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Witches and Faggots, Dykes and Poofters [Documentary]

archive.org Witches and Faggots, Dykes and Poofters : Digby Duncan with the assistance of The Creative Development Branch of the Australian Film Commission and The Gay Film Fund : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

The first Mardi Gras took place in very different circumstances. In 1978, homosexuality was a criminal offence in NSW and the march by gay rights activist on...

Witches and Faggots, Dykes and Poofters : Digby Duncan with the assistance of The Creative Development Branch of the Australian Film Commission and The Gay Film Fund : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

A documentary about the first Mardi Gras parade in Sydney, Australia. I found a copy of this earlier in the year and posted it on archive.org. Content Warning for police brutality.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/1330288

I'm cross-posting this here as I thought this community might find it interesting as well. I think the way I procured it also leads to a bigger discussion about the preservation of queer film & media. I think it's important, now more than ever, for younger and freshly realised queer people to see that we've been here and fighting for our rights for a really long. Videos like this one feel like they evoke a more visceral connection to that past.

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