Eekum Seekum – Pink Dollar$ (Official)

Music & Lyrics by Eekum Seekum, 2012.

All footage was shot on Super 8 by Emily Davidson. The Dyke & Trans March and Halifax Pride Parade footage was shot in the summer of 2012. The black and white animated titles were shot in the fall of 2013 as part of shimby’s Fly By Night Film Bee at AFCOOP and Roberts Street Social Centre. Edited by Emily Davidson, 2014.

SPECIAL THANKS to Hagere Selam (shimby), Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative (AFCOOP), and all the Dyke & Trans march organizers for courage and inspiration.

PINK DOLLAR$ LYRICS
well you’d better not kiss your lovers at the parade.
you’re too queer to be proud you should be ashamed, cause we’re keeping it tame to get bucks from the bank, so you drag queens can’t come or you butches or fags.
well you’d better not kiss your lovers at the parade, you’re too queer to be proud you should be ashamed, cause we’re keeping it tame to get bucks from the bank, so Q.U.A.I.A. had better be quiet.
what started out as a protest march became a walking commercial, sexy rainbow drenched advertisements for the gays who’ve got the dough. now it’s led by cops and full of corporate floats to bring the tourists down to gawk.
police escorts and rainbow flags make you feel safe enough to watch.
don’t be promiscuous, sell yourselves out to us, give us your pink dollars and shut your mouth and suck it up, we’ll sell your identity back to you.
now the banks dictate how we demonstrate who can speak and who is blocked.
your censorship of our politics make this a parade and not a march.
we don’t need your platform for our thoughts, city permits, hired cops.
not all queers can assimilate and put their privilege on display.
don’t be promiscuous, sell yourselves out to us, we won’t join your parade if you censor us.
we’re not going to dance with TD so we’ll start our own march.
fuck it. start it. fuck you.

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