Last Call at Maud's explained

Last Call at Maud's
Director:Paris Poirier
Music:Tim Horrigan
Production Companies:Maud's Project
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Runtime:77 minutes
Country:United 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]

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  1. Book: Holmlund. Chris. Fuchs. Cynthia. Between the Sheets, in the Streets: Queer, Lesbian, Gay Documentary. 1997. University of Minnesota Press. 251. 1st. 0-8166-2774-6. registration.
  2. Web site: Block. Jenny. 'Last Call At Maud's' – The Documentary That Preserved the Last Drop of Our Lesbian History. AfterEllen. November 9, 2018. June 26, 2019.
  3. Elley. Derek. Last Call at Maud's. Variety. February 25, 1993.
  4. Alvin. Rebecca M.. Finding Your Tribe: Revisiting Lesbian Bar Culture in Last Call at Maud's. Provincetown Magazine. October 9, 2013. August 22, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160825174819/http://provincetownmagazine.com/2013/10/09/finding-your-tribe-revisiting-lesbian-bar-culture-in-last-call-at-mauds/. August 25, 2016. dead.
  5. News: Holden. Stephen. Fond Recollections Of a Part of Gay History. The New York Times. March 19, 1993.
  6. Book: Hankin. Kelly. The Girls in the Back Room: Looking at the Lesbian Bar. 2002. University of Minnesota Press. Minneapolis. 147. 978-0816639281. registration. last call at maud's..
  7. News: Kempley. Rita. 'Last Call at Maud's'. The Washington Post. October 29, 1993. June 26, 2019.
  8. Web site: Sixteenth San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. June 1992. 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. Web site: Last Call at Maud's. Berlin International Film Festival. 1993. June 26, 2019.
  12. Web site: Programme 1993. Berlin International Film Festival. 1993. June 26, 2019.

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