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American Rainbows: Up Stairs
American Rainbows: Up Stairs
Television (One-hour)
· Historical · 62 pages
Status: Spec
On a Sunday night in 1973, a gay bar in New Orleans is torched to the ground, killing 32. But it is when the powers-that-be systemically work to bury the story that a movement rises to reclaim the memory of the ones they lost – and loved.
Written by
AJ Currie
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Coverfly Top 1% in Genre/Format
Semifinalist,
Austin Film Festival 2024
Fellow,
Humanitas New Voices Fellowship 2024
1 Writer
Los Angeles, CA
In conservative ‘90s Pakistan, gay and genderqueer AJ Currie was born “othered” by default, and started world-building nice and early as a way of escaping the confines of his reality.
An immigrant who adores a good fashion moment, AJ writes about outsiders in their own worlds, trying to find a way in. His work balances humanist contemplation wit...
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