ComingSoon is excited to debut an exclusive trailer for The Unabridged Mrs. Vera’s Daybook.
This documentary “tells the brilliant story of historic activism, love, and community art through the works of two prolific San Francisco artists, David Faulk and Michael Johnstone, who also happen to be long-term AIDS survivors and extraordinary activists who were instrumental in ACT UPand the NAMES Project (culminating in the March On Washington/installation ofAids Quilt in Washington, D.C.),” reads the official synopsis.
Check out the exclusive trailer here (watch more trailers here):
What is The Unabridged Mrs. Vera’s Daybook release date?
The movie releases on TVOD and digital on all platforms on August 1, 2023, through Gravitas Ventures and NuReality Productions.
“During one of the darkest periods in US History, two men decide to bring all the joy and color to a broken community for which an entire movement has emerged,” the synopsis continues. “Taking to the streets bedecked in glitter, baubles, and recycled plastic, the two form a cadre of colorful kindred spirits they call Verasphere, supporters, fellow activists, and members of the Queer Art Community join the film to help paint this vivid portrait of perseverance, compassion and outrageous dime-store fashion, photos here. Having received the coveted Community Grand Marshall appointment for the San Francisco Pride Parade in 2019, our film subjects confront a new pandemic and celebrate 25 years of making sensational art together.”
“Verasphere is not just Verasphere,” documentary star Michael Johnstone says. “Mrs. Vera and I do lots of workshops. We have, in the past, done gay and lesbian senior hat workshops. We have done on premises. At Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, we did shoe makeovers called Sole Makeover where you brought your shoes, and we did them. We have done a number of activities like that, primarily workshops, primarily community-based. I like the hands-on aspect. At places like Yerba Buena, you have people from all walks of life seating at a table, and whatever differences they have disappear.”
The Unabridged Mrs. Vera’s Daybook is directed by prolific LGBTQ filmmaker Robert James (Library of Dust, The Night Minister, Ruminations, and Verasphere: A Love Story in Costume).
