Gorilla Factory Productions
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That Man: Peter Berlin
With his trademark Dutch Boy haircut, Tom of Finland physique and oh-so-tight trousers, Peter Berlin was the poster boy for the hedonistic and sexually liberated 1970s. Director Jim Tushinski's fascinating and touching portrait, THAT MAN: PETER BERLIN, traces Berlin's story...Watch Movie -
I Always Said Yes
The story of a sometimes-overlooked gay liberation and independent filmmaking pioneer is told in I ALWAYS SAID YES. In late 1971, Wakefield Poole, a respected Broadway dancer and choreographer, had the audacity to put his real name above the title of his first film, a low-...Watch Movie
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Vittorio
Made as part of a Triton Gallery show to publicize the poster art of Canadian artist Vittorio Fiorucci, filmmaker Wakefield Poole cut apart posters and hand-animated the film using his 8mm camera to create stop-motion. The film was combined with dancers, lighting and projections to create and...Watch Movie -
Andy
In 1968, Wakefield Poole filmed an exhibition of Andy Warhol's work at the Whitney Museum. He edited ANDY "in-camera" as he filmed it, then created a collage soundtrack and presented a print to Warhol as a birthday gift. When BOYS IN THE SAND opened in New York, Poole showed ANDY before each...Watch Movie -
Head Film
An 8mm experiment, HEAD FILM features Peter Fisk (filmmaker Wakefield Poole's partner), Poole's beloved Andy Warhol "Marilyns," Julia Child and the kitchen sink (literally and figuratively). The film creates whimsy by incorporating household film footage, pop culture references from television...Watch Movie