Ballerina boys : Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo / American Masters Pictures, PBS ; a film by by Chana Gazit and Martie Barylick ; produced and directed by Chana Gazit and Martie Barylick ; produced by Merrywidow Films.

Format Video (DVD)
PublicationWarren, NJ : Passion River, [2021]
Description1 videodisc (approximately 53 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorGazit, Chana, film director.
Other author/creatorBarylick, Martie, film director.
Other author/creatorAnastos, Peter, on-screen participant.
Other author/creatorMarcus, Eric, on-screen participant.
Other author/creatorTaylor, Natch, on-screen participant.
Other author/creatorFialkow, Roy, on-screen participant.
Other author/creatorDobrin, Tory, on-screen participant.
Other author/creatorBallets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, performer.
Other author/creatorAmerican Masters Pictures, production company.
Other author/creatorMerrywidow Films (Firm), production company.
Other author/creatorPassion River Films, publisher.
SeriesAl Jones collection
Al Jones collection.
Abstract Changing the world one pirouette at a time. It celebrates Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo for 45 years home to some of the world's most beautiful dancers, male ballerinas who have taken great risks to practice their dazzling version of ballet parody. A film full of beauty and fun, it seduces viewers into facing issues of gender, inclusion, and social justice. It interweaves a tour of the Carolinas (the epicenter of efforts to walk back LGBTQ rights) with portraits of the dancers and the survival saga of the Company itself a story that begins at the Stonewall Tavern in 1969 and culminates in "Stars and Stripes Forever" at the Stonewall 50th Anniversary Celebration where fifteen drag queens in red, white, and blue tutus exult in a moment of unabashed patriotism. It is both intimate and panoramic, both historical and urgently of this moment. Now the world can admire real-life heroes who do wear tights!
General noteTitle and credits from screen.
General notePremiered on PBS American Masters on June 4, 2021.
CreditsDirector of photography, Claudia Raschke ; editor, E. Donna Shepherd ; music, Nathan Halpern, Chris Ruggiero.
Performer With: Peter Anastos, Eric Marcus, Natch Taylor, Roy Fialkow, Tory Dobrin.
Audience Rating: Not rated.
Technical detailsDVD; NTSC; all regions; wide screen; 5.1 surround.
Genre/formDocumentary television programs.
Genre/formNonfiction television programs.
Genre/formDocumentary films.
Other title American masters (Television program)
UPC 672975894610
Publisher numberPRDVD4905 Passion River Films
Stock numberMidwest Tape http://www.midwesttapes.com