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Hope Along the Wind: The Story of Harry Hay (2002)
Directed by Eric Slade
Documentary · 57m
Harry Hay was one of the founding fathers of the gay rights movement, and for more than 50 years was synonymous with the term "gay pride." Director Eric Slade's documentary about Hay looks at both his life and the movement he did so much to define. In 1948, Hay founded the Mattachine Society in Los Angeles; the goal of the organization was to establish a "Golden Brotherhood," one that sought to redefine homosexuality as a normal, healthy way of life. The problem, Hay famously maintained, was not homosexuality itself, but the way it was treated by society. Dramatizations, photographs, archival footage, and interviews with original Mattachine Society members are all incorporated to tell Hay's remarkable story, one whose legacy continues to be felt in the treatment of gays and lesbians in culture today.
Cast
Harry Hay
Crew
- Director
- Eric Slade
- Director of Photography
- Marsha Kahm, Philippe Roques, Sophie E. Constantinou
- Editor
- Dawn Logsdon
- Producer
- Jack Walsh
Details
- Release date
- 2002-08-04
- Runtime
- 57m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Countries
- United States of America