Divergence Movie Night
- Movie List
This document last edited: January 9th, 2011
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The following is a list of the films in the Divergence Movie Night library. All
have been purchased with Public Performance Rights from their producer or
distribution company*. Divergence Movie Night believes in supporting filmmakers
for their hard work and presents films with full legal permissions.
* The film "Meth" is made available on a limited license only
allowing it to be aired in groups of up to 25 people.
The DMN archive currently holds 79 films.
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100% Woman
In 2002, Michelle Dumaresq became the first openly transgendered woman in the world to be named to a national team in any sport. 100% Woman begins as Dumaresq's mountain-bike riding career did, careening down a rocky path to be met with controversy. From some critics comes cautious concern, from others, complete attack. Beginning with her days on the BC race circuit, to the Canada Cup, the national title and finally, a berth at the World Championships, her progress is dogged by constant scrutiny, both from fellow competitors and the media. Dumaresq insists she doesn't race to make a stand, but doesn't shy from being a trailblazer. She grew up in turmoil over her identity and struggled to come to terms with herself as an adult, even with her parents' whole-hearted support. She takes on the mantle of role model because she understands how isolated others like her feel.
533 Statements
Tori Foster took her camera across the country to talk to 20
women about what it's like to be queer where they live. The documentary follows
the 22 year-old's journey through all ten provinces, beginning in
A Different Kind Of Black Man
A powerful look at the ideas and feelings of successful, black gay men on such issues as sexuality, masculinity and their perception of and their role within the black community.
Abomination: Homosexuality and the Ex-Gay Movement
Again and again we see it in the news: evangelical ministers who preach against homosexuality and scandalizing themselves when their own homosexuality is revealed. Proponents of so-called “reparative therapy” know it doesn’t work. Yet they persist with ever-greater fervor and insist that gay Christians try to change their sexual orientation.
Abomination: Homosexuality and the Ex-Gay Movement profiles the journeys of four gay Christians who did everything possible to become heterosexual by following the treatment protocols of the so-called ex-gay ministries. At times heartbreaking, at other times hilarious, the approaches taken by these religious groups range from shock therapy and hypnosis to “gender coaching.” Ultimately the “therapy” fails, even for the ministers in charge as they repeatedly scandalize themselves by "relapsing into gayness."
Abomination is a
poignant testimony to the healing power of love on the road to self-acceptance.
It is also a film about human rights and the fragility of our liberty in an
increasingly fundamentalist
Affirmations and Anthem
Two short films by celebrated 90s New York filmmaker Marlon T. Riggs. An exploration of Black gay male desires and dreams, and an experimental music video that politicizes the homoeroticism of African-American men.
Africa Rising
Every day, six thousand girls from the Horn of Africa to the sub-Saharan nations are subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM). With little more than fierce determination and deep love for their communities, brave African activists are leading a formidable and fearless grassroots movement to end five thousand years of FGM. This extraordinary and powerful film is the first to focus on African solutions to FGM, presenting an insightful look at the frontlines of a quiet revolution taking the continent by storm.
Almost There
Almost There is the
story of a lesbian couple's move away from
Almost There presents a couple that dares: dares to change their life, dares to deal with personal fears, dares to search for happiness...and most of all, dares to make a documentary which carefully explores the beauty and difficulties of intimacy, sexual identity, and the complexity of family relationships--all difficult to examine, unless we turn the camera upon ourselves.
And The March Continues!
And the March
Continues! combines documentary and narrative forms to present a history of the
lesbian movement in
Annie Sprinkle's Herstory of Porn
The Herstory of Porn is a cult classic porn-art documentary that is both educational and entertaining. It examines important cultural topics including censorship, controversial art, feminism, gender issues and sex education. Based on Annie Sprinkle's touring show, she takes us through a campy and honest history of her pornographic films in a way that is almost Mystery Porn Theatre 3000.
The Believers
Built around the world's first transgender gospel choir, Transcendence Gospel Choir, The Believers is an unprecedented documentary that shatters assumptions about faith, gender, and religion. It follows their shaky beginnings - a heartwarmingly chaotic, cacophonous group unable to agree on much of anything, arguing over appropriate wardrobe and learning to sing with transitioning voices - through their transformation into the polished, award-winning choir and close-knit family they are today. Revealing the lives of the members and their personal struggles, it deals with how they reconcile their gender identity against a religious belief that changing one's gender goes against the word of God. The intimate personal stories shed light on the complexity of balancing social change, family history, religion and identity.
