Much more than a portrait of poet Robert Duncan, it puts you right in the heart of the 50s literary San Francisco. Although the 50s and 60s beatnik scene seems exciting and progressive it was still a very scary time for queer people. Rumaker consistently calls San Francisco a "police state", which is something so far from my idealization of it.
Learning queer history through queer voices is a great way to celebrate pride! ?
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