Not Just Passing Through
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Polly Thistlethwaite
Joan Nestle
Mabel Hampton
Mabel Hampton
Joan Nestle
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A four-part documentary about constructions of lesbian history, community, and culture. Photographs and oral history memorialize African-American lesbian Mabel Hampton (1902-1989), the work of the Lesbian Herstory Archives is documented in the retrieval of the personal effects of Marge McDonald, who came out butch in the Columbus, Ohio, 1950s bar scene; June Chan's slide show is the centerpiece of a profile of Asian Pacific American lesbian culture; and backstage at the WOW Cafe with the Five Lesbian Brothers' spoof on lesbian stereotypes.
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Shown at Los Angeles International Gay & Lesbian Film & Video Festival July 7-17, 1994.
Shown at New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival Mmay 12-22, 1994.
Shown at Women in the Director's Chair International Film & Video Festival in Chicago March 9-12, 1995.
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