''Last Call at Maud's'' is a 1993 American

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directed by Paris Poirier. The film explores the history of

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culture from the 1940s to the 1990s as it records the last evening of Maud's, a San Francisco

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that closed in 1989 after 23 years in operation. The documentary combines vintage footage with interviews with Maud's owner,

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, its employees, and patrons, including

Judy Grahn Judy Grahn (born July 28, 1940) is an American poet and author. Inspired by her experiences of disenfranchisement as a butch lesbian, she became a feminist poet, highly-regarded in underground circles before achieving public fame. A major influe ...

Sally Gearhart Sally Miller Gearhart (April 15, 1931 – July 14, 2021) was an American teacher, feminism, feminist, science-fiction writer, and political activist. In 1973, she became the first open lesbian to obtain a tenure-track faculty position when she ...

Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon Dorothy Louise Taliaferro "Del" Martin (May 5, 1921 – August 27, 2008) and Phyllis Ann Lyon (November 10, 1924 – April 9, 2020) were an American lesbian couple known as feminist and gay-rights activists. Martin and Lyon met in 1950 ...

. ''Last Call at Maud's'' was shown as a work-in-progress at the

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on June 24, 1992. The film held its world premiere in San Francisco at the

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on February 5, 1993; and screened at the 1993

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in the Panorama section.

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