50 Years of ‘Eddie’s Father,’ Gay Films of the Past & More — Past & Curious

Links to the past, with relevance today:

DO YOU REMEMBER?: Fifty years of The Courtship of Eddie's Father.

KINO LORBER: Available via Kino Marquee in virtual cinemas across the U.S. starting June 12 are several restored Pioneers of Queer Cinema, films with LGBTQ content from long before many film fans even realize such content existed. In particular, I would call your attention to Mädchen in Uniform (1931), an amazing German film. Michael (1924) is another landmark not to be missed.

YOUTUBE: Jane Elliott, now 87, trended on Twitter over a 1980s appearance on Oprah's show about racism. Her remarks are prescient:

"𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗮 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆" said Jane Elliott after schooling a bunch of racist on the Oprah Winfrey show.

⛔A THREAD ABOUT RACISM⛔ pic.twitter.com/0XBzBMP8oC

— ѕυяяєη ℓαмвєят🌙 (@darthgayder96) June 5, 2020

And just this month, she demonstrated she hasn't lost a bit of her sharpness in an appearance on The Tonight Show:

Speaking of Oprah, watch this 1987 clip showing the racists of Forsyth, Georgia, who wanted to keep black people out of their town:

There’s a town called Vidor, Texas where no Black person has lived in for 75 years.

Back in 1987 Oprah and her crew visited the town and here’s what happened. pic.twitter.com/KWlz7KNEBM

— 💎Titty 2 Virgils💎 (@BkJay_Early) June 4, 2020

KENNETH IN THE (212): A flashback to Debbie Harry in 1988.

EW: Mark Hamill makes a healthcare worker's day!