Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride

Synopsis

Over the course of a year, film follows Vancouver Pride Society president Ken Coolen to various international Pride events, including Poland, Hungary, Russia, Sri Lanka and others where there is great opposition to pride parades. In North America, Pride is complicated by commercialization and a sense that the festivals are turning away from their political roots toward tourism, party promotion and entertainment. Christie documents the ways larger, more mainstream Pride events have supported the global Pride movement and how human rights components are being added to more established events. In the New York sequence, leaders organize an alternative Pride parade, the Drag March, set up to protest the corporatization of New York Pride. A parade in São Paulo, the world's largest Pride festival, itself includes a completely empty float, meant to symbolize all those lost to HIV and to anti-gay violence.

Main Cast

Ken Coolen

Big Gay Ken

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Gilbert Baker

Himself

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Executive Producer	Charlie David
	Producer	Morris Chapdelaine
Writing	Writer	Aerlyn Weissman Bob Christie
Directing	Director	Bob Christie
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