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1) Gooseberry
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Language
English
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Twelve-year-old nonbinary B forms a connection with an anxious stray dog, Gooseberry, prompting them to pursue their dream of becoming a dog trainer while navigating the complexities of trust and building a family in their newest foster home.
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
Visionary, radical, spiritual seeker, renowned poet, founding member of a major literary movement, champion of human rights, Buddhist, political activist and teacher – Allen Ginsberg’s remarkable life shaped the very soul of American counterculture. For 25 years, Academy Award®-nominated director Jerry Aronson accumulated more than 60 hours of film on Allen Ginsberg, resulting in this comprehensive portrait of one of America’s greatest poets,...
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English
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"Abby Akerman believes in the Universe. After all, her Midwest high school marching band is about to perform in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City--if that's not proof that magical things can happen, what is? New York also happens to be the setting of her favorite romance novel, making it the perfect place for Abby to finally tell her best friend Kat that she's in love with her (and, um, gay). She's carefully annotated a copy of the...
Publisher
Giant Pictures
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A docu-celebration of the LGBT rights movement featuring rare archive footage and interviews across a spectrum of historical campaigns while current activists in the United Kingdom celebrate the LGBTQ+ Pride movement's landmark achievements. From the 1967 Sexual Offences Act, Stonewall, AIDS crisis, Pulse night club shooting to today's treatment of Trans individuals. ARE YOU PROUD presents an extensive history that shows how more work needs to be...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Ariel grapples with her fear of her own mind and violent fantasies, driven by her desire to meet her parents' expectations and societal norms, until a summer job at a carnival leads her to new friends who help her discover her struggle with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and find acceptance and support for her true self.
9) TransBoxing
Publisher
Lightbeam
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Trans Boxing is an art project in the form of a boxing club that was started in New York City in 2017 by Nolan Hansen. The project began as an effort to encourage the participation of transgender, non-conforming, and non-binary people in boxing. Over the years, an amazing community has been built around this sport. Trans Boxing offers training, education, and mentorship through weekly classes. They help others explore their strength both physically...
10) With Wonder
Publisher
Espresso Media International
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Can you peacefully be both Christian and Queer? WITH WONDER attempts to answer this question by intimately following the stories of Queer people of colour from colonised histories around the globe. Their struggles reveal inspiring journeys of self-love through tears, laughter, awe, and wonder.
Publisher
Automat Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Dickson Hughes and Richard Stapley, two young songwriters and romantic partners, find themselves caught in movie star Gloria Swanson’s web when she hires them to write a musical version of "Sunset Boulevard." Life imitates art when Gloria falls for Richard, and the men find themselves living a real-life version of the classic film.
12) Girl Like You
Publisher
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Over six years, a couple battles to stay together as one of them transitions genders; confronting the effects of new body parts, changing gender roles as well as navigating their own evolving sexual identities.
13) Casa Susanna
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In the 1950s and ’60s, an underground network of transgender women and cross-dressing men found refuge at a house in the Catskills region of New York. Known as Casa Susanna, the house provided a safe place to express their true selves. Told through the memories of those who visited, the film looks back at a secret world where the persecuted and frightened found freedom and acceptance.
14) L'Amour Fou
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
Français
Description
The public life of Yves Saint Laurent was as extravagant as it was decadent, but few are familiar with the private life of the legend. In L'AMOUR FOU, Pierre Bergé, the man with which YSL shared four decades of his life and love, reflects on their equally extravagant personal relationship. Framed around the 2009 auction of the priceless, elaborate art collection amassed by Yves and Pierre, this extraordinary documentary provides an unprecedented...
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Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old aspiring journalist Darren Purchase has been a lifelong fan of country music legend Decklee Cassel, who's as famous for her classic hits as she is for her partnership with songwriter Mickenlee Hooper. The same Mickenlee who mysteriously backed out of the limelight at the height of their careers, never to be heard from again. Now Decklee's televised funeral marks the unveiling of her long-awaited time capsule. But when it's revealed...
16) Queer Genius
Publisher
Frameline
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Explores the remarkable lives and work of five queer female artists: Barbara Hammer, Eileen Myles, Black Quantum Futurism, Moor Mother, and Dynasty Handbag / Jibz Cameron. Deep, affectionate and intimate portraits resonate across generations as these critically acclaimed and notoriously radical artists overcome personal and political obstacles to find new ways to live, and share their visionary creative practices.
Publisher
Frameline
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Through beautiful and intimate camerawork, filmmaker Yana Ugrekhelidze illuminates the shadows where many LGBTQ+ people must still reside within their home countries, centering on Alexander, a transgender man forced to live clandestinely in the former Soviet republic of Georgia. With no way to change the gender on his passport, Alexander is denied access to a proper job and even professional medical care. Despite such obstacles, his secret life is...
Publisher
Journeyman Pictures
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Israel's gay Palestinian underground. Persecuted in Palestine and called criminals in Israel, gay Palestinians are the silent victims of the conflict. Louie has been hiding in Tel Aviv for ten years, Abdu was tortured and accused of espionage for his relationships with gay Israelis and Louis was almost killed by his family. Where ever they go they live in fear of discovery. Only in Isreael's gay underground are they at home. Eye opening and revelatory....
Publisher
Journeyman Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Shot in six cities along the legendary Trans-Siberian railway, this documentary follows queer Irish filmmaker Paul Rice and his boyfriend Liam, as they go undercover to meet with members of the LGBTQ+ community in Russia. During their travels, they reveal deeply personal and moving accounts from Russian activists and non-activists alike, who risk everything to live authentically and survive under oppressive laws and harsh prejudices.
20) Dressed in Blue
Publisher
Altered Innocence
Pub. Date
1983.
Language
Español
Description
One of the best trans films you’ve likely never heard of, Antonio Giménez-Rico’s landmark 1983 documentary explores the lives and loves of a group of six transgender women living in Madrid in the years following Spain’s transition to democracy. But more than that, it’s a loving portrait of a culture finally emerging from the shadows after being hidden for far too long. Antonio's portrait of these women gave them the freedom to portray their...