The Fortune Teller - 50 Years of Faggotry in 5 Mins
Vimeo (2013)
Documentary, Experimental/Avant-Garde/Art House, Queer Themes/Interest, Short
Not In Collection
#1063
6*
Seen ItYes
(7/15/2017 Vimeo)
6 mins USA / English
VoD 
Stanley Frank fortune teller
Director/Choreographer
Leo Herrera

The Fortune Teller is a film by gay artist/activist Leo Herrera, chronicling milestones and icons of the modern gay man. The story is told through the trance of The Fortune Teller (played by Stanley Frank) and created using archival and modern footage. The film is a documentary and time capsule, paying homage to psychedelic films of the 1960′s and the modern art of the YouTube Montage film. From Mapplethorpe to Lohanthony, Uganda to Burning Man, Vogue to Sissy Bounce, AIDS to The Berlin Patient, meticulously edited clips create a kaleidoscopic five-minute journey through more than 50 years of gay history. See the Full Movie - About - Decoded site in Links section for a visual legend to the clips.
Edition Details
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Tags HIV/AIDS
Links ‡ Full Movie - About - Decoded
+ Review: Advocate
References
Streaming, VoD Vimeo

Notes

Of course, it's impossible to compress fifty years of gay history into a five minute film· Images flash by so quick that it is impossible for them to register· So, unless you already have a fairly sound gay history background, you likely will not recognize most of them, even after multiple views· See the Full Movie - About - Decoded site in Links section for a visual legend to the clips.