Senior Prom: LGBTQ+ Seniors Get the Prom of Their Dreams | PBS Short Docs
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- Опубліковано 13 вер 2024
- "Senior Prom" takes on a whole new meaning at Triangle Square, a haven for LGBTQ+ retirees in Hollywood, CA.
For so many high-schoolers, prom is a rite of passage in all of its love-filled, well-coiffed, abundantly photographed glory. But for generations of LGBTQ+ youth, prom has been emblematic of exclusion from a world they could not experience as their authentic selves.
Over a night of dancing, kissing, and crowning of prom queens at Triangle Square, these trailblazing seniors reflect back on how far they’ve come and their dreams for the next generation. “Senior Prom” celebrates our eldest LGBTQ+ generation who spent a lifetime fighting for the right to love openly and, via rich personal archives, retraces lives and legacies of resistance that helped change the course of civil rights.
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Executive Producers
Sally Jo Fifer
Lois Vossen
Director & Producer
Luisa Conlon
Producer
Jessica Chermayeff
Co-Producers
Ana Veselic
Anne Alexander
Director of Photography
Luisa Conlon
Editors
Orian Barki
Alex Bohs
Ora DeKornfeld
Additional Cinematography
Maya Craig
Seth Hahn
Associate Producers
Cloe Young
Zoe Kase
Music Composer
William Ryan Fritch
Music Supervisor
Juliette Carter
Graphic Designer
Abigail Leuchter
Colorist
Elias Nousiopoulos
Sound Designer & Mixer
Calvin Pia
Vice President of Production
Royd Chung
Senior Manager, Short-Form Content
Pamela Torno
Supervising Producer
Clare Chambers
Associate Producer
Susan Cohen
Archival Materials by
Personal Archives provided by: Robert Clement, Andrea Segal, and Nancy Valverde
Photographer Ron Frehm / AP Photo by Ron Frehm
Footage supplied by CBS News
Prelinger Archives
NBC Archives via Getty Images
Imagery supplied by Fred W. McDarrah/Premium Archive via Getty Images
First New York Parade (Stonewall Year), Crawford Wayne Barton Papers, 1993-11 Courtesy of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society.
Footage Courtesy of; JOANI: Queen of the Paradiddle!
"Gay & Proud" by Lilli Vincenz, permission by Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C., Archival film and/or video materials from the collections of the Library of Congress
David of California, Courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
Stock media provided by DogPhonics/ Pond5
Footage made available from MKS Video, Inc., and Michael Stimler
Music
“Dancing Queen”
Written by Stig Erik Leopoldo Anderson, Benny Goran Bror Andersson, Bjoern K. Ulvaeus
Performed by Franck Pourcel
Courtesy of Parlophone Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
Published by Universal Songs of Polygram International Inc., Universal/Union Songs Musikforlag AB, and EMI Grove Park Music Inc.
"Ain't Nobody Straight In L.A.”
Written by William Griffin & Warren Moore
Performed by The Miracles
Courtesy of Motown Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Used by Permission of Grimora Publishing
“Boogie Wonderland"
Written by Jonathan Lind and Allee Willis
Performed by Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment
Published by EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Irving Music, EMI April Music Inc., and Big Mystique Music/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing
Special Thanks
Los Angeles LGBT Center
Ash Peters
Jazmin Romero
Independent Lens Short-Form for Voices Original Series Funding Provided By:
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Acton Family Giving
Ford Foundation
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Wyncote Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
SENIOR PROM is a co-production of JESSICA CHERMAYEFF, LUISA CONLON, and ITVS, with funding provided by the CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING (CPB), in association with COUSINS.
This program was produced by JPC FILMS LLC and LC Productions LLC, which is solely responsible for its content.
© 2021 JPC FILMS LLC and LC Productions LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Happy Pride, everyone! How are you celebrating???
I'm not!😁
On da view today 😮
"I'm a created human being. I have a right to be here." Such a powerful statement. Happy Pride month everyone!! 🎉🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️❤️
We love that quote, too. Thanks for watching, Glynnis. Happy Pride!
