When Andrew Durham was searching for financing for “Fairyland,” his film adaptation of Alysia Abbott’s memoir about growing up in San Francisco with her gay single father and the …
,” his film adaptation of Alysia Abbott’s memoir about growing up in San Francisco with her gay single father and the impact that the AIDS crisis had on the community of LGBTQ Bohemians who populated her world, he received a shocking rejection.
“When we talk about the history of AIDS in this country, I don’t think we necessarily think about the way it impacted families,” says Abbott, who also served as a producer on the film. “There are parents who died of AIDS. Some of these men died alone, but some left behind children and spouses.” “Fairyland” is about more than just a disease that cast a pall over gay life for more than a decade. It’s also a coming-of-age story about a girl who had a very different kind of upbringing. Steve Abbott, Alissa’s father, was a poet who partied hard, didn’t seem overly concerned with holding down a steady job and believed that his daughter should be given freedom and independence — a view that also enabled him to enjoy San Francisco’s vibrant nightlife.
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