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Published on: 2011-05-10
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Celluloid Activist is the biography of gay-rights giant Vito Russo, the man who wrote The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies, commonly regarded as the foundational text of gay and lesbian film studies and one of the first to be widely read.            But Russo was much more than a pioneering journalist and author. A founding member of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) and cofounder of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP), Russo lived at the center of the most important gay cultural turning points in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. His life as a cultural Zelig intersects a crucial period of social change, and in some ways his story becomes the story of a developing gay revolution in America. A frequent participant at “zaps” and an organizer of Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) cabarets and dances—which gave the New York gay and lesbian community its first social alternative to Mafia-owned bars—Russo made his most enduring contribution to the GAA with his marshaling of “Movie Nights,” the forerunners to his worldwide Celluloid Closet lecture tours that gave gay audiences their first community forum for the dissection of gay imagery in mainstream film.            Biographer Michael Schiavi unravels Vito Russo’s fascinating life story, from his childhood in East Harlem to his own heartbreaking experiences with HIV/AIDS. Drawing on archival materials, unpublished letters and journals, and more than two hundred interviews, including conversations with a range of Russo’s friends and family from brother Charlie Russo to comedian Lily Tomlin to pioneering activist and playwright Larry Kramer, Celluloid Activistprovides an unprecedented portrait of a man who defined gay-rights and AIDS activism.“Schiavi tells a compelling story in this biography—from his re-creation of life on the streets of East Harlem and in Greenwich Village of the 1960s and 1970s to the way he conveys Russo’s excitement about his film research and popular education to his account of the AIDS years in New York City.”—John D’Emilio, Italian American Review “In [Schiavi’s] hands Russo’s life is both fascinating in its own right and a window into a larger milieu of activism during two critical decades.”—Italian American Review Best Special Interest Books, selected by the American Association of School LibrariansBest Books for General Audiences, selected by the Public Library ReviewersFinalist, Gay Memoir/Biography, Lambda Literary AwardsFinalist, Over the Rainbow Selection, American Library Association PageInsider - Information about all domains Own a website? Manage your page to keep your users updated View some of our premium pages: google.com. yelp.com. yahoo.com. microsoft.com. Upgrade to a Premium Page Top 50 Favorite Gay Films NewNowNext 47 The Celluloid Closet (1995) Rank last year: N/A. Summary: A documentary examining Hollywoods depictions of homosexuals from silent film to modern cineman. Ideadiez.com is and in to a was not you i of it the be he his but for are this that by on at they with which she or from had we will have an what been one if would who has her ... Gay Lesbian Transgender Studies: Videotapes in the Media ... and Intersexual Studies: Misc. GLBT Topics GLBT Families and Marriage GLBT People of Color GLBT People Outside the US Homophobia/Violence Against GLBT People Lesbianismo - Wikipedia la enciclopedia libre La palabra lesbiana est derivada del nombre de la isla griega de Lesbos hogar en el siglo V a.C. de la poetisa Safo. [1] De los escritos que se han conservado ... 21 Books Every Gay Man Needs To Read Right Now Thought ... This was James Baldwins second novel and probably one of his most well known pieces of works. Giovannis Room tells the story of a man who moves to Paris and ... Full text of "NEW " - Internet Archive Search the history of over 279 billion web pages on the Internet. Elizabeth Taylor : Pictures Videos Breaking News Big News on Elizabeth Taylor. Includes blogs news and community conversations about Elizabeth Taylor. Home [mitopositano.com] vendita cuccioli di cani toy di razza cani di tutti i tipi cuccioli di razza con certificazione allevamento di tutti i tipi di cani su di una vasta area dove i ... Outrage (2009) - IMDb Jimmy Kimmel may be hosting but let IMDb be your guide to the Oscars with winner updates photos from the red carpet exclusive video interviews and more.
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