Thank you to all the kings, queens, trans, asexual and/or wherever you end up on the spectrum for being courageous enough to love yourselves and your kind of love to stand up against discrimination, abuse and ostracization
Aww so sweet!😁
I’m glad to see all the elderly re-experiencing one of the most common beautiful moments in life. I’m glad their caregiving home and local organizers host that for them
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Love this💕💕 nothing is better than seeing joy in the eyes of our elders
That priest has a heart big enough for the whole world. It makes me sad to think that these people had to go through so much just for normalcy and only found it in their later years. Imagine all the years of happiness stripped away because people couldn't accept that people can be different. This is only a handful of people. There's still so many people who never got this experience and lived their whole lives in fear and that's not ok.
Wonderful! Brings me a lot of joy. My heart goes to everyone who has been and felt misunderstood.
We have always existed. Happy pride, everyone.
Before I go to sleep drunkenly, I just wanna say that existing is the best
Not me crying at work.
Happy pride to us all, and thank you to those who helped us get where we are now!
Well said! Thanks for watching!
Wonderful story. I'm so glad the LA LGBT Center is doing this important work for the seniors.
So beautiful! I'm upset at the education system of the US. There's this rich LGBTQ+ history all over the country spanning decades that we were never taught in school! There's so much history I've learned only in the past several years. Thanks to these people that endured so much pain so I can be out and proud today!
Thank you for doing this video. I am age 70; 71 in November.
This makes me soooo happy!!!!
I'm in my mid 30's and things have improved so much since i was a kid and i hope they improve the same amount for current kids
At some point, I've cried my eyes out. It was so strong, so beautiful and so RIGHT.
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I'm tearing from so much joy Happy pride my lovelies
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This is awesome and inspiring to hear that it's never too late
This was the most wholesome video I've ever seen. It made me so happy. 😁 Happy pride month!
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This is beautiful. All the love and respect for our elders
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, it’s for everyone. We should strive to celebrate our differences and give one another the opportunity to fulfil these goals. Happy Pride month
Why am I crying so much?
Cute. Im 39 watching this and looking forward to my 90's.
This story had to be told!
This is so heartwarming :)
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This is beautiful. We need to show more reverence toward our elders.
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Really touch the heart
This just made my heart smile.🥰
This is what people call "Living your best life" this is so wholesome
I hope these proms exist for people of ALL ages and ALL types of PRIDE TODAY!
What a story........such a deep story.
I really enjoyed this video.. Peace and love everyone be yourself and enjoy life..
Thank you all for pathing the way for us. Thank you with all our hearts 💕. God bless 🙏 you all.
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Everyone deserves joy and respect. ❤
What a great story, 1946 the documentary is being released this month. It's a must watch!
This is so wholesome. I was sent here by Eons and I'm glad to know PBS shares videos about two of my favorite things: dinos and wholesome gay videos haha
On my way to work watching this with tears in my eyes.
❤️ L O V E this sweet film! Lovely job Luisa! ❤️
I HOPE I'LL HAVE FRIENDS AROUND ME AND A PLACE LIKE THIS TO LIVE WHEN I GET OLD. (I THINK THAT'S NEXT WEEK ) !
This is beautiful!
Beautiful 💕
Awesome ❤️❤️ cried a bit too
Each one of them are so precious 😭
I aspire to b living at least HALF the truth and happy lives they are living when I’m their age!!!
Very cool, well done Luisa Conlon & team, much love y'all 💓
Absolute Joy
They are so adorable.
This made me weep such happy happy tears
That's all I ever wanted & have been searching for my entire , is that one special someone to build that eternity with. ❤
It's tough being a hopeless romantic in a world 🌎 where 'hookups' are quite popular.
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I am so happy now.
i'm not crying you're crying
Beautiful.
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a little bit of light in the world
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God bless every veteran
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Nooo I accidentally pressed dislike at first! Disregard that
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Just remember to leave room for the Holy Ghost you kids!
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