Castel (Joseph) Video Footage of José Sarria, 1996

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Title:: Joseph Castel video footage of José Sarria
Dates:: 1996
Creators:: Castel, Joseph
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Extent:: 1 VHS tape
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Preferred citation:: Joseph Castel video footage of José Sarria. GLBT Historical Society

Scope and content:: VHS tape featuring footage of gay activist and performer José Sarria’s 1992 performance of “Carmen” in Hayward, California, interspersed with interview footage. Both the performance and interview footage were taken in 1992 by filmmaker and playwright Joseph Castel, who would go on to produce the film Nelly Queen: The Life and Times of José Sarria (2020). In 1996, Castel made this cut of the footage for the activist and theater director and actor Hank Tavera, with whom Castel was producing a play about Sarria for the Mission Cultural Center in San Francisco.
Acquisition information:: Gift of Bladimir Maldonado, July 2023. The tape was originally from the collection of D. Kehau Wessel and Hank Tavera.

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by GLBT Historical Society staff.
Date Prepared:: 1996
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

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Restrictions:: Collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: Copyright to material has not been transferred to the GLBT Historical Society. All requests for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist. Permission for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material is given on behalf of the GLBT Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:: Joseph Castel video footage of José Sarria. GLBT Historical Society

Location of this collection:: GLBT Historical Society

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San Francisco, CA 94103, US