LGBTQ+ Seniors Finally Get the Prom of Their Dreams | PBS Short Docs

"Senior prom" takes on a whole new meaning at Triangle Square, a haven for LGBTQ+ retirees in Hollywood, CA. For so many American high schoolers, prom is a rite of passage in all its high-expectation, love-filled, well-coiffed, abundantly photographed glory. But for LGBTQ+ generations that grew up in the decades before the Stonewall Riots, prom was emblematic of the exclusion and fear of living in a world they could not experience as their authentic selves. Now, tapping into their teenage selves, these liberated seniors ready themselves for the hottest event on the Triangle Square social calendar. Senior Prom celebrates an LGBTQ+ generation that spent a lifetime fighting for the right to live and love openly, retracing lives lived in resistance that helped change the course of civil rights. Subscribe to PBS Voices so you never miss a new video: https://to.pbs.org/2XewHgX​ Happy Pride, everyone! Let us know how you're celebrating (safely) this year in the comments below. #Pride #Prom #LGBTQ FOLLOW INDEPENDENT LENS: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/independentlens Twitter: https://twitter.com/IndependentLens Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/independentlens Executive Producers Sally Jo Fifer Lois Vossen Director Luisa Conlon Producer Jessica Chermayeff Co-producers Ana Veselic Anne Alexander Director of Photography Luisa Conlon Editors Orian Barki Alex Bohs Ora DeKornfeld Additional Cinematography Maya Craig Seth Hahn Associate Producers Cloe Young Zoe Kase Music Composer William Ryan Fritch Music Supervisor Juliette Carter Graphic Designer Abigail Leuchter Colorist Elias Nousiopoulos Sound Designer & Mixer Calvin Pia Vice President of Production Royd Chung Senior Manager, Short-Form Content Pamela Torno Supervising Producer Clare Chambers Associate Producer Susan Cohen Archival Materials by CBS News Robert Clement DogPhonics/Pond5 Ron Frehm/AP Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society JOANI: Queen of the Paradiddle! Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C. Collection of the Library of Congress Fred W. McDarrah/Premium Archive via Getty Images MKS Video, Inc NBC Archives via Getty Images ONE Archives at the USC Libraries Prelinger Archives Andrea Segal Nancy Valverde Music “Dancing Queen” Written by Stig Erik Leopoldo Anderson, Benny Goran Bror Andersson, Bjoern K. Ulvaeus Performed by Franck Pourcel Courtesy of Parlophone Music France, a Warner Music Group Company By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing "Ain't Nobody Straight In L.A.” Written by William Griffin & Warren Moore Performed by The Miracles Courtesy of Motown Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises “Boogie Wonderland" Written by Jonathan Lind and Allee Willis Performed by Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions Courtesy of Columbia Records By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment Special Thanks Los Angeles LGBT Center Ash Peters Jazmin Romero Independent Lens Short-Form for Voices Original Series Funding Provided By: Corporation for Public Broadcasting Acton Family Giving Ford Foundation John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Wyncote Foundation National Endowment for the Arts SENIOR PROM is a co-production of JESSICA CHERMAYEFF, LUISA CONLON, and ITVS, with funding provided by the CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING (CPB), in association with COUSINS. This program was produced by JPC FILMS LLC and LC Productions LLC, which is solely responsible for its content. © 2021 JPC FILMS LLC and LC Productions LLC. All Rights Reserved.


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