USA 2024, 90 min, Dir: Deborah Alice Craig
Presented in partnership with the Pride Centre of Edmonton
Sally Gearhart was a lesbian, feminist, professor, and fantasy author who helped transform the world for gay people —but too few folks know of her. (Did you know how much of an influence she was on Harvey Milk?). A trailblazer in the 1970s and ’80s U.S. lesbian feminist movement, Sally is a “hidden figure” deserving more attention: she was a key spokeswoman for an important period of women’s history. The honestly and unflinchingly examines Sally’s contradictions, iconoclasm, and the complex relationship between spokeswomen like her and the movements for social change they champion, which are necessarily collective and layered.
Balancing humour, insight, and heart, “SALLY!” is both a celebration of a radical icon, a meditation on the tensions inherent in revolutionary movements, and a powerful reflection on the lessons her work offers for today’s struggles for civil rights, justice, and equality.
