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A Club and a Community

Interview

Flashback was an oasis for LGBTQ+2 culture before it was even a thing. The Edmonton club was home to a community that flew in the face of every cliché born out of the blue-collar architype. Embracing the flamboyance of glitter rock paired with the heartbeat of disco in the 1970s, the club grew in membership and notoriety until the spectre of the AIDS crisis crushed a community.   

The legacy of Flashback was all but forgotten until Peter and Matthew Hays chose to explore the meaning, the music, and the fabulous in their new film simply entitled Flashback.   

CKUA’s Tony King invited Director Peter Hays to share the thrill of revisiting this historic nightclub. 

Flashback screens at Metro Cinema for two consecutive nights June 14 & 15, 2024.