In 1977, when gay rights activist Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Word Is Out, the first documentary feature devoted to gay life in the US, premiered at San Francisco's Castro Theatre. Conceptualized and produced by Gimme Shelter cameraman Peter Adair and directed by the Mariposa Film Group collective (consisting of Adair, Nancy Adair, Rob Epstein, Andrew Brown, Lucy Massie Phenix and Veronica Selver), Word Is Out highlighted evocative, articulate and often humorous interviews with 26 gay and lesbian individuals, aged 18 to 77, during a relative golden period
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