Born In A Barn
An intimate and occasionally humorous look into the extraordinary erotic lives of four seemingly ordinary people, BORN IN A BARN takes us deep into the world of ponyplay, a fetish in which enthusiasts role-play as human ponies and handlers. Revealing the complex motives that drive each character to pursue this rare passion and following them as they each confront the questions that being an erotic equine present, BORN IN A BARN is a film about finding an identity in the pursuit of an unconventional desire.
Breakin' The Glass
Breakin’ the
Glass examines the promise and power of women’s professional basketball
though interviews with the founders and players of the American Basketball
League. Athletes discuss what it means for women finally to have the
opportunity to play professional basketball in the
Call Me Troy
Profiling the life and times of one of the gay community's most visible and tenacious advocates for change, Rev. Troy Perry, Call Me Troy is a truly inspirational story about a remarkable and dynamic individual whose activism was decades ahead of its time. Rev. Perry is best known as the founder of the first church to recognize the spiritual needs of the gay community. From presidential advisor to outspoken advocate, Perry has been on the front lines leading the charge for equal rights and protections for gay men and lesbians as well as providing a place for all people to worship side by side. This film celebrates his life and his legacy.
Casting Pearls
Cerebral Palsy and Sex
Cerebral Palsy is the result of damage to the motor skills section of the brain due to oxygen deprivation that occurs as the baby travels down the birth canal to be born. Most individuals who live with this disability are above average intelligence, thoughtful and sensitive, and also tend to have a higher than normal sex drive. Cerebral Palsy and Sex interviews three people with cerebral palsy who speak frankly about their sexuality, their attitudes, and their experiences with sex. It shows them having sexual relations with their partners and alone. Primarily directed to people with disabilities and those who care for them, it is also a challenge to the able-bodied society to accept difference and alternative standards of sexual attractiveness and capability.
Changing House
Rusty and Chelsea are a transgender lesbian couple who devoted fifteen years to making their Brooklyn home a communal living space for transgender women in need. Their house served a vital and unique community role with its doors always open to newcomers. A crossroads for transgender civil rights organizers, it became home to Stonewall legend Sylvia Rivera in the last years of her life. The couple's dream of a commune quickly met a complicated reality as it became unmanageable. Social workers referred more young transgender women to Rusty and Chelsea than they could accomodate and eventually, the self-made family lost their "Ma" Sylvia. In this intimate film, Rusty, Chelsea and long-time resident Cellia commemorate the house's rich activist history, reflect on the joys and challenges of communal living and discuss the continuing struggle of the transgender community with discrimination and homelessness.
Changing Our Minds
During the 1950’s, Dr. Evelyn Hooker undertook ground breaking research that led to a radical discovery: homosexuals were not, by definition, “sick.” Dr. Hooker’s findings sent shock waves through the psychiatric community and culminated in a major victory for gay rights -- in 1974 the weight of her studies, along with gay activism, forced the American Psychiatric Association to remove homosexuality from its official manual of mental disorders.
Choosing Children
Choosing Children is a well-crafted exploration of the issues facing lesbians who choose to have children. It offers seldom-seen insights in to a revolutionary generation of lesbian mothers.
Chrissy
Breaking records as the most watched documentary on Australian television, where it first aired on World AIDS Day in 1999, Chrissy is an honest and daring film. Ex-runaway and street kid, Chrissy was diagnosed HIV+ at age 18. She did not reveal her sexual orientation or her illness to her family until eight years later. As we follow Chrissy, her mother and three younger sisters for the next year, we are given access to a world one must see to really understand. Beginning at the time Chrissy revealed her HIV+ status to her family, filmmaker, Jacqui North takes us on a personal journey of a family learning about acceptance and love.
Decoding Alan Turing
Alan Turing was a brilliant Mathematician, Logician and Cryptographer. A Cambridge graduate who was fundamental to cracking the Nazi's Enigma Code during WWII, Turing created what is hailed by some as the first modern computer and was a legendary innovator in his field. He was also gay. And he fell victim to the intolerance and legal prosecution of his time felt by all LGBT individiuals under the Section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1885 in Great Britain. Under this act, homosexuality was considered an extreme mental illness and subject to criminal sanctions. To avoid jail, he went through behaviorial modification hormonal therapy and chemical castration, suffering their side effects - and their consequences.
