By the time he reached his golden years, Roy Blakey had amassed the world’s foremost collection of ice show memorabilia, a trove valued in the millions of dollars. But he wasn’t just a collector – he was also a participant in a famed ice extravaganza – Holiday on Ice – in the 1950s and ‘60s.
Blakey’s career on ice, his collecting passion, and his second act as a pioneering photographer of male nudes, queer icons, and celebrities comes into focus in the documentary Uncle Roy, directed by Blakey’s niece, Keri Pickett. The film premieres Thursday at the prestigious Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival in Greece in the Open Horizons section. Director-producer Pickett, producer-editor Dawn Mikkelson, and Kickstarter producer Kim Mahling are attending the festival in support of the film.
“Built on nine decades of professional and personal archives, Uncle Roy
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