Lesbian Filmmakers Release Documentary Series - Queer Vancouver: The Past, Present, and Future
Lesbian Filmmakers Release Documentary Series - Queer Vancouver: The Past, Present, and Future
VANCOUVER (October 25, 2022) - Lez See the World, a queer digital media company founded by local creators and filmmakers Steph Burlton and Katie Burlton, is excited to announce the release of its first large-scale production, Queer Vancouver: The Past, Present, and Future. The 6 episode documentary series highlighting the married couple’s local queer community, will be released on November 15th, 2022 for free on TELUS Optik™ TV On Demand. Made possible with a production grant from TELUS STORYHIVE Voices, Queer Vancouver: The Past, Present, and Future celebrates the vibrant queer community in Vancouver, while discovering its history and imagining its future.
Ahead of its official release, Queer Vancouver: The Past, Present, and Future will premiere at a public screening on November 13th, 2022. The event will be hosted in Vancouver by East Side Studios at The Warehouse (550 Malkin Ave). All 6 episodes will be screened in an exclusive first look. Doors open at 630pm and tickets are “pay what you can”. Event and ticket information is available at www.q ueervancouver.eventbrite.ca
The goal of this documentary is to highlight the lives of queer women, and other marginalized members of Vancouver’s queer community whose stories often go untold. Through a collection of interviews, the filmmakers introduce a diverse group of local activists, artists, and performers, including queer trailblazers of the past 50 years, and the next generation of community leaders. The series also explores queer nightlife and queer run spaces in Vancouver, as well as organizations doing important advocacy work in the city.
Queer filmmakers Steph and Katie Burlton describe the series as “a celebration of queer joy! We feel honoured to get to tell the stories of our community, and making this project has truly been such a healing experience for us”.
Production of this project took place on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, on the land also known as Vancouver.
