Gay Rights Movies

  • 2008
    Splendor and Wisdom

    Splendor and Wisdom

    Splendor and Wisdom

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    Historians agree 1968 was a watershed year and so it was particularly fitting that the Yale Class of 68 invited William Sloane Coffin Jr. to their...

    Splendor and Wisdom
  • 1996
    It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School

    It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School

    It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School

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    Depicts what happens when students K-8 discuss LGBT-related topics in age-appropriate ways. Shot in six public and private schools (in San Francisco...

    It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School
  • 2020
    Cured

    Cured

    Cured

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    Mentally ill. Deviant. Diseased. And in need of a cure. These were among the terms psychiatrists used to describe gay women and men in the 1950s,...

    Cured
  • 2011
    The Advocate for Fagdom

    The Advocate for Fagdom

    The Advocate for Fagdom

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    The Advocate for Fagdom unites the puzzle pieces one by one. Testimonies are combined with rare archive images. Art galeries present movie extracts...

    The Advocate for Fagdom
  • 2022
    Art and Pep

    Art and Pep

    Art and Pep

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    Art Johnston and Pepe Peña are civil rights leaders whose life and love is a force behind LGBTQ+ equality in the heart of the country. Their...

    Art and Pep
  • 1970
    Gay and Proud

    Gay and Proud

    Gay and Proud

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    1970 short documentary covering the first New York gay pride parade celebrating one year after Stonewall.

    Gay and Proud
  • 2015
    The Queen of Ireland

    The Queen of Ireland

    The Queen of Ireland

    4.82015HD

    Panti Bliss is many things: part glamorous aunt, part Jessica Rabbit, she's a wittily incisive performer with charisma to burn who is regarded as one...

    The Queen of Ireland
  • 2021
    The Beauty President

    The Beauty President

    The Beauty President

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    In 1992, at the height of the AIDS pandemic, activist Terence Alan Smith made a historic bid for president of the United States as his drag queen...

    The Beauty President
  • 2012
    Free Havana

    Free Havana

    Free Havana

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    Gay Rights is an issue heard around the world, including Cuba. Free Havana paints a vivid picture of what it has been like to be gay in Cuba through...

    Free Havana
  • 2011
    Mosaic: Love & Marriage

    Mosaic: Love & Marriage

    Mosaic: Love & Marriage

    02011HD

    Four older gay couples discuss their relationships, civil partnerships and their views on multiple topics such as spirituality, religion, love, gay...

    Mosaic: Love & Marriage
  • 2021
    Women on Watch

    Women on Watch

    Women on Watch

    02021HD

    A mini documentary about the untold contributions lesbians made during the A.I.D.S epidemic.

    Women on Watch
  • 2021
    No Gay Men in Zimbabwe

    No Gay Men in Zimbabwe

    No Gay Men in Zimbabwe

    02021HD

    Robert (not his real name), is a gay Zimbabwean man who fled to South Africa in the hopes of making this his home. What he found instead was abuse at...

    No Gay Men in Zimbabwe
  • 2004
    One Wedding and a Revolution

    One Wedding and a Revolution

    One Wedding and a Revolution

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    This short film reveals the inspiration, motivation and political challenges at San Francisco City Hall during the frantic days leading up to the...

    One Wedding and a Revolution
  • 1994
    Out in the Middle of Nowhere

    Out in the Middle of Nowhere

    Out in the Middle of Nowhere

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    A short 1994 documentary that highlights the lives and experiences of a few LGBTQ+ residents of the Palouse. Filmed and narrated by Jeff Olson....

    Out in the Middle of Nowhere
  • 1968
    The Second Largest Minority

    The Second Largest Minority

    The Second Largest Minority

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    Documentary short documents the “Reminder Day Picket” at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, on July 4, 1968.

    The Second Largest Minority
  • 2019
    A Queer Refugee’s Suitcase

    A Queer Refugee’s Suitcase

    A Queer Refugee’s Suitcase

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    The story of a young gay man who faced persecution due to his sexuality and made a frightening journey to the UK with just a suitcase.

    A Queer Refugee’s Suitcase
  • 1990
    Like a Prayer

    Like a Prayer

    Like a Prayer

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    Produced by the activist video collective ACT UP/NY called DIVA TV (Damned Interfering Activist Television), this tape analyzes the collaborative...

    Like a Prayer
  • 2018
    L'unione falla forse

    L'unione falla forse

    L'unione falla forse

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    L'unione falla forse is a documentary film that intertwines the life of homogenitorial families with the bizarre theories of anti-LGBT exponents, in...

    L'unione falla forse