Film & TVNewsFilm & TV / NewsWatch the gloriously queer trailer for Tales of the CityNetflix is taking us back to the LGBTQ+ dreamland at Barbary LaneShareLink copied ✔️May 23, 2019May 23, 2019TextBrit Dawson After teasing the show last month, Netflix has now released the full trailer for its upcoming Tales of the City sequel. A follow-up to the 90s TV adaption of Armistead Maupin’s novels, the trailer sees protagonist Mary Ann Singleton (played by Laura Linney) return to her old San Francisco home 20 years after she left. Opening with an interview-style narration by Singleton’s ex-landlady Anna Madrigal (reprised by Olympia Dukakis), the eccentric character tells the camera she’s lived at 28 Barbary Lane since 1966, recalling, “I suppose it was a different place then, but in some ways not at all.” Though many years have passed, Barbary Lane’s exuberant atmosphere hasn’t changed a bit, as we see the new generation explaining its transformative influence on them. Introducing a variety of new characters, as well as reuniting viewers with returning actors, the trailer centres on the storyline of Singleton’s daughter Shawna (Ellen Page) as she grapples with her mother’s return. Throwing a spanner into the assumed plot, we hear Singleton exclaim, “She thinks I am her biological mother”, before Madrigal’s voiceover professes, “Sometimes the truth is a burden you have to carry alone.” The invigorating trailer is, of course, also full of wonderful LGBTQ+ scenes, heartwarming relationships and glamorous drag. Maupin’s books and the subsequent TV show have consistently been praised for spotlighting LGBTQ+ issues, with the novels regarded as some of the first to deal with the Aids crisis. Supporting the community both on- and off-screen, Netflix’s reprisal has an entirely queer writing team as well as LGBTQ+ producers and editors. Watch the trailer below, and look out for the Tales of the City landing on Netflix on June 7. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREJay Kelly is Noah Baumbach’s surreal, star-studded take on fameWatch: Owen Cooper on Adolescence, Jake Gyllenhaal and Wuthering Heights Jean Paul GaultierJean Paul Gaultier’s iconic Le Male is the gift that keeps on givingOwen Cooper: Adolescent extremesIt Was Just An Accident: A banned filmmaker’s most dangerous work yetChase Infiniti: One breakthrough after anotherShih-Ching Tsou and Sean Baker’s film about a struggling family in TaiwanWatch: Rachel Sennott on her Saturn return, turning 30, and I Love LA Mapping Rachel Sennott’s chaotic digital footprintRachel Sennott: Hollywood crushRichard Linklater and Ethan Hawke on jealousy, creativity and Blue MoonPillion, a gay biker romcom dubbed a ‘BDSM Wallace and Gromit’