Now we can dance : the story of the Hayward gay prom
Laurie Willis (Director), Shawna Sherman (Producer), Sally Thomas (Producer), Hayward Public Library (Hayward, Calif)
" ... celebrates a long-standing event in the community of Hayward, California, in the East Bay area near San Francisco. It chronicles the controversy surrounding the 1995 creation of the gay prom and the significance of having a traditional high school dance for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender teenagers. The gay prom is the brainchild of the Lambda Youth Project, an LGBT (Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender) support group. Yearly, hundreds of youth from the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, come to the prom because it is a safe place to be themselves and celebrate with other like-minded youth. Interviews with early prom organizers, attendees, and supportive community members were interspersed with footage from the 2011 gay prom and interviews with recent prom goers, volunteers, and even a protester. Now We Can Dance is a culmination of a two-year project, funded by Cal Humanities, which trained teens to be filmmakers with help from a team of Hayward Public Library staff and professional advisors, including Academy Award-winning documentary film director Debra Chasnoff."--YouTube
Online Video, English, [2012]
Hayward Public Library, Hayward, CA, [2012]