O happy day
- Publication/Creation:
- San Francisco, CA : Frameline, 1996
- Resource Type:
- Video or Visual Material
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- O happy day / film by Charles Lofton
- Series Titles:
- Academic Video Online
Related Names
- Additional Author/Creators:
- Lofton, Charles
Subjects/Genre
- Genre:
- Short films
- Subjects:
- Black Panther Party
Gay liberation movement--United States
Description/Summary
- Summary:
- O Happy Day imagines the early days of gay liberation for black gay men. Lofton juxtaposes images of black men from late 60s and early 70s films with images of Black Panther Party demonstrations, as a way of intentionally revising history. The soundtrack is punctuated by a 1970 quotation from Black Panther leader Huey Newton: "There's nothing to say that a homosexual cannot also be a revolutionary. Quite on the contrary, maybe a homosexual could be the most revolutionary ..." O Happy Day blurs the difference between the Black Power movement and the Gay Power movement, and instead focuses on the similarities between the two. O Happy Day blurs the different between the Black Power movement and the gay movement, focusing on the similarities between the two.
- Language:
- English
- Language Note:
- This edition in English.
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 online resource (5 min.).
- General Note:
- Title from resource description page (viewed Jul. 14, 2014).
- Additional Physical Form:
- Previously released as DVD.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9937329924102486
- OCLC Number:
- 884894763
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