The Pursuit: 50 Years of the Fight for LGBT Rights

Description

The Pursuit: 50 Years In The Fight for LGBT Rights, a documentary film project that illuminates the 50-year history and progress of the LGBTQ civil rights movement. The film highlights the powerful experiences of Gay Rights movement pioneers and feature interviews, archival images, and footage of such leading LGBTQ figures as Michael Palumbaro, founding member of the Gay Activist Alliance, and John James who marched in the first 1965 peaceful demonstrations at Independence Hall. Both the persistent discrimination against and the triumph of earned tolerance of the LGBTQ community is explored through footage of 40 acclaimed LGBTQ activists, organization leaders, celebrities, and original protesters who will reenact the demonstrations at Independence Hall in July of 2015, in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Annual Reminders.