We Came to Sweat: The Legend of Starlite
NewFest 2014
July 24 - 29, 2014
World Premiere
Q&A with Kate Kunath and Sasha Wortzel
When Brooklyn’s oldest black gay bar, the Starlite Lounge, is faced with eviction, the community decides to fight back against gentrification to save this pre-Stonewall safe haven.
World Premiere
Q&A with Kate Kunath and Sasha Wortzel
When Brooklyn’s oldest black gay bar, the Starlite Lounge, is faced with eviction, the community decides to fight back. Will they be able to save this pre-Stonewall safe haven? Or is gentrification unstoppable? Kate Kunath and Sasha Wortzel’s timely portrait of a community banding together to preserve their culture and history is a stirring must-see.
We Came to Sweat: The Legend of Starlite
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