{"id":18811,"date":"2023-05-31T23:46:54","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T21:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=18811"},"modified":"2023-05-31T23:55:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T21:55:24","slug":"the-academy-and-academy-museum-of-motion-pictures-celebrate-pride-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2023\/05\/31\/the-academy-and-academy-museum-of-motion-pictures-celebrate-pride-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"The Academy And Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures\u00a0Celebrate Pride 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and Academy Museum of Motion Pictures<\/strong><\/a> celebrate Pride Month with an array of programming, events, in-gallery conversations, digital content, family workshops, and merchandise offerings throughout June.<\/p>\n\n\n

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In solidarity with the LGBTQIA+ community in Los Angeles and worldwide, leadership and staff from the Academy and Academy Museum will participate in the Los Angeles Pride Parade<\/strong><\/a> on Sunday, June 11, for the second year. Academy marchers will be accompanied by a giant Oscar statue, an LED truck with music and a two-sided video screen highlighting clips from LGBTQIA+ films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the first time, the Academy Museum will light the glass dome over the Dolby Family Terrace in the rainbow pride flag colors every evening in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Academy Museum will host Drop-In Tours: Stories of PRIDE<\/strong><\/a> led by drag artists Pickle, Landon Cider, Vander Von Odd, and Amber Crane on Fridays through June and aDrop-In Workshop for Teens with<\/strong><\/a> drag queen Pickle<\/strong><\/a>,<\/u><\/strong> who will give a Drag 101 class discussing the influence of drag culture in media and representation in film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The museum has also partnered with the Bob Baker Marionette Theater to host Drop-In Workshops for Families with marionette shows<\/strong><\/a> Saturdays through June. The shows celebrate love, self-acceptance, and community through a musical marionette lineup of proud puppets performing a confection of medleys from LGBTQIA+ icons, queer history, and more. Merchandise supporting the Bob Baker Marionette Theater will also be available at the Academy Museum Store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Los Angeles LGBT Center<\/strong><\/a> will host a conversation and book signing<\/strong><\/a> with Tre\u2019vell Anderson on June 23 about LGBTQIA+ history and portrayal in cinema. The conversation will explore films, identity, and representation throughout the Academy Museum and film history. Tre\u2019vell\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> book We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film<\/em> is available at the Academy Museum Store<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Academy Museum Store<\/strong><\/a> and the Academy have also collaborated on a PRIDE collection<\/strong><\/a>, including original merchandise featuring artwork created by artist Shan\u00e9e Benjamin<\/a> <\/strong>. You can also pre-order the museum\u2019s catalogue on filmmaker John Waters, the subject of the upcoming exhibition John Waters: Pope of Trash<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (opening September 17), and purchase Pedro Almod\u00f3var: Installation\/Instalaci\u00f3n<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, the accompanying bi-lingual catalogue for the immersive installation created by Almod\u00f3var now on view at the Academy Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A.frame, the Academy\u2019s digital magazine, will celebrate the LGBTQIA+ films and filmmakers you know and love this month. Check out watchlists, exclusive interviews, and more queer movie content on A.frame\u2019s Pride hub<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special guests include Pickle<\/strong><\/a>; Landon Cider<\/strong><\/a> winner of Dragula Season 3; Vander Von Odd<\/strong> <\/a>, winner of Dragula Season 1; Amber Crane<\/strong><\/a>; and Tre\u2019vell Anderson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHEN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRIDE celebrations<\/a><\/strong> begin on Friday, June 2 and run through June. Schedule is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n