Dog Day Afternoon: Did He Rob a Bank for Love?

Video Description

The movie Dog Day Afternoon features Al Pacino as a bank robber whose summertime heist goes terribly wrong. But he’s no ordinary criminal: One of the film’s biggest twists is that he’s robbing the bank to pay for his transgender girlfriend’s surgery. And the even bigger twist … it all really happened. Based on a real life bank robber whose queer heist stunned the world, Dog Day Afternoon was on the cutting edge of a revolution in film — changing the way audiences saw queer characters. But that revolution was a lot more fragile than anyone realized. This is the story of Dog Day Afternoon, the real-life queer caper that helped change American film — and the forces that are still trying to change it back. Watch bonus videos: http://patreon.com/mattbaume Subscribe to my newsletter at https://mattbaume.com Get my book: http://gaysitcoms.com