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Fairyland: Directed by Andrew Durham. With Emilia Jones, Scoot McNairy, Nessa Dougherty, Geena Davis. A young girl recounts growing up in San Francisco in the '70s and '80s with her gay dad.
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- 2023-01-20
Fairyland is a coming-of-age drama film based on Alysia Abbott's memoir of her father, a poet and activist who came out as gay. The film stars Emilia Jones, Scoot McNairy, Geena Davis and others, and premiered at Sundance in 2023.
Jan 19, 2023 · Fairyland is set to be a coming-of-age tale about a girl and her gay father in San Francisco during the height of the AIDS epidemic in the...
Jan 21, 2023 · Stories about the gay heyday of 1970s San Francisco — and the cruel chaser of the AIDS crisis the following decade — often hang on the notion of chosen family within the queer community: the...
- Guy Lodge
Drawing on one family's real-life experiences, the powerfully acted Fairyland pays poignant tribute to love and resilience in the face of adversity and tragedy. Read Critics Reviews
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Jan 26, 2023 · Emilia Jones and Scoot McNairy star in 'Fairyland,' Andrew Durham’s drama about a gay father and his daughter in '70s and '80s San Francisco.
Scoot McNairy stars as Steve Abbott, a writer and widower who moves his daughter Alysia to San Francisco in the 1970s and faces AIDS in the 80s. The film, based on Alysia's memoir, is a moving and honest portrayal of their unconventional and loving relationship.
