(Tell Me Why): The Epistemology of Disco

(Tell Me Why): The Epistemology of Disco (1991)

January 1st, 19910h 24min

Documentary
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Overview

The history of gay liberation traced through the phenomenon of disco. Glitter balls, feather boas and Levi jeans become signifiers of a movement 20 years after the Stonewall riots.


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