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Now We Can Dance: The Story of the Hayward Gay Prom

by Laurie Wills
color. 33 min. , dist. by Hayward PL, www.youtube.com/channel/UCGl1fXAsfd40IbeN4EkOcsw; library@hayward-ca.gov. 2012. DVD $10 donation.
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This half-hour film, created by teens with the support of librarians, explores one of the country's oldest gay proms. The Hayward, CA, gay prom began in 1995 and has become a community feature that attracts hundreds of teens each year. With most other resources focusing primarily on the experience of heterosexual teens and traditional proms, this film is one of the few to appeal directly to LGBTQQ youth. Production values are mediocre, but the frank discussion of these prom-goers experiences—in which prejudice, fear, and suicide attempts exist side-by-side with concerns about dates, dresses, and photographs—makes this an important resource for gay teens. Available on DVD and streams in full for free at vimeo.com/78440574.
Reviewed by Audrey Barbakoff , Apr 01, 2014
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