Still from Queercore
Still from Queercore
 

Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution

by Yony Leyser
A raucous look at the Queercore movement, which began as a queering of the punk scene and morphed into a rad response to homonormativity and the straight world.
2017  ·  1h23m  ·  Germany
English
About the Film
What happens when the community you need is not the community you have? Tell yourself it exists over and over, make fan zines that fabricate hordes of queer punk revolutionaries, create subversive movies, and distribute those movies widely—and slowly, the community you’ve fabricated might become a real and radical heartbeat that spreads internationally. This is the story that Queercore tells, from the start of a pseudo-movement in the mid-1980s, intended to punk the punk scene, to the widespread rise of artists who used radical queer identity to push back equally against gay assimilation and homophobic punk culture. Interviewees discuss homophobia, gender, feminism, AIDS, assimilation, sex, and, of course, art. The extensive participant list includes Bruce LaBruce, G.B. Jones, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, John Waters, Justin Vivian Bond, Lynn Breedlove, Silas Howard, Pansy Division, Penny Arcade, Kathleen Hanna, Kim Gordon, Deke Elash, Tom Jennings, Team Dresch, and many more. Encompassing a breadth of history and influence, Queercore ends with a glimpse towards Riot Grrl and artists like Peaches and The Gossip, who, inspired by queercore legacy, were next to take the stage. Underscoring the interviews are clips from movies, zines, concerts, and actions iconic to the movement. As steeped in the radical queer, anti-capitalist, DIY, and give-no-fucks approach as queercore itself, the movie reveals the perspectives and experiences of bands, moviemakers, writers, and other outsiders, taking audiences inside the creation of the community—and art—so desperately needed by the same queers it encompassed.
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Festivals and Awards
2017
Outfest Los Angeles, Official Selection
2017
Sheffield Doc Fest, Official Selection
In the Press
Review
NBC News
Review
The LGBT Sentinel
Editor
Kathrin Brinkmann and Ilko Davidov
Animator
Aimee Goguen
Soundtrack Composer
Hyenaz
Writer
Yony Leyser
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