[Home movie: Mario Perez Video Collection, 1995, 2003, New York City and Cuba]

About this film

Synopsis A home movie by Mario Perez with a compilation of different scenes from 1995 to 2003. In 1995, Mario records several landmark places for the gay community, including gay bars and the piers. There is also footage of him, David and some friends hanging out by Christopher Street. On Easter Sunday, he and David document Downtown New York City. Finally, includes footage from a trip to Cuba in 2003, where Mario records his family and their domestic life. The original version of this home movie included nudity of men in the piers. 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_0016) 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 Chr…

Directors & creators

Mario Perez

Subjects

Al Larvick Fund; home movies; 2000s; Media Burn Archive; Video8; Manhattan (New York); Havana (Cuba); cats, Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.), subway station; snow; photographs; families; family life; clotheslines; pets; LGBTQ+ people; gay culture; LGBTQ+ history; gay bars, Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.), La Lisa (Havana, Cuba), Cuban families, Empire State Building (New York, N.Y.), Christopher Street (New York, N.Y.)

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