The Criterion Break with Andy and Blake - Episode 15 - Paris Is Burning (with guest host Derrick Veurink)

Send us Fan MailPardon the Interruption!!! It’s time for a Criterion Break!!! This week, due to GREAT circumstances beyond our control, Derrick Veurink is filling in for co-host Blake Ginithan, and thanks to the programming at The Sioux Falls State Theatre, we’re celebrating PRIDE MONTH!!! Andy and Derrick take a look at one of the greatest American documentaries of the 20th century, Paris Is Burning. The two discuss the film’s enduring legacy and its continual impact on the LGBTQ+ community, acknowledging both the sense of celebration in the film and the heartbreaking tragedy of lives lost during that era.  Andy can be found across social media at:Facebook - Fat Dude Digs FlicksInstagram - FatDudeDigsFlicksTwitter - FatDudeFlicksBlake AND Derrick can both be found online as a part of:Facebook - Back Lot 605Instagram - BackLot605Twitter - BackLot605www.BackLot605.comAnd Blake also moonlights on the SLASHLOT podcast, wherever your catch your pods.Subscribe to this podcast and the Back Lot 605 podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, or wherever you get your podcasts. Run a search and click on that subscribe button. Please take a second to rate and review the show, while you’re at it! Remember, subscribing to The Criterion Break with Andy and Blake also gets you the Let’s Taco ‘Bout podcast, also hosted by Andy, The Fat Dude. Let’s Taco ‘Bout features a conversation with a special guest where we discuss their lives, and a movie that has had an impact on it.If you’d like to contact us for any recommendations, questions, comments, or concerns, you can email us at [email protected]. If by some small chance you’d like to donate anything to offset the cost of movie tickets (or streaming costs during this GLOBAL pandemic) and this podcast, be it via a gift card to pay for a digital rental, you can also send that to the aforementioned email. Any recommendation and donation will be mentioned in a future episode! If you can’t spare the dime, no worries: please leave a rating and/or a review, and spread the word about this podcast.Help protect, defend, and support the transgender community (as well as our LGBTQ+ brothers, sisters, and non-binary spiritual siblings) by checking out:Trans LifelineThe Trevor ProjectGLAADThe Center of Excellence for Transgender HealthGender DiversityThe Transgender Law CenterFORGEGLSENTransgender Legal Defense and Education FundTrans Women of Color CollectiveTrans Youth Equality FoundationNational Center For Transgender Equality Support the show