Film Diary NYC Presents: NELSON SULLIVAN PT. 2: NIGHTLIFE
dir. Nelson Sullivan, 1983 - 1989
80 mins. United States.
In English.

FRIDAY, MAY 27 - 7:30 PM - ONE NIGHT ONLY!
(This event is $10.)

Introduced by program co-curator, Robert Coddington (archivist/historian for Nelson Sullivan)

Followed by a panel Q&A with special guests: Michael Musto, Flloyd, and DJ Tennessee

“If Nelson wasn’t there taping the action, you were at the wrong party.” - Richard Metzger, Dangerous Minds

PT. 1 focused on Nelson Sullivan’s personal life and daily adventures with friends. PT. 2 focuses on Nelson’s one-of-a-kind documentation of NYC’s legendary Downtown party scene during the 1980s. From the Pyramid Club dressing room to the Times Square McDonalds, Nelson and his camera were a permanent fixture among the Club Kids, drag queens, and party monsters of this renaissance era in queer history.

“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” - Michael Musto, The Village Voice

"Nelson created a complete archive of a microcosm of a subculture. It's not just any subculture; it's the subculture that is the culture of today. It is today's pop culture." - Fenton Bailey (World Of Wonder)

Program by Film Diary NYC and Robert Coddington (the archivist who — with the late Dick Richards — preserved and archived Nelson’s videos). “