Last Call at Maud's is a 1993 American documentary film directed by Paris Poirier. The film explores the history of lesbian culture from the 1940s to the 1990s as it records the last evening of Maud's, a San Francisco lesbian bar that closed in 1989 after 23 years in operation.[1][2]
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| Directed by | Paris Poirier |
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| Music by | Tim Horrigan |
Production company | Maud's Project |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
| Country | United States |
The documentary combines vintage footage with interviews with Maud's owner, Rikki Streicher, its employees, and patrons, including Judy Grahn, Sally Gearhart, Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon.[3][4][5][6][7]
Last Call at Maud's was shown as a work-in-progress at the San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival on June 24, 1992.[8] The film held its world premiere in San Francisco at the Castro Theatre on February 5, 1993;[9][10] and screened at the 1993 Berlin International Film Festival in the Panorama section.[11][12]
References
edit- ^ Holmlund, Chris; Fuchs, Cynthia, eds. (1997). Between the Sheets, in the Streets: Queer, Lesbian, Gay Documentary (1st ed.). University of Minnesota Press. p. 251. ISBN 0-8166-2774-6.
- ^ Block, Jenny (November 9, 2018). "'Last Call At Maud's' – The Documentary That Preserved the Last Drop of Our Lesbian History". AfterEllen. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
- ^ Elley, Derek (February 25, 1993). "Last Call at Maud's". Variety.
- ^ Alvin, Rebecca M. (October 9, 2013). "Finding Your Tribe: Revisiting Lesbian Bar Culture in Last Call at Maud's". Provincetown Magazine. Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (March 19, 1993). "Fond Recollections Of a Part of Gay History". The New York Times.
- ^ Hankin, Kelly (2002). The Girls in the Back Room: Looking at the Lesbian Bar. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. p. 147. ISBN 978-0816639281.
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- ^ Kempley, Rita (October 29, 1993). "'Last Call at Maud's'". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
- ^ "Sixteenth San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival". San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. June 1992. Retrieved June 26, 2019. (via issuu)
- ^ Harvey, Dennis (January 31, 1993). "A Good Seat to Observe Revolution of Gay Culture". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ Gerhard, Susan (February 3, 1993). "Girls On Tap". San Francisco Bay Guardian.
- ^ "Last Call at Maud's". Berlin International Film Festival. 1993. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
- ^ "Programme 1993". Berlin International Film Festival. 1993. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
Further reading
edit- Bajko, Matthew S. (June 29, 2016). "For many, shuttered SF lesbian bar Maud's was home". Bay Area Reporter.
- Hicks, Chris (September 24, 1993). "Film review: Last Call At Maud's". Deseret News.
External links
edit- Official website
- Last Call at Maud's at IMDb
- Last Call at Maud's at the British Film Institute[better source needed]
- Last Call at Maud's at the TCM Movie Database
- Last Call at Maud's at Kanopy
- Last Call at Maud's collection at Online Archive of California
- Poirier, Paris; Kiss, Karen (June 23, 2016). "One 'Last Call' as Maud's Turns 50". San Francisco Bay Times.
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