LGBT-related documentary film stubs

Visible: Out On Television

Series Age rating: 14 Year: 2020 IMDB Rating: 8.3

Explore the history of the LGBTQ movement through the lens of TV in this five-part docuseries. Combining archival footage with new interviews, it looks at homophobia, invisibility, the evolution of LG...

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Vito

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 2011 IMDB Rating: 8.1

In the aftermath of Stonewall, a newly politicized Vito Russo found his voice as a gay activist and critic of LGBTQ+ representation in the media. He went on to write "The Celluloid Closet", the first...

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Stephen Fry: Out There

Series Age rating: n/a Year: 2013 IMDB Rating: 8

Stephen Fry explores first-hand how the lives of men and women in different communities across the globe have been impacted by their sexuality. He sets out to explore what lies beneath people’s prejud...

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Chavela

Film Age rating: 5 Year: 2017 IMDB Rating: 7.7

Inspired by an exclusive interview and performance footage of Chavela Vargas shot in 1991 and guided by her unique voice, the film weaves an arresting portrait of a woman who dared to dress, speak, si...

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Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2004 IMDB Rating: 7.6

Andy Warhol described Jackie Curtis as “A pioneer without a frontier.” In this biographical documentary, Curtis’s co-workers and friends speak of her work and her influence, along with clips from Curt...

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The Queen of Ireland

Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2015 IMDB Rating: 7.6

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 of the best drag queens in the business. Created b...

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The Fabulous Allan Carr

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2017 IMDB Rating: 7.6

Armed with a limitless Rolodex and a Benedict Canyon enclave with its own disco, Allan Carr threw the Hollywood parties that defined the 1970s. A producer, manager, and marketing genius, Carr built hi...

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I Am Divine

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 2013 IMDB Rating: 7.5

Harris Glenn Milstead, aka Divine (1945-1988) was the ultimate outsider turned underground hero. Spitting in the face of the status quos of body image, gender identity, sexuality, and preconceived not...

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Memories of a Penitent Heart

Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2016 IMDB Rating: 7.4

Twenty five years after Miguel died from AIDS, his niece, filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo, embarks on an excavation into a quagmire of unresolved family drama. Like many gay men in the 1980s, Miguel moved...

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Meth

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2006 IMDB Rating: 7.3

But it is a devastating expose of party-n-play culture. It's hard to depict methamphetamine use with any sensitivity, but this movie's dry and frank style bring this plague into startling focus. It's...

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