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The abbey gay bar boston1/31/2024 ![]() It really highlights a lost queer subculture in Boston and I think it reflects a national trend of what is being lost when we’re closing or not supporting these brick and mortar spaces and what happens when nefarious government intervention displaces a marginalized group of people,” they said in a phone interview from the film set. “I started research on this film a couple of years ago. This is a story that needs to be told, they maintained. West, 28, recently wrapped up filming “Playland” at a movie studio in Fort Devens. Now, more than 20 years after the Essex Street establishment’s closing, artist, writer, and director Georden West is bringing the story of this iconic establishment to life on the big screen. ![]() ![]() Handoutįor more than 50 years, Playland Café was Boston’s go-to gay bar in what was once the gritty Combat Zone area. Georden West at the Carl Craig "Party/After-Party" sound installation at Dia:Beacon in Beacon, N.Y.
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