Different Shades of Pink
Different Shades of Pink examines cross-cultural love
through the lives of three
The End Of Second Class
Traces the debate on same sex marriage in
Enough Man
9 Transsexual men (FTM) and their partners discuss and disclose their sexualities. Enough Man features health educators, college students, sex workers, activists and artists, and puts the sex back into transsexuality.
Eye on the Guy: Alan B. Stone and the Age of Beefcake
Alan B. Stone:
astute businessman, quiet suburbanite— and master of the homoerotic
pin-up. Eye on the Guy: Alan B. Stone & the Age of Beefcake explores the
little-known world of Montreal’s physique photography scene— a
distinct gay subculture that emerged in the 50s’ and 60s’—
through the life and work of one of its most creative figures. Operating under
the social radar of post-war
Fag Hags
Fag Hags is about the unique bonds between women and gay men. Ranging from platonic friendship to romance to unrequited love, the film profiles three couples in the midst of their “queer” love stories. Questions about the limitations of sexual identity and what makes a relationship are brought forward.
The Fall of '55
In the fall of
1955, a gay sex scandal erupted in the unassuming, wholesome and
"vice-less" town of
Fight Back, Fight AIDS: 15 Years Of Act Up
James Wentzy's
in-your-face Fight Back, Fight AIDS is a compilation of footage documenting the
first ACT UP meeting in 1987 on
Framing Lesbian Fashion
Framing Lesbian Fashion looks at the evolution of lesbian attire and identity--butch/femme, flannel, androgyny, cross-dressing and drag, queer fluorescent, S/M and leather, lipstick and more. Featuring interviews with Sally Gearhart, JoAnn Loulan, Arlene Stein, Kitty Tsui and others, Framing Lesbian Fashion incorporates archival photos and personal stories to document the sociology and history of lesbian fashion.
FtF: Female To Femme
Explores femme dyke identities as radical gender practices. A film that envisions more than it documents, FtF denaturalizes gender and pushes for an understanding of femininity as multiple rather than singular, constructed rather than natural. Sexy, funny and controversial, FtF features a host of fabulous femmes, including professors, activists, artists and dancers. FtF makes use of parody and costuming much the way femme does: to create a saucy, indelible impression of a people, politics and gender revolution.
Gay Sex In The 70s
During the twelve years from the Stonewall Rebellion (1969) to the first reported cases of AIDS (1981) there was a search for a definition of what it meant to be gay. And for the most part, that search required openly exploring a sexuality that for decades had been forbidden.
Gay USA
Arthur Bressan created a gay-America panorama when he commissioned filmmakers throughout the country to record all June 1977 Lesbian and Gay Pride parades and marches. He then cut on-the-street interviews--gay women and men talking about their lovers and how they came out--with the resulting footage, including lesbians marching against housework and drag queens protesting fascism. A revolutionary document. "When the Anita Bryant debacle happened I was hurled into making this political documentary. My naive dream was that if we all saw ourselves in our numbers we would never buy into the guilt trip again. Not from Anita Bryant or from [NYC] Mayor Koch or from Cardinal Cook. Not even from AIDS...."
Georgie Girl
Meet Georgina Beyer, the latest “it” girl of New Zealand politics. A one-time sex worker of Maori descent turned public official, Georgina stunned the world in 1999 by becoming the first transgendered person to hold national office. This unlikely politician grew up on a small Tarankai farm and later became a small-time celebrity on the cabaret circuit in Auckland. With charisma, humor and charm, Beyer unapologetically recounts her fascinating life story, shares how she overcame adversity and discloses the reasons she decided to run for office in a mostly all white, conservative electorate. Incorporating an unbelievable montage of colorful archival images dug up from Georgina’s days as an exotic dancer, theatre and television performer, this absorbing documentary breaks down stereotypes and promotes greater understanding of transgendered people.
Graphic Sexual Horror
By the time controversial bondage website Insex.com was shut down by the government, it had 35,000 members. Graphic Sexual Horror takes a peek into the most notorious of “violent porn” websites, with original footage, behind-the-scenes interactions, and interviews with the creator and staff. As the membership grew, so did the pressure to perform. The line between consent and non-consent blurred.
