LOCATION
The Roxie Theater
3117 16th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
ADMISSION
$15 admission; Discounted $7 tickets for GLBT Historical Society Members
Co-presented by The Roxie Theater and Bay Area Lesbian Archives (BALA).
In Celebration of Lesbian Visibility Week
Join the GLBT Historical Society in partnership with The Roxie Theater and Bay Area Lesbian Archives for a screening of the documentary, “Sally!”, followed by a post-show discussion on the importance of archiving lesbian lives, triumphs, and activism.
“Sally!” the feature documentary begins with Sally Gearhart at the height of her powers in the 1970s. She was one of second-wave feminism’s most beloved icons, penned a cult classic fantasy novel about a female utopia and fought one of history’s greatest battles for queer rights shoulder-to-shoulder with Harvey Milk. But fast forward to 2008 and Sally has been largely forgotten by history—not to mention erased from the Hollywood film “Milk.” Yet rather than simply resurrecting her legacy and glorifying one woman’s story, “Sally!” now takes a more collectivist turn. The film traces Sally’s life trajectory through the eyes of the exceptional women who fought for justice by her side, revealing that Sally not only instigated the political movements that made her famous but was also deeply shaped by them. Finally, when we revisit Sally in 2014, she is living alone on Women’s Land, without the community she helped create. What happened and what will become of her legacy?
Courtesy of Women Make Movies
SPEAKERS
Additional speakers TBA
Deborah Craig (she/her) is an award-winning documentary director and producer whose films use compelling personal stories to raise awareness about the challenges and strengths of underrepresented communities. Her work has played at LGBTQ+, women’s and documentary film festivals in the U.S. and internationally. Deborah’s most recent short, “A Great Ride,” a 33-minute documentary about lesbians and aging, premiered at the Frameline LGBTQ+ Film Festival in San Francisco in 2018, was picked up for distribution by Frameline, has screened at over 50 film festivals around the globe, and has won multiple awards. “Sally” will be her first feature-length documentary. Deborah has a BA in history from Columbia University, did undergraduate work in photography at California College of the Arts, and has a Master of Public Health from San Francisco State University, where she currently teaches in the Public Health Department.
Ondine Rarey (she/her) is a filmmaker, editor, and writer. Her documentary “Fools and Heroes” was a Grimme-Preis nominee (the German equivalent of an Emmy), airing on ARTE in France as well as stateside on PBS. She has edited well over a dozen documentary features and shorts, including “Now en Español” (for PBS), “A Great Ride,” “Who Will Write Our History” and, “Rebel Hearts,” an official selection at Sundance 2021. She has edited on multiple TV series, including “Keeping up with the Kardashians” and “Alien Encounters.” Ondine received a BA from UC Berkeley in History and a BFA in Documentary and Journalism from the Munich University for Television and Film in Germany. She currently resides in Southern California, where she teaches Documentary Editing at Chapman University.
Location
The Roxie Theater (Big Roxie), 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Admission
Admission is $7 for GLBT Historical Society members and $15 for non-members. Tickets can be purchased on The Roxie Theater’s website. This event will likely sell out, so guests are encouraged to reserve their tickets early. Tickets are available here.
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