Date/Time
Date(s) - 02/24/2023
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Location
Andy Warhol Museum
Categories
The museum partners with the Pittsburgh Queer History Project to screen this rarely seen documentary film.
The phrase “fifteen minutes of fame” was coined in 1968 by pop art pioneer Andy Warhol (1928-1987). It refers to a person’s short-lived notoriety. The museum hosted (and recorded for tonight’s documentary) a pageant with this theme in 1995.
With a star-studded line-up of contestants and judges from Pittsburgh’s queer nightlife, “Miss Fifteen Minutes of Fame” tells a lesser-known story of cultural meaning making spanning performers, museum curators and after-dark personalities from the Steel City.
Begun in 2012, the Pittsburgh Queer History Project is an ongoing oral history and media preservation initiative. The online catalog serves to recirculate materials that had previously been saved by the community in basements, closets and attics, as well as recorded interviews.
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