
  • Co-Producer
    Sarah Dhanens, Pierre Jean Gonzalez, Cedric Leiba Jr., Jerry Lambert, Aria Li, Yang Liu, Elenore Pan, Céline Zen, Caiqin Zhan
  • Cast
    Danielle Cooper, Lady Bunny, Mason Caminiti, Aidan Dick, Constance Cooper, José Lapaz-Rodríguez, Miranda Quinn, Gatekeeper Adrian, Maine Anders, Kelly Mittendorf, Sprat
  • Cinematographer
    Jo Jo Lam
  • Editor
    Georden West, Russell Sheaffer
  • Production Design
    Kristen Dempsey, Edwin Mohney (Costume Designer)
  • Composer
    Aaron Michael Smith
  • Sound Design
    Kal Pipal
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