Into the Cellar - a feature documentary on the Gateways Club
Glenn Warrington
Advisor covering - Cars - Caterham, Lotus, Mazda, Microlino, Morgan, TVR & Volkswagen - Motorcycles - CCM & Norton
Gina Ware - The Push is On! The Kickstarter to fund the feature documentary about the Gateways Club is on. I know most people on my timeline do know, but for those who don't know why this is so important to me - The Gateways Club was founded by my father in 1943 and ran for over 40 years on the King's Road, Chelsea. He and my mother married in 1953 and she, and later our adored American friend Smithy, continued what he had started and took the Club's legendary status in London to worldwi...de fame. It was an incredibly special and completely unique place, throughout its history a home for people who did not "fit in" elsewhere. In the mid-60s it became an exclusive venue for its lesbian members. As such, its story is a vital element of LGBTQ history.
I can't thank the amazing Lucie Warrington of Superla TV for her dedicated work over the past few years to bring this project to this point. And of course huge thanks also to Carrie J. Lyell of Diva Magazine for hers and Diva's support, and my wonderful friend Jill Gardiner, author of From the Closet to the Screen (without whom, by the way, Dion and I would never have made it in time to my mother's bedside on the night she died.).
Please support us any way you can! Yep, money is very useful, but so are shares on Social Media or wherever you think there may be interested folk who might like to know about this film.
There's a terrific trailer video on the Kickstarter page, to give you a flavour of how things are shaping, with clips from the 13 interviews already filmed (mine to come), so please head on over there and check it out.
Advisor covering - Cars - Caterham, Lotus, Mazda, Microlino, Morgan, TVR & Volkswagen - Motorcycles - CCM & Norton
4 年Into the Cellar Team Statement ? Given the current worrying and uncertain situation with Coronavirus, it's pretty clear that the right thing to do is to pause our fundraising for the Gateways documentary, to everyone has pledged so far, just to confirm no money will be taken from your accounts. We have no idea when we will be able to do the necessary travelling to complete the interviews and we are sure that everyone, including all our current kind backers, have higher priorities taking care of themselves and their families. However, this is not to say that this is the end, we will be back! We are absolutely committed to making the film about this amazing place and we’re in a very good position to have filmed 14 interviews already. We will relaunch the Kickstarter campaign when we feel it is the right time to do so, when everything is in a better place. At that point we will contact all our current backers in the hope we can get those pledges again. We'd like to take the opportunity to thank ALL the amazing people who have encouraged and supported us so far, with pledges and social sharing. It's been amazing and heart-warming to see how people have stepped up to support this film and we wish you and your families the very best of health and happiness in this worrying time. As Gina used to say at the end of the night in the Gateways "There's always tomorrow!" Stay healthy, stay productive, stay kind. Lots of love, Lucie, Gina and the Into the Cellar team xxx
Advisor covering - Cars - Caterham, Lotus, Mazda, Microlino, Morgan, TVR & Volkswagen - Motorcycles - CCM & Norton
4 年Into The Cellar - a documentary film about The Gateways Club Just what we all need right now - FUN! Please support our Kickstarter to get the Gateways Club film finished https://kck.st/2PlphoI hashtag #LGBTQpower hashtag #LGBT hashtag #lgbthistory hashtag #WomensHistoryMonth hashtag #gatewaysclub hashtag #gateways ?
Advisor covering - Cars - Caterham, Lotus, Mazda, Microlino, Morgan, TVR & Volkswagen - Motorcycles - CCM & Norton
4 年Into The Cellar - a documentary film about The Gateways Club 2 hrs · Celebrating another of our interviewees today! Hear more by supporting our Kickstarter to get the film complete - we can't do it without you! https://kck.st/2PlphoI #LGBT #lgbthistory #WomensHistoryMonth #gatewaysclub?
Advisor covering - Cars - Caterham, Lotus, Mazda, Microlino, Morgan, TVR & Volkswagen - Motorcycles - CCM & Norton
4 年Listen to Maureen Duffy talk about the Gateways and more in our documentary - please support our Kickstarter here: https://kck.st/2PlphoI
Advisor covering - Cars - Caterham, Lotus, Mazda, Microlino, Morgan, TVR & Volkswagen - Motorcycles - CCM & Norton
4 年Happy International Women's Day - hear these women's stories about the legendary Gateways Club by supporting our Kickstarter campaign?https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gatewaysfilm/into-the-cellar-a-feature-documentary-on-the-gateways-club?ref=project_link&fbclid=IwAR1EMBEKzkvtpzXH4MKAU_Fo_rSivwayAB2GG2jZ3VbtPKm_TmXyI1PDb-0