ASK ANY BUDDY

Long before queer stories became common fare at the multiplex, the only places gay men could see their lives and lusts depicted on screen was at their local “all-male” adult cinema. Featuring fragments from 126 theatrical feature films spanning the years 1968-1986 ASK ANY BUDDY uses rare footage shot at dozens of real bathhouses, bars, movie theaters, pride parades and legendary hotspots like New York’s cruising piers to explore both the sex film genre’s unique blend of fantasy and reality and its role in documenting a subculture that was just starting to come into visibility. An official selection of over two-dozen international film festivals including Frameline and Outfest, ASK ANY BUDDY is a funny, sexy portrait of gay life, love, and liberation—or at least how it looked in the movies.