Author Adam Baran
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Adam Baran is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker, writer, curator and queer nightlife guru whose work focuses on hidden histories of queer sexuality. Baran produced the Emmy-nominated Netflix documentary CIRCUS OF BOOKS, and wrote and directed the award-winning gay narrative short JACKPOT. Baran's latest short film is the forthcoming documentary TRADE CENTER, which explores the secret gay cruising spots at the former World Trade Center prior to 9/11. Baran has served as the co-curator of the acclaimed New York-based Queer/Art/Film screening series for 11 years, and has been a programmer for the Outfest and NewFest LGBT Film Festivals. Baran was an editor at the acclaimed gay publication BUTT Magazine for many years and has written for MTV, VH1, Vice, V Magazine and Foam. In 2016, Baran was a founding member of The Creative Resistance, an activist group of documentarians and creatives who mobilized to make films and ads to help flip the New York State Senate from Republican control to Democratic, which the group achieved in 2018.
