Fördom och Stolthet – den svenska filmgarderoben / Prejudice and Pride – Swedish Film Queer

Thought to be one of the very first queer movies, Mauritz Stiller’s “The Wings” (1916) screened in cinemas at a time when homosexual desire still had to hide behind masks and allusions, revealing itself only to those in the know. Stiller’s film is the starting point from which “Prejudice and Pride” undertakes a detailed journey that follows the evolution of Swedish queer cinema. From Babylon Berlin in the 1920s to Greta Garbo’s Hollywood years in the ‘30s, the repressed sexuality in Ingmar Bergman’s oeuvre, to a reencounter with “Fucking Åmål”. This roller coaster of a ride entertains us while we watch the issues and figures of the LGBT+ cosmos expand. Interviews with numerous well-known experts and activists illuminate how essential the increasing visibility of queer aesthetics was both to individuals and for societal struggles for liberation. Their open enthusiasm for the subject provides extraordinary insight into the coming out of Swedish cinema.