Folsom Street

This celebration of the 2015 Folsom Street Fair is described as a “kink and fetish-fueled dance explosion.” Yep, that’s one way to put it.

This gorgeous short film creates the LGBTIQ musical number of a lifetime by fusing daring queer sexiness with some amazing dance movements. It’s elegant, incredibly well choreographed, gloriously seductive, and has drag queens in thigh-high boots. And it ends in the giant queer orgy that you see in the feature image. What’s not to like?

Aron Kantor, a San Francisco-based filmmaker, has produced numerous short films that examine gender and sexuality. More than 80 international film festivals have shown his work. In the Bay Guardian newspaper, he was voted Best Bay Area Filmmaker in 2014. He was also a part of Sony Pictures Television’s Diverse Directors programme in 2022.

His work is at Dirty Glitter.

Folsom Street at Vimeo

“San Francisco has long pushed culture boundaries, radical self-expression and sexual freedom. Today awash in stories of the changing face of the city and its quickly eroding creative communities, “Folsom Street” joyously celebrates the rich history of diversity that pushes the limits of raw sexuality that make this city the exciting cultural haven that it has always been.

“Directed by Aron Kantor and featuring Broadway performer Colin Cunliffe, notorious nightlife promoter Mario Diaz, gender-queer drag queen Grace Towers, and a variety of San Francisco dancers and performers, the film serves as both a metaphor for the Folsom Street Fair and an example of the possibilities of queer community effort and activism.”


Directed and Produced by Aron Kantor
Choreography by Danny Dolan
Original Music by Tim Kvasnovsky
Cinematography by Joe Picard

STARRING
Colin Cunliffe
Mario Diaz
Grace Towers
Miss Rahni Nothing More
Peggy L’Eggs
Scarlet Astrid
Fauxnique
Marcus Wilson
Ryan Chowdah
Peter Kilgallen
Jimmy Moore
Rotimi Agbabiaka
Ismael Acosta
Daniel Arizmende
Kevin Clarke
Chad Dawson
Gia
Qween
Beatrice Thomas