Halbes Leben (Half A Life)
Hand On The Pulse
Using interviews, photos and archival footage, Hand on the Pulse is the poignant story of Joan Nestle, political and sexual "bad girl."
Hand on the Pulse traces Joan's life; finding her community in Greenwich Village in the 1950's, celebrating the body in her writings and in her public readings in her black slip, having a lesbian archives in her home for 25 years, teaching students from colonized backgrounds, participating in the Black civil rights movement as a freedom rider, becoming a feminist, and helping to forge a new lesbian and gay consciousness through grass roots organizing. Now in her 60's, Joan continues to celebrate the body as an aging woman and as a woman with cancer.
Co-founder of the
Lesbian Herstory Archives in
Harsh Beauty
Existing as they have for centuries, the Eunuchs (or Hijra) are considered the third gender, neither men nor women. Harsh Beauty follows over a period of 3 years the lives of Jyothi, Usha and hira bai, three Eunuchs who live openly as women, and want to be accepted for what they truly believe themselves to be. Set against the vibrant energy of the Indian metropolis, it takes a glance into a society rarely seen and often misunderstood.
Homoteens
Five young gays and lesbians in
I Had an Abortion
Underneath the din of politicians posturing about "life" and "choice" and beyond the shouted slogans about murder and rights, there are real stories of real women who have had abortions. Each year in the US, 1.3 million abortions occur, but the topic is still so stigmatized it’s never discussed in polite company. Powerful, poignant, and fiercely honest, I HAD AN ABORTION tackles this taboo, featuring 10 women – including famed feminist Gloria Steinem – who candidly describe experiences spanning seven decades, from the years before Roe v. Wade to the present day.
Filmmakers Jennifer Baumgardner (author of Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future) and Gillian Aldrich insightfully document how changing societal pressures have affected women’s choices and experiences.
Cutting across age, race, class and religion, the film unfolds personal narratives with intimate interviews, archival footage, family photos and home movies. Arranged chronologically, the stories begin with Florence Rice, now 86, telling without regret about her abortion in the 1930s. Other women speaking out include Marion Banzhaf, who, inspired by both the Miss America protests and the Stonewall rebellion, fundraised on her campus to pay for her abortion, and Robin Ringleka-Kottke, who found herself pregnant as an 18-year-old pro-life Catholic. With heartfelt stories that are never sentimentalized, I HAD AN ABORTION personalizes what has become a vicious and abstract debate.
If She Grows Up Gay
A blue collar African-American mother, talks about her pregnancy and raising her daughter with her lesbian lover.
In My Shoes: Stories of Youth with LGBT Parents
In a time when LGBT families are debated and attacked in the media, courts and Congress, from school houses to state houses across the country, five young people who are children of LGBT parents give you a chance to walk in their shoes – to hear their own views on marriage, making change, and what it means to be a family.
In Sickness and In Health
In 2002, filmmaker Pilar Prassas began following seven couples in their effort to legalize same-sex marriage in the state of New Jersey. Two years into filming, however, plaintiff Marilyn Maneely, mother of five, was diagnosed with the incurable, terminal disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. On the day Marilyn passed away, her life partner of 14 years, Diane Marini, was not even allowed to sign her death certificate.
In traditional marriage vows, “‘til death do us part” is the phrase that follows “in sickness and in health,” but to many gay and lesbian Americans, saying these words and enjoying their subsequent rights is not an option. With a tender touch, Prassas delicately balances tragedy and triumph in this film about the civil rights issue of our time—the fight to marry, and care for, the ones we love, in sickness and in health.
Inside Boystown
Inside Boystown is an intimate portrait of the lives of six
male prostitutes who work the streets in
La
Putain De Compile
Born in the early 1960s, the sex workers movement
encompasses groups rooted in 5 continents.
