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Women Make Movies
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English
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This documentary from award-winning filmmaker Jennifer Abod provides a window into the life of Angela Bowen, a woman who grew up in inner city Boston during the Jim Crow era and went on to become a classical ballerina, legendary dance teacher, black lesbian feminist activist organizer, writer and professor.. For six decades Bowen has influenced and inspired untold numbers, speaking out as strongly for the Arts, and Black and Women's Rights as she...
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Frameline
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English
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Six short films, including narratives and documentaries, delve into the lives of transgender & gender expansive young adults appear in this collection.. Narrative short Eddie tells the story of a young Latina who's just one of the boys and a VIP in the neighborhood kickball game. But on this particular afternoon, Eddie confronts her sexual and gender identities when an embarrassing moment forces her to step up to the plate. From climbing trees to...
83) Crutch
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All Channel Films
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English
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Behind a facade of suburban middle-class perfection, a compelling tale of love, loss, lies and lust unfolds... Sixteen-year-old David's (Eben Gordon) home life is falling apart. As he tries to cope with this impossible situation, the troubled teenager falls under the spell of Kenny (Ron Moretti), a gorgeous, thirty-something, has-been actor turned theatre coach.. And when Kenny's "support" escalates into seduction, David slowly descends into an abyss...
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""A delicious tangle of romance, fealty, and dangerous politics."-Tasha Suri The Goblin Emperor meets "Magnificent Century" in Alexandra Rowland's A Taste of Gold and Iron, where a queer central romance unfolds in a fantasy world reminiscent of the Ottoman Empire. Kadou, the shy prince of Arasht, finds himself at odds with one of the most powerful ambassadors at court-the body-father of the queen's new child-in an altercation which results in his...
87) Daddy & Papa
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Kanopy Streaming
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English
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Daddy & Papa is a one-hour documentary video that opens a candid window on the personal, cultural and political implications of gay fatherhood. From surrogacy, foster care and interracial adoption to the complexities of gay divorce and the legal battles around gay parenting, Daddy & Papa presents a revealing look at some of the gay fathers who are breaking new ground in the ever-changing landscape of the American family. The film utilizes an accessible,...
88) Real Boy
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Shaleece Haas Productions
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English
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An intimate story of a family in transition. As 19-year-old Bennett Wallace navigates sobriety, adolescence, and the evolution of his gender identity, his mother makes her own transformation from resistance to acceptance of her trans son. Along the way, both mother and son find support in their communities, reminding us that families are not only given, but chosen.. Winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Frameline Film Festival.....
89) Two 4 One
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Under the Milky Way
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English
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A bittersweet comedic drama that sees a transgender hero in an unimaginable predicament.. When transgender man, Adam, helps his baby-crazy ex-girlfriend Miriam artificially inseminate, they wind up in bed together-and they both get pregnant. Now Adam must grapple with his identity, feelings for Miriam, and learn what it means to be a man.. Official Selection at the Vancouver International Film Festival and the Chicago Gay and Lesbian International...
90) Baby Steps
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Gravitas Ventures LLC
Language
English
Description
From Oscar-winning Producer Li-Kong Hsu (Ang Lee's The Wedding Banquet, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Eat Drink Man Woman) comes this multi-cultural comedy-drama, which takes a funny but honest look at gay family issues in complicated dynamo of a cross-generational Taiwanese and American family.. Danny, a Taiwanese-American man, longs to have a baby with his American partner Tate, but their attempts at international surrogacy are complicated by Danny's...
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Breaking Glass Pictures
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English
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This third and final film of the Falls trilogy revisits former Mormon missionaries Chris and RJ, six years after they first fell in love and were disciplined for it, who are struggling to make their relationship work amid conflicts with their families and their faith.. Determined to finally find closure and put the past behind them, the two men set in motion a quest for unconditional love that ultimately leads to the very top of the Mormon leadership....
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"We all remember Oscar Wilde, but who speaks for Bosie? What about those 'bad gays' whose unexemplary lives reveal more than we might expect? Many popular histories seek to establish homosexual heroes, pioneers, and martyrs but, as Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller argue, the past is filled with queer people whose sexualities and dastardly deeds have been overlooked despite their being informative and instructive....With characters such as the Emperor Hadrian,...
93) The cutting room
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Unputdownable' Sunday Times 'I was hooked from page one' Guardian When Rilke, a dissolute auctioneer, comes upon a hidden collection of violent and highly disturbing photographs, he feels compelled to discover more about the deceased owner who coveted them. Soon he finds himself sucked into an underworld of crime, depravity and secret desire, fighting for his life.
95) Jay's gay agenda
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Growing up in rural Washington as the only out gay kid means Jay is constantly bombarded with reminders that everyone around him can hook up and have relationships, but his list of love-related to-do's -- his own gay agenda -- is indefinitely, frustratingly, on hold. His parents suddenly move the family to Seattle right before his senior year, however, and the thriving LGBTQ+ community means he can finally begin checking things off his list! Will...
96) Downriver
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Language
English
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Sometimes the path to redemption is paved in sin.. James, 18, has been released from juvenile detention after serving time for his involvement in the suspected drowning of a young boy in a river years earlier. Ravaged with uncertainty, dealing with an estranged family and forced to face the dead boy's mother, James is set upon a journey of self discovery, shocking revelations and danger as questions surrounding the boy s death brim to the surface....
97) Pink Boy
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The Video Project
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English
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A verite-style documentary profiling a gender non-conforming boy growing up in a conservative area of rural Florida...Six-year old Jeffrey likes nothing better than to put on a gown and dance for his two lesbian moms, who adopted him expecting they would raise a boy. Butch lesbian mom BJ successfully avoided dresses and girls' toys her entire life and admits she initially had a hard time when her son expressed feminine interests..."Pink boys" have...
98) The Wilding
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SND Films
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English
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Juvenile inmate Malcolm is in love with his cellmate Tye, but their relationship is confined within their cell. When Malcolm is offered a shot at parole, his actions inadvertently mark Tye as a target for attacks by other inmates. With the bullying against Tye escalating, Malcolm is torn between his chance for freedom and protecting the one he loves.. Official Selection at the Berlin International Film Festival and Frameline Film Festival.. Winner...
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist: a searingly honest memoir of food, weight, self-image, and learning how to feed your hunger while taking care of yourself.
"I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe. I buried the girl I was because she ran into all kinds of trouble. I tried to erase every memory of her, but she is still there, somewhere. . . . I was trapped in my body, one that...
100) Roped In
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A contemporary gay Western romance set on a ranch where the men are rugged, the trails are rocky, and lassos aren't only used for roping horses.
For Colt Woods, Clean Slate Ranch is home. The dude ranch in Northern California helped him heal from a devastating breakup. So when his ex-Dom, the man who broke his heart, waltzes onto the ranch, Colt doesn't know how to deal.
A research job at a nearby ghost town brings history PhD Avery Hendrix...
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