The end of an era. The beginning of a movement. Hailed by critics and audiences alike, GAY SEX IN THE 70s focuses on New York City between 1969 and 1981 using remarkable present-day interviews and stunning archival footage to take viewers back to days just after Stonewall.
The end of an era. The beginning of a movement. Hailed by critics and audiences alike GAY SEX IN THE 70s director Joseph Lovett focuses his story on New York City between 1969 and 1981 using remarkable present-day interviews and stunning archival footage to take viewers back to days just after Stonewall. Lovett takes us back to the piers, the trucks, the Central Park rambles, the back rooms, and the baths. It was a time where repression and fear were replaced by a sexual explosion where shame became joy. Lovett interviews such luminaries from the scene as Larry Kramer and Tom Bianchi as well as fascinating regular guys exploring their freedom at the time. As the men continue to reminisce the story deepens. It wasn't just about sex they discovered but about creating friendships and a community that never existed before. But storm clouds emerge as the men talk about sexual obsession, how drugs entered the scene at a larger scale, and how unusual STDs began to appear. In recreating the gay story of the 70s Lovett shows that AIDS was not the only legacy of this period. It was also a time of brotherhood and laying the foundation of a political movement with its biggest battles still ahead. For younger people--those who came of age after the onset of the AIDS crisis--the film is a startling revelation of what everyday life was like in New York City at the time.
CAST & CREW
Producer(s): M. Sean Kaminsky, Joseph F. Lovett
Actor(s): Larry Kramer, Roger McFarlane, Scott Bromley, Alvin Baltrop, Barton Benes
