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A reporter looks at the popular media’s response to LGBTQ spaces facing increased challenges, particularly during the global pandemic, and speaks with filmmaker Alexis Clements.
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“Right now, a lot of people seem to be asking why so many queer women’s spaces have closed. Filmmaker Alexis Clements, however, decided to ask a new question: Why have the remaining spaces been able to survive? “
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“A side effect of society becoming increasingly accepting of LGBTQ people is that dedicated queer spaces are vanishing, particularly those for women.”
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“Through the director’s eyes, we see the range and possibility of spaces designed as community hubs, performance venues, and places for dancing and partying. Blending interviews and archival materials from the different spaces, All We’ve Got shows the power of intergenerational thinking and communities, something she argues is essential for sustained and successful spaces.”
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“Ultimately, Clements would like viewers to come away from All We’ve Got with a renewed appreciation for the communities they participate in. For those who don’t feel that they’re currently part of a community, she hopes the film will inspire them to look for one.”
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“[NewFest’s Director of Programming, Nick] McCarthy describes the film as ‘a powerful call to create and preserve these spaces.’ … The doc skillfully mixes present-day clips with rare footage of Daughters of Bilitis and the early Gay Pride movement, giving the movie a rich historical context.”
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“All We’ve Got is an inspiring and affectionate documentary about the continuing need for social spaces for lesbians, bisexual women, and transgender folks… Director Alexis Clements hooks viewers right from her pre-title sequence, emphasizing the shared experience and visibility afforded by queer women’s spaces.”
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“The joy of this film is in the richness of the archival footage, in seeing an often fraught and hidden ‘herstory’ brought to life. The joy is also in representation, how it highlights voices and cultures and visions for the world that are not often celebrated or even shown in mainstream media.”
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“My grandmother always said land is the one thing they aren’t making any more of. Anyone who has ever tried to put together a DIY show or event knows the first hurdle: where do I do it? It’s a problem in and outside the punk community. Alexis Clements is a volunteer at The Lesbian Herstory Archives in Brooklyn, N.Y., an independent archival collection. Her years volunteering and arranging events at the archives inspired her to make her recent documentary, All We’ve Got (2019).”
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“When we talk about why these spaces have survived, it tends to be that they have a purpose beyond just being an access point for dating.” Ann Northrup and Andy Humm, hosts of the long-running television show, Gay USA, chat with Director Alexis Clements about the film.
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“This selection of organizations and spaces speaks to how social, erotic, and political life is entangled for queer and trans women, and together they offer a powerful critique of how public and private binaries limit the ways space is imagined. Clements is an adept interviewer, and the people she speaks with are gifted at explaining complex problems facing feminists—white supremacy in organizational culture, transfeminism, historical erasure, working across racial difference, alternative economic models—in terms that undergraduate students will find accessible. The film is also an important counter to perceptions that young queers prefer digital connections to shared physical spaces, which students may find resonant in a post-COVID-19, hyper-online moment.”
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When asked by NY1’s Stephanie Simon what keeps spaces going, Director Alexis Clements noted that “the spaces that have vital cross-generational participation” are the ones standing the test of time.
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“There’s gotta be lessons we can learn from the spaces that have stuck it out. And I think those lessons translate beyond the queer community.” -Alexis Clements in conversation with the team from NewFest on the Build Series NYC television show.
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What does it take for queer women’s spaces to survive? Reporter June Thomas speaks with director Alexis Clements to find out the answer.
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“All We’ve Got is provoking a dialogue that our community needs to have. Not just to cling on to our history of a fading bar/club culture, but appreciate how our past has shaped us so much that we should be well-prepared to plan for our futures too.”
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Feminist Magazine host Lynn Harris speaks with Alexis Clements about the spaces she visited for the documentary.
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What implications does the closure of queer women’s spaces have from a business and economics perspective?
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Why are lesbian spaces disappearing, and what can be done to preserve our collective history? Alexis Clements discusses in Curve Magazine.
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“I’m struck by how personal and important these journeys have been for the people who took them and for many they visited.” Director Alexis Clements discusses the the decades of stories she’s encountered about queer folks taking road trips to find community.
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Oregon Public Broadcasting speaks with Director Alexis Clements about the project and also about the dwindling number of lesbian spaces.
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Spanish-language interview with Director Alexis Clements ahead of the film’s Latin American premiere at Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA) as part of Asterisco, the city’s LGBTQ film festival.
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