'Early LGBTQ Author Fritz Peters Getting Doc Treatment
Fritz Peters Getting Doc Treatment
A documentary
about the life and work of author Fritz Peters is underway from director William Gazecki
Peters was
a trailblazer in his frank and intimate depictions of homosexuality, spirituality and mental illness in
Despite selling
big in his time, his catalogue has fallen into relative obscurity compared to the celebrated
Hirsch Giovanni acquired
Peters’ complete works and are also mounting a scripted adaptation of his book “Finistè
” Creative executive Alexandra
Carbone is overseeing the doc for the production company
As Peters
was born in 1913, Hirsch Giovanni underscored the need for timeliness in interviewing the author’s
A featured
subject in the doc include Edward Field, a poet who has been out since the 1960
Through his
friendship with Peters, he archived the writer’s personal letters and relationships
In addition
to identifying as homosexuals, Peters and Field had military service and post-traumatic stress in common,
Peters’ daughter,
Katharine Rivers, is another key interviewee who is also the heir to the estate
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