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This is Black Queer Culture of the Past, Present and Future | Full Documentary

"Assembly,'" directed by Johnny Symons and Rashaad Newsome.

“Assembly” is a powerful celebration of Black and queer culture, brought to life through the electrifying language of voguing. In this ambi

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This was freakin incredible!! I feel slightly upset that I didn't know anything about this way beforehand. I'm definitely sharing this.....Great job!!
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Yes 🙌🏽 this was Absolutely Amazing 🎉!!!!!!!!!!!!! More of this please
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This doc was amazingly, breathtaking. It's beauty and authenticity, literally had me in tears. 🔥🔥🔥💜
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I wish they would do this performance in different cities! What a Glorious experience!
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@livvgb From YouTube ↗ 30 Jun 2026 11
LIBERATION THROUGH LOVE! ASÉ 🌀🤲🏽
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This was incredible! I thought I would watch a few minutes and yet here I am in tears at the end. Amazing. Loved every moment.
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This is wonderful. So glad I FINALLY got a chance to see this film.
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@Beedy86 From YouTube ↗ 30 Jun 2026 4
I don't know why this spoke to me so deeply. Well done❤
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I needed this right now. We see you Fem Queens. You make the world go round.
Thank you.
Thank you PBS.
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I love this deeply this moved me to tears. It feels like an open love letter across the globe about love, unity, and expression through art.

The fractal imagery stands out to me most.

To me, fractals represent systems that attempt to marginalize and contain expression, but cannot hold it. Instead, pressure creates overflow—repeated eruptions of creativity and identity that are similar, but never the same.

Not replication, but response.

Like a snowflake, each one is recognizable in its attempt.

This is what I see in ballroom and vogue: expression formed under constraint, refusing containment. The system pushes inward, but what emerges is expansion.

Vogue is a love letter of culture continuously being written—an evolving archive of survival, beauty, and self-definition across the world.

The space was always there, but the time was missing.
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Gosh I just feel like what am I doing with my life…this is the art and material that I want to be apart of so baaaaddd!
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THE TRUTH AND BEAUTY OF WHO WE ARE WILL ALWAYS BE EXPRESSED!
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@MsLeenite From YouTube ↗ 30 Jun 2026 10
You are all so beautiful and filled with creative energy! Thank you for making this video and sharing the invention and rehearsals and performances of "Assembly". Kyron's voice, in particular, just blew me away! His singing was other-worldly, very fitting for the style and emotional vibe of the show.
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The beauty, the intelligence, and the grit. I absolutely loved it ❤ 😍
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Fantastic doc about queerness, creativity, performance .... it's all there. Great job PBS!!!!!
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@ottabee From YouTube ↗ 23 Jun 2026 21
Thank-you so much for this documentary. It's so very beautiful, healing, amazing, sacred, and powerful!!!
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I have never been so enthralled by a documentary like I am with this one. THANK YOU for providing such a beautiful depiction of our history and queer representation. This made me feel WHOLE and reinforced my confidence to be exactly who God created me to be. God bless you all 👏🏾🤎🙏🏾
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this is beautiful.
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the future is black, global, queer and so deeply creative!
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This documentary is a SPELL and a healing balm!