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31. Jan. 2013 · Greetings from Washington DC sent an extraordinary message of hope to LGBT people around the world in 1981. Given that the gay and lesbian rights movement was very much in its infancy at that time, the movie offered some particularly powerful images.
Directed by Lucy Winer • 1981 • United States. Starring Rob Epstein, Jan Oxenberg, Terry Lawler. On October 14, 1979, LGBTQ+ history was made when tens of thousands of people converged on America’s capital for the first ever National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
Everyone on screen appears to be fulfilling their need to be visible as themselves and live openly. This celebratory activism honors the pioneering predecessors who paved the way for LGBTQ+ equal rights while capturing a poignant moment in time before the onset of the AIDS epidemic.
GREETINGS FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. (dir. Rob Epstein, Frances Reid, Great Schiller, and Lucy Winer) documents the first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, which took place on October 14, 1979.
On Sunday, October 14, 1979 a group of queer filmmakers capture the first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. Of a kind with Gay and Proud and Arthur Bressan’s feature length, essential Gay USA: a snapshot of a nascent movement finding its feet with flirty humor.
- Lucy Winer
- The Astraea Foundation
With Rob Epstein, Allen Ginsberg, Audre Lorde, Jan Oxenberg. Greetings from Washington DC was a short documentary about the First National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, which took place on Sunday, October 14th 1979.
Greetings from Washington, D.C. Directed by Lucy Winer1981USA28 mins. On June 22, 1981, Frameline began its lengthy history with The Castro Theatre. As the Opening Night film at Frameline5, Greetings from Washington, D.C. made its world premiere as Frameline’s first ever Castro Theatre screening.
