Dan Martin

An intimate portrait of songwriters, performance artists, and lovers Dan Martin and Michael Biello, “The Dance” explores the interconnectedness of their domestic life, artwork, and selfless devotion to a community of artists they have helped to create and support. The film uses hand-processed footage to convey the emotional intensity of their lives. The handmade quality of the film imparts a sense of poignancy and brotherly loving in the era of AIDS. Based on "The Dance," a song about living on in the face of loss, with music by Dan Martin and lyrics by Michael Biello.

In this celebration of the enduring power of love, renowned marriage activist Edie Windsor witnesses a musical scene reenacting Thea Spyer’s proposal to her in the 1960s – when marriage between two women was not a possibility.

A satire of the early 1980's gay male dating scene.