Over the last decade Parker Sargent has focused on documenting her queer community history in Fire Island, through documentary shorts, scripted projects and documentary features.
IN THE MEAT RACK (2022)
Documentary Feature
70 min
Documentary Feature
70 min
IN THE MEAT RACK is an award-winning documentary directed by koitz and Parker Sargent, which explores the history of one of the most iconic gay cruising locations in the world...the Meat Rack.
This tantalizing trist uncovers the roots of the space, the social impact it has had (both good and bad) on queer community, and why some Fire Island visitors are still finding themselves in the Meat Rack today.
This tantalizing trist uncovers the roots of the space, the social impact it has had (both good and bad) on queer community, and why some Fire Island visitors are still finding themselves in the Meat Rack today.
ROSELAND- The Ballad of Bob Levine (2022)
Documentary Feature
80 min
Documentary Feature
80 min
Eclectic. Iconic. Bob Levine has been entertaining the community of Cherry Grove as his alter ego "Rose" for over 50 years and he is still going strong. Spending summers at his home “Roseland” in the Grove, Bob always surrounds himself with a colorful cast of characters and has weathered many storms to become a well-loved queer personality known all over the world.
HAVEN (2021)
Dramatic Short
30 min
Dramatic Short
30 min
This dramatic short film was inspired by our recent exhibition at the New-York Historical Society in 2021 entitled Safehaven: Gay Life in 1950s Cherry Grove.
In a time when being gay is a prosecutable crime, two young women explore their desires for love and community through a romantic summer in the magical queer hamlet of Fire Island.
In a time when being gay is a prosecutable crime, two young women explore their desires for love and community through a romantic summer in the magical queer hamlet of Fire Island.
SNAP- Year Of A Queen (2018)
Documentary Short
40 min
Documentary Short
40 min
Every year the members of the Arts Project of Cherry Grove (Fire Island, NY) come together on Memorial Day Weekend to crown their Homecoming Queen for the summer season...it's a position that comes with great honor and great responsibility.
SNAP documents Emilio "Ginger Snap" Deluca's journey as HCQ in 2017, racing around the island in platform heels to open shows, cut ribbons at community events, perform at fundraisers, and doing it all with his own unique flare.
SNAP documents Emilio "Ginger Snap" Deluca's journey as HCQ in 2017, racing around the island in platform heels to open shows, cut ribbons at community events, perform at fundraisers, and doing it all with his own unique flare.
GROVE GIRLS (2018)
Documentary Feature
60 min
Documentary Feature
60 min
GROVE GIRLS explores the female history of the "homo-haven" of Cherry Grove. With interviews from Grovers and archival imagery, we are taken through the trials and triumphs of the women who were finding themselves, discovering their sexuality and building a strong community of freedom and expression since the 1940's.
THE PANZI INVASION (2016)
Documentary Feature
60 min
Documentary Feature
60 min
After forty years of fabulous drag queens, killer costumes and gender bending beauties; the political roots of the event may not be so obvious to those attending this annual July 4th celebration, but the message of equality and freedom are still as relevant today as when Panzi and a crew of protesters staged the original Invasion in 1976.
MEETING MOLLY (2015)
Dramatic Feature
90 min
Dramatic Feature
90 min
Step into the mind of Charlotte Sullivan, an eternally optimistic puppeteer with the odds against her. She lives in her own world of candy coated catastrophes and make-believe mishaps that cause her to question her goals and even her sanity.
Meeting Molly is both sweet and yet so dark. The subtle comedy is accentuated with catchy Muppet-esque musical numbers, while the message of struggle and self identity resonates with anyone who has ever had a dream.
Meeting Molly is both sweet and yet so dark. The subtle comedy is accentuated with catchy Muppet-esque musical numbers, while the message of struggle and self identity resonates with anyone who has ever had a dream.