Thirty-two people were killed in that fire. On June 24, 1973, someone deliberately set fire to a gay bar in the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana. So that's how I started the film and nearly three years later we're premiering it tonight on the 42nd anniversary of the fire.įor those who don't know, what happened that night? TIME Magazine covered the fire and more people came forward that knew people. I committed and I started production of the film, and then the 30th anniversary happened in 2013 and it sort of grew off that. It's as poignant as the Stonewall Inn raid, but it's not part of our LGBT narrative. He began to tell me about the Upstairs fire and I was shocked because I thought I knew my gay history, and I knew nothing about this. Robert Camina: One of my executive producers is from Louisiana. ![]() ![]() ![]() VICE called up Camina to talk about the film and to try and understand why such a horrific crime remains an obscure chapter in gay history. On VICE News: The Satanic Temple Is Suing Missouri Over Its Abortion Law
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