CinemaOSMovie · 2021 · 1h 30m

Pat Rocco Dared

10%(2)IMDbDocumentary

This entertaining and enlightening documentary sheds a light on a pioneering moment in film history and the gay rights movement, as it revisits the break-through 1960s gay films of Pat Rocco. Rocco was responsible for the very first gay films that were shown openly to the paying public in the late 1960s. Situated before hardcore porn became the norm, and in marked contrast to the somewhat darker gay porn that was coming out of New York at the time. Pat Rocco’s film were more sun-dappled, featuring tanned and happy-looking naked men on sail boats and on beaches, celebrating their identities and the beauty of the male body. The filmmakers got to talk to the generous, rather humble and open-minded Rocco just before his death. It took a team of dedicated Canadian filmmakers to capture a fairly obscure moment of indie film history that deserves to be remembered.

Directed byMorris Chapdelaine, Bob Christie

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 30m
Language
EN
Released
December 2, 2021

Featuring

Cast & crew

7 credited
Starring
Pat Rocco

Pat Rocco

Self (archive footage)

Charlie David

Charlie David

Self

Phyllis Diller

Phyllis Diller

Self (archive footage)

Harvey Milk

Harvey Milk

Self (archive footage)

Spencer Reed

Spencer Reed

Self

Troy Perry

Self

Phillip Aubrey

Phillip Aubrey

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Morris Chapdelaine
Bob Christie
Written by
Bob Christie

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