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Movie Screening: Playland
Movie Screening: Playland

Sun, Dec 29

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Homestead

Movie Screening: Playland

A time-bending night in Boston's most notorious gay bar.

Time & Location

Dec 29, 2024, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM

Homestead, 210 W 8th Ave, Homestead, PA 15120, USA

About the event

It's movie night at the Glitterbox once again as we present Georden West's brand new feature film Playland! This raucous work of queer fantasy and history conjures a time-bending night in Boston's oldest and most notorious gay bar, Playland Café. We're thrilled to present to you the Pittsburgh premiere of this fabulous, boundary pushing, transdisciplinary blending of archival documentary and over-the-top theatricality.Manuel Betancourt writes for Variety:


If at times Playland feels more like an installation than a feature film — this is an experimental piece first and foremost, aligned with the work of Kenneth Anger, Derek Jarman and the like — the intellectual heft its creation requires is enough to make it an intriguing proposition. Not just as a way to (re)construct queer history but as a way of apprehending it, especially at a time when spaces like the Playland Café are at risk not just of disappearing but also…

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