Last Call at Maud's

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Last Call at Maud's
Directed byParis Poirier
Produced by
  • Paris Poirier
  • Karen Kiss
Cinematography
  • Cheryl Rosenthal
  • Gary Sanders
Edited by
  • Paris Poirier
  • Elaine Trotter
Music byTim Horrigan
Production
company
Maud's Project
Release date
  • February 5, 1993 (1993-02-05) (San Francisco)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited States

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]

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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Elley, Derek (February 25, 1993). "Last Call at Maud's". Variety.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Holden, Stephen (March 19, 1993). "Fond Recollections Of a Part of Gay History". The New York Times.
  6. ^ Hankin, Kelly (2002). The Girls in the Back Room: Looking at the Lesbian Bar. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. p. 147. ISBN 978-0816639281. last call at maud's.
  7. ^ Kempley, Rita (October 29, 1993). "'Last Call at Maud's'". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  8. ^ "Sixteenth San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival". San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. June 1992. Retrieved June 26, 2019. (via issuu)
  9. ^ Harvey, Dennis (January 31, 1993). "A Good Seat to Observe Revolution of Gay Culture". San Francisco Chronicle.
  10. ^ Gerhard, Susan (February 3, 1993). "Girls On Tap". San Francisco Bay Guardian.
  11. ^ "Last Call at Maud's". Berlin International Film Festival. 1993. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  12. ^ "Programme 1993". Berlin International Film Festival. 1993. Retrieved June 26, 2019.

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