Channel: PBS Voices

Category: Education

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Description: "Senior Prom" takes on a whole new meaning at Triangle Square, a haven for LGBTQ+ retirees in Hollywood, CA. For so many high-schoolers, prom is a rite of passage in all of its love-filled, well-coiffed, abundantly photographed glory. But for generations of LGBTQ+ youth, prom has been emblematic of exclusion from a world they could not experience as their authentic selves. Over a night of dancing, kissing, and crowning of prom queens at Triangle Square, these trailblazing seniors reflect back on how far they’ve come and their dreams for the next generation. “Senior Prom” celebrates our eldest LGBTQ+ generation who spent a lifetime fighting for the right to love openly and, via rich personal archives, retraces lives and legacies of resistance that helped change the course of civil rights. Subscribe to PBS Voices so you never miss a new video: 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: facebook.com/independentlens Twitter: twitter.com/IndependentLens Instagram: instagram.com/independent... Executive Producers Sally Jo Fifer Lois Vossen Director & Producer 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 Personal Archives provided by: Robert Clement, Andrea Segal, and Nancy Valverde Photographer Ron Frehm / AP Photo by Ron Frehm Footage supplied by CBS News Prelinger Archives NBC Archives via Getty Images Imagery supplied by Fred W. McDarrah/Premium Archive via Getty Images First New York Parade (Stonewall Year), Crawford Wayne Barton Papers, 1993-11 Courtesy of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society. Footage Courtesy of; JOANI: Queen of the Paradiddle! "Gay & Proud" by Lilli Vincenz, permission by Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C., Archival film and/or video materials from the collections of the Library of Congress David of California, Courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries Stock media provided by DogPhonics/ Pond5 Footage made available from MKS Video, Inc., and Michael Stimler 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 Published by Universal Songs of Polygram International Inc., Universal/Union Songs Musikforlag AB, and EMI Grove Park Music Inc. "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 Used by Permission of Grimora Publishing “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 Published by EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Irving Music, EMI April Music Inc., and Big Mystique Music/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing 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.