Unveiling Avery Willard
Combined programme
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IFFR 2013
A recent portrait and a series of vintage homo-erotic films by a forgotten pioneer from the 1960s; a Broadway photographer with a string of hidden talents: physique artist, gay activist, experimental filmmaker, leatherman, pornographer, founder of NY’s first gay newspaper.
In this combined programme
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Dream Boy
A daydreaming man imagines a parade of muscled guys, always in different uniforms, and all into striptease. -
Reflections
Provocative and hypnotic. Calls to mind the mid-60s work of fellow avant-garde filmmakers like Kenneth Anger, Bruce Baillie, Tom Chomont, and many oth -
Leather Narcissus
A biker strolls around New York, demonstrating obsessively narcissistic behaviour. -
Salome: The Dance of the Seven Veils
Cuban refugee Arango, one of the bright stars of a 1960s underground drag nightclub in the East Village, embodies the mythic femme fatale. -
In Search of Avery Willard
From the 1940s to the 1990s, Avery Willard produced a lifetime of historically significant work that has remained widely unseen for decades. A portrai