Hope Along the Wind: The Life of Harry Hay
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 25, Fort Worth Public Library, Free

Golden Gate Award: San Francisco International Film Festival 2002
Jury Prize, Best Documentary: Philadelphia Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 2002

". . . a sweet film, and everyone who considers himself a freethinking homosexual should see it."
--Willamette Weekly, Portland, Oregon
". . . a significant contribution to the preservation of queer history."
--Just Out

This much-anticipated documentary takes us through the fascinating and extraordinary life of Harry Hay; labor organizer, Marxist teacher and founding member of the Mattachine Society, one of the first gay rights organizations in the country. Hay has been at center stage of gay pride for more than half a century. His story provides a chronicle of the gay rights movement, as well as a history of California in the 20th Century. Hay joined the Communist Party in the early 1930s and participated in the San Francisco General Strike of 1934. In the mid-1950s he was called before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee, and around this time Harry started the Mattachine Society. This momentous film features poignant interviews with Hay and many of the surviving original members of this historic and brave group of gay men. In the last 40 years, Harry has immersed himself in the counterculture youth movement, the Radical Fairies and Native American culture. This documentary makes its Fort Worth debut as part of our collaboration with the Texas Triangle's Profiles in Pride Series. US, 2001, 57 min., video

Director: Eric Slade

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