[Home movie: Mario Perez Video Collection, circa 1997, Sneakers, Leo's Funeral]

About this film

Synopsis A home movie by Mario Perez circa 1997 about a funeral for a man named Leo who used to hang out at the gay bar Sneakers. He died suddenly of a heart attack. The video shows the funeral procession and the scattering of the ashes in the Christopher Street Pier. It also includes a post-funeral celebration in the bar Sneakers in Christopher Street. The original version of this home movie included nudity and sexually explicit content of gay men in the Christopher Street Pier. This version has been edited to protect the privacy of the people involved. For inquiries about the original content, please contact Al Larvick Conservation Fund at: info@allarvickfund.org Collection description This film (Perez_0005) is part of the Mario Perez Video Collection . The Mario Perez Video Collection consists of 20 8mm videotapes and 28 mini-DV tapes. The tapes capture Mario and his friends in the gay community from about 1996 to about 2009. They are very personal and show Mario and his friends hanging out on Christopher Street, on the piers, at the Chelsea Gym and in the gay bar called Sneakers, which was on West Street at the corner of Christopher Street. The collection includes video on the…

Directors & creators

Mario Perez

Subjects

LGBTQ+ people; funeral services; foods; alcoholic beverages; cremation; flowers; decorations; dance parties; crying; piers; funeral rites and ceremonies; cruising (sexual behavior); gay culture, Al Larvick Fund; home movies; 1990s; Media Burn Archive; Video8; Manhattan (New York), Christopher Street (New York, N.Y.)

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