The Sons of Tennessee Williams
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  • Summary: Mardi Gras, drag balls and politics–where else could these elements come together but in New Orleans? Interweaving archival footage and contemporary interviews, The Sons of Tennessee Williams charts the evolution of the gay Mardi Gras krewe scene over the decades, illuminating the ways in whwhich its emergence was a seminal factor in the cause of gay liberation in the South. (First Run Features)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 2 out of 7
  1. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Noel Murray
    Oct 5, 2011
    75
    The significance of that group anecdote - from the message of unity to the way Mardi Gras gave some gay New Orleanians a way to explain their lives to their parents - can't be overstated, either for its impact on human rights or its power to move.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: John DeFore
    Oct 9, 2011
    70
    Genial documentary combines extravagance of Mardi Gras drag with an underexposed story of early gay-rights achievements.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Paul Brunick
    Oct 6, 2011
    60
    As the film cuts back and forth between the present day and a historical survey of gay culture, its tone wavers between dutifully somber and irrepressibly funny.
  4. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Ernest Hardy
    Oct 4, 2011
    30
    A tedious exercise in filling in historical blanks through exhausted tropes.

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