My Super 8 Season

My Super 8 Season

This is a refreshing account of a youthful gay activist Marc caught up in the events of May 1968. When he is confronted by the realities of a young worker unable to come out at work, his politics and his life begin to collide. He is swept into political engagement, and the film brilliantly conveys the bold ambitions of left wing activism in the period which led to the creation of the French version of the Gay Liberation Front (FHAR).

This is an insightful, invigorating and emotionally authentic recreation of the challenges of feminism and gay politics at the dawn of modern gay life. It is a great achievement which belies a meagre budget and a shooting schedule of days rather than weeks. A reminder of a time when gay radicals were more interested in changing the world than pumping up their pecs.

Brian Robinson

Does One Size Fit All?

An experiment in filmmaking by some of the participants in last year's Youth Workshop investigates gay history and what we wore.