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This documentary examines the many aspects of the gay fascination with Bette Davis,
featuring film clips of Bette's most iconic moments, juxtaposed with camp burlesques of
her by San Francisco actor Matthew Martin and others, including Charles Pierce and
Arthur Blake; a profile of Martin highlighting his long identification with Davis; and
interviews with fans, entertainers, and gay cultural historians.
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All Rights Reserved
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All About Queer Icon
Queer Icon: The Cult of Bette Davis
premiered in San Francisco at the Roxie Theater on July 2, 2009.
RATING: THREE BOXES OF POPCORN.™
"Queer Icon is a bona fide treat."
www.beyondchron.org
"In full disclosure, I am one of the
talking heads in . . . Queer Icon."
Michael Guillén
http://theeveningclass.blogspot.com
"More than simply a
lovefest, Queer Icon
questions whether gays
still need a role model like
the fabulous Miss D."
Michael Fox
http://www.sfweekly.com
Matt Sussman
http://flavorpill.com
"Actor Matthew Martin -
who has the uncanny
ability to channel classic
Davis performances, from
All About Eve to Whatever
Happened to Baby Jane
-
heads up a gaggle of
gushing fans (including
Peaches Christ) . . ."
BSP's First Movie
Queer Icon is also
available as a
video-on-demand on
Amazon.com
BSPics
Queer Icon
is now
available on DVD
In conjunction with Face to Face Sonoma County AIDS Network, there was a special screening of Queer Icon: The
Cult of Bette Davis
at the Rialto Cinemas Lakeside in Santa Rosa, California on February 18, 2010. After the
screening there was a Q&A with Mike Black, Carole Summers, Michael Guillén, Bernardo Espi, Matthew Kennedy,
and Scott O'Brien. The Q&A was moderated by Gary Carnivele of KRCB 91FM radio.
A transcript of the Q&A is now available on Michael Guillén's blog The Evening Class.
We made this 5-minute
documentary as part of
a collective effort by
Bay Area filmmakers to
commemorate 30 years
of the AIDS pandemic.
For more stories, visit
The HIV Story Project.

Bradford York
There is a version of
the Bradford York
mini-documentary
with Spanish
subtitles. Both
versions are on our
YouTube channels
(see below).