The organisation of sex workers into a movement has enabled their emergence
as subjects of their experiences, of their subjectivities, and of their
voices. With short films hailing
from
This title is comprised of various short films and is often shown with the following trimmed down selection from series:
Last Call At Maud's
Last Call At Maud's
chronicles the history of the longest-running lesbian bar in the
Legacy
A visually and aurally sumptuous exploration of the legacy of slavery on mother/daughter relationships in African Caribbean culture. As they pay tribute to their ancestors, a daughter asks her Caribbean-born mother why she was taught both Afro-Caribbean and European religious traditions. The mother admits that there was conflict about which ideology to teach, so a mix of Cumina, Catholicism and Anglicanism resulted. Though alienated by the beating she suffered as a child, the now-adult daughter describes her mother's understanding when, during college, she told her mother about her sexuality and her mother was lovingly accepting.
Love Man Love Woman
In this
documentary, the filmmaker follows Master Luu Ngoc Duc, one of the most
prominent spirit mediums in
Madame Lauraine's Transsexual Touch
Spend an evening at Madame Lauraine's transsexual whorehouse where you can either eat in or take out! An explicit, sexy and educational film about sexual health, transsexual sex workers and being a respectful John.
Meth
Meth is a documentary film exploring the rising wave of crystal methamphetamine use within the gay population. It begins as an ecstatic, mind-blowing thrill ride where one finds himself on top of the world with feelings of superhuman power and collegial connectivity. As crystal’s power takes hold, however, it begins to call the shots, and the fun takes a turn for darkness.
Mom's Apple Pie: The Heart of the Lesbian Mothers' Custody Movement
While the beginnings of the LGBT Civil Rights movement was
gaining momentum, the 1970s witnessed horrific custody battles for lesbian
mothers. Mom's Apple Pie revisits the early tumultuous years of the lesbian
custody movement through the stories of five lesbian mothers and their four
children. The documentary
interviews the sons and daughters who were separated from their mothers, the
mothers themselves, and one woman who made the difficult decision to flee with
her children. Founders of the Lesbian Rights Project (now the
Muxes: Authentic, Intrepid, Seekers of Danger
A lively and surprising portrait of a group of homosexuals
who defend their sexual diversity while preserving their identity as Zapotec
Indians in the "queer paradise" of
Out At Work
In 1991 Cheryl Summerville received a termination paper stating that she was fired for "failing to demonstrate normal heterosexual values." She was shocked to discover that in 47 American states it was legal to fire workers simply for being homosexual. Out at Work chronicles the dramatic stories of three gay workers, at work and through their collective fight to secure workplace safety, job security and employee benefits for gay and lesbian workers.
Out In The Heartland
Out in the
Heartland explores how
Outlet
This film tells the personal stories of the teenagers who participate in a support group offered by a Bay Area youth organization called "Outlet." It includes observational footage of their weekly support group and mentoring meetings, giving us a glimpse of the challenges they face at school on a daily basis. Interviews with the support group facilitator, a young gay activist and a transgender teen address the evolution of contemporary queer issues as they are taken on by local middle school and high school students.
Politics Of The Heart
Based in
Punch Like A Girl
Captures the burgeoning popularity of women’s boxing, a sport on the rise at both the amateur and professional levels. Taking viewers inside the world of women’s amateur boxing in Toronto, the program follows several women who throw themselves into the sport in a quest to discover the limits of their physical and emotional strength. Through the eyes of the subjects, viewers discover the sport’s mythic appeal and vicariously experience its thrills.
Queer China, ‘Comrade’ China (Zhi Tong Zhi)
A comprehensive historical account of the queer movement in modern China. Queer China, 'Comrade' China documents the changes and developments in LGBT culture that have taken place in China over the last 80 years. Unlike any before, this film explores the historical milestones and ongoing advocacy efforts of the Chinese LGBT community. The film examines how shifting attitudes in law, media and education have transformed queer culture from being an unspeakable taboo to an accepted social identity. The film culminates with the submission of Dr. Li Yinhe’s Same-sex Marriage Bill to the Legislative Affairs Commission of the National People’s Congress in 2003, a major landmark event in the ongoing struggle for acceptance of queer identity in China.
Rainbow's End
With the advent of
same sex marriage, homosexuals have achieved near-equality in much of
At the end of the
rainbow, gay and lesbian existence reverberates in an intimate and moving way
within a tense field of major political issues: newly established Christian and
Islamic fundamentalisms, the curtailing of human rights, issues of asylum and
right-wing radicalism. Rainbow's End suggests that there remains a great deal
for the LGBT community to accomplish in the new
Rewriting the Script: Love