Films on LGBTQ History

Movies and Videos About and Important in LGBTQ History

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Introduction: Films About LGBTQ History

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Documentary Films About LGBTQ History Listed Alphabetically by Title

After Stonewall.

Before Stonewall.

Brother to Brother.

Dry Kisses Only. Directors: Kaucyila Brooke and Jane Cottis. Distributor: Women Make Movies. Lesbian viewing practice in relation to classical Hollywood cinema.

Celluloid Closet.

The Cockettes. A feature length documentary about the legendary San Francisco theatrical troupe of hippies and drag queens, 1969 - 1970. Directed by Bill Weber and David Weissman [1]

Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker Distributor: Frameline. http://cart.frameline.org/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=T392

The Einstein of Sex [Magnus Hirschfeld]. Director: Rosa von Praunheim.

For Love and For Life: The 1987 March on Washington For Lesbian and Gay Rights Director: JEB (Joan E. Biren). Distributor: Frameline. http://cart.frameline.org/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=T598

Looking for Langston.

No Secret Anymore: The Times of Del Martin & Phyllis Lyon Director: JEB (Joan E. Biren. Distributor: Frameline. http://cart.frameline.org/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=T578

Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria. Directors: Victor Silverman & Susan Stryker. Distributor: Frameline. http://cart.frameline.org/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=T636

A Simple Matter of Justice: The 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation Director: JEB (Joan E. Biren). Distributor: Frameline. http://cart.frameline.org/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=T603

Stonewall.

Surving Friendly Fire. Distributor: Frameline. A group of homeless queer teens in Los Angeles make a tragi-comic musical about their lives. One teacher reports (July 9, 2008): "Students relate to it because it's about family, about broken ties and rebuilt ties, about surviving on the streets, about coming out, getting clean and sober, learning self-respect and having clear goals as an out gay person, learning how to deal with homophobia."

Times of Harvey Milk.

[Titles?] Distributor: Third World Newsreel. Special collection of 20 queer films: http://www.twn.org/catalog/specialcollect/specialcollect.aspx?sc=11

Tongues Untied Director: Marlon T. Riggs. Distributor: Frameline. http://cart.frameline.org/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=T234

Watermelon Woman.

Word is Out.

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Films Important in LGBTQ History Listed Alphabetically by Title

The Boys in the Band.

Brideshead Revisited (Produced 1981. First shown U.S.: 1982. 11 episodes. With Anthony Andrews and Jeremy Irons.)

Brideshead Revisited (Produced 2008. With Matthew Goode.)

The Color Purple.

Cruising.

Desert Hearts.

Glue. Dir. Alexis dos Santos. Argentina. Reconfiguration of sexual identity in boundaries in 2008.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

It's not the homosexual who is perverse, but the society in which he lives. Director: Rosa von Praunheim.

A Jihad for Love. [Gay and lesbian Muslims.]

The Killing of Sister George.

Lianna.

Personal Best.

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

Shortbus. Director: John Cameron Mitchell.

Sunday Bloody Sunday.

To Wong Fu, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar.

XXY. [Intersex girl confronting puberty.]

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Author/editor Last Name, First name. Title. Place of Publication. Publisher's name. Date of Publication.

Writing about films about LGBTQ history.

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The history of films about LGBTQ history. Usually it is better to write this after the above entries are filled in a bit.

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Katz, Jonathan Ned.

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