With the closing of Alternative Video Shop, an important resource for our community has become available. This collection of queer/alternative films contains over 1000 DVD and VHS titles, many of which are difficult if not impossible to obtain. It is my fondest wish to keep the collection complete. To do so, I need to raise at least 75% of the assigned value of this collection in order to transfer it to the Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center. That means a goal of $7,500 must be raised.
I chose to withhold the collection from my closing sale, because I think it is important to keep this rare collection together. Folks have offered to buy parts of the collection to donate to the Center and for that I am very grateful. However, I believe that the collection should be kept together and used as an archive for our community. The Center's Board has agreed to house and administer the collection in the Center's library. With your assistance, this valuable resource will be able to remain in the Hudson Valley. It will enable the Center to provide its members with access to one of the largest private collections of titles in the United States. It will be a tremendous benefit to the Center to retain these important documentaries, historical films, and archival rarities.
I need your help! Please reach into your pockets and donate what you can to keep this collection in our area. In the short amount of time the collection has been on-line, I’ve received inquiries and offers from folks as far away as New Mexico. They have been hard to resist, but I’m truly committed to keeping these films here in the Hudson Valley. Please send your tax-deductible donations today.
To preview
the titles that will be available, please Click
Here. All the titles
included in this collection are not listed on the website
as we are still compiling information. You will find a link to “updates” as
they are posted. Duplicate listings reflect titles available in both
VHS and DVD format. The database and web pages will also transfer to
the Center with the collection, as well as my personal services. Be sure
to click on the thumbnails of each film to see more details. For a sampling
of some of the rarities, please see West Coast Crones; 28th Instance
of July 1914; Anatomy of Desire; Vito and the Others which are all collectibles
and simply not available. These are just a few of the many important
films in this collection.
Thank you for all your support through the years. Also, thank you in
advance for committing to the preservation of this film collection.
Please make your tax-deductible donation payable to:
HUDSON VALLEY LGBTQ COMMUNITY CENTER
And make a note in the memo: Film Collection
Send to:
Barbara Salzman
41 Pond Road
Kerhonkson, NY 12446
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