PLAYLAND
by Georden West. 2023, 72 min.
A dazzling resurrection of Boston’s oldest gay dive bar. Once headquarters for the city’s queer activists, performers, and outcasts, the Playland Café was a space of community nurture and rebellion before its doors closed in 1998. Gathering the bar’s eclectic regulars, Georden West's debut feature pays tribute to its sequined legacy in one night encompassing six decades.
There will be a free shuttle bus to the ARVERNE CINEMA following the screening.
Our Sponsors
Rockaway Film Festival would like to thank VBX™~Vernam Basin Terminal for generously hosting us at the Arverne Cinema in addition to BBX™~Barbadoes Basin Terminal for contributing to such.
RFF is proud to be sponsored by Blundstone®, Istic Illic Pictures, and NYC Ferry. Rockaway Film Festival made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Rockaway Film Festival is funded in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Art, and by the Howard Gilman Foundation administered by Flushing Town Hall. RFF receives additional support from Queens Borough President Donovan Richards.