Lou's Legacy: A Reporter's Life at the Washington Blade

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LOU'S LEGACY: A REPORTER'S LIFE AT THE WASHINGTON BLADE tells the story of two DC icons: legendary newspaper reporter Lou Chibbaro Jr. and Donnell Robinson, a beloved drag performer who has been entertaining Washington's LGBTQ community as "Ella Fitzgerald" since 1975. Produced by The Mattachine Society of Washington, DC, the documentary traces the city's gay history through the lens of Lou's nearly five-decade career at the Blade, where he has chronicled stories that the mainstream media often ignored or erased. As Lou reports a news story about Ella's triumphant return to the stage after a three-year hiatus due to Covid, the two trailblazers reflect on their parallel journeys - and discuss the rising backlash facing the LGBTQ community, including laws targeting drag performers.

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