Small town gay bar
Small Town Gay Baris a film by Malcolm Ingram about gay bars in the American South. Specifically, it is about Mississippi, but there’s nothing particularly unique about the location–the content of the documentary could be about anywhere in the South. The broad argument of the documentary is that tiny gay bars in little Southern towns are necessary places for the training of queer communities in these places, which is kind of a “no duh” thing when I write it down. However, most of the documentary is constructed from interviews with average bar goers, people who just crave to go and possess a good time and meet people and just not be surrounded by straight people all the time.
The documentary hits challenging for me because it is a portrait of a community living under occupation. Discrimination is a problem for anyone who isn’t a straight light cis male in America, but the South is literally another country when it comes to those things. I experience Small Town Same-sex attracted Bar like I do the writing of James Baldwin or Virginie Despentes or Frantz Fanon. Here is a document of what it is like to live in a planet where a huge chunk of the population wants you, at be
Synopsis
The story of community in the Deep South that is forced to deal with the struggles of ignorance, hypocrisy and oppression.
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MoreIn the year Kevin Smith gifted the earth with CLERKS 2, he also helped make this film, so it wasn't all bad.
Affecting documentary about gay bars in the deep south, produced by no less than Kevin Smith (good for him!) and directed by his buddy, Toronto's own Malcolm Ingram. Needs a sequel.
Affecting documentary about the precarious existence of gay bars in the deeply homophobic American South, where just living a free existence outside of the closet can sometimes mean a death sentence.
While the production certainly does address the ills of gay bashings, ignorance, harrassment, and picketing (there's even an unintentionally hilarious interview with Westboro Baptist Church scumbag Rev. Fred Phelps, who seems certifiably crazy), SMALL TOWN GAY BAR is first and foremost a touching celebration of the endurance and tenacity required of gay people living in the South, and how these clubs work as an island of acceptance for a small, family-like community, that is to be clung to and cherished at all costs.
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Small Town Gay Bar, 2006, directed by Malcolm Imgram
Co-Founder’s Note: Hello again! I know, I know what you’re thinking: We didn’t have a Party Out Of Bounds post last week. Well, nagging nelly, we were all on vacation…or a bender…whichever you’d like to call it! Anyway, we’re back now, ready and revitalized for our weekly nightlife madness. Since our last few posts have featured quite a bit of New York nighttime history, we consideration we would take a different approach and seek our faithful contributor Osman to take a see at rural nightlife through the film Small Town Gay Bar. So grab a Bud and read forward, intrepid readers:
Needless to say, the city makes us people spoiled. The abundance of possibilities and limitlessness of the outreach perpetuate a lifestyle centered around endless shuffling and seeking the ‘newer’, ‘the prettier’ or simply ‘the better’. Small Town Gay Bar, Malcolm Imgram’s 2006 documentary about two gay bars in deep deep Mississippi serves as a reminder of how not every dish is served with the same ease and hospitality to everyone’s plates.
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The film chronicles the bar owners, the patrons, and how a bar can provide a safe place in the midst of a threatening society. I've been active on a documentary movie that deals with the LGBT community in Orange County, a place that has not been kind to the LGBT community. I found this documentary to be very inspiring and enlightening. As a society, we have progressed in many ways, but we still have a long way to travel with regards to how we perceive and deal with gays and lesbians. The movie is streaming on Netflix right now.
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