DESCRIPTION:
"Honoring Our Ancestors"
Video written, directed, photographed, edited and special effects by:
David Finkelstein, Lake Ivan Video
Special guests: Yolanda, Daisy, Justina Gladiola, and Sri
Video album cover concept and scans: JD Doyle
Filmed in NYC, April 2002

Once upon a time, in early 2002, Ed Mannix and I were talking about the upcoming Outmusic Awards event and he said there should be a table or something set up showing the old albums, so people could be reminded of our music history. I said something to the effect that, nah, people don't care about table displays; it needs to be a video. And he took the ball to David Finkelstein, who took it to the composer, and they got Yolanda and others to perform the song, while David masterfully overlaid special effects using a hundred or so scans I provided from my collection. It aired at the Outmusic Awards ceremony in June of that year,
and wowed the crowd.

See my website, at http://www.queermusicheritage.com/honoring.html
for more information about this video and the history of GLBT music.

Use of the songs on my channel is done under the "fair use" doctrine of the U.S. Copyright law, Section 107, number 1. Section 107 contains a list of the various purposes for which the reproduction of a particular work may be considered fair, such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Section 107 also sets out factors to be considered in determining whether or not a particular use is fair, such as: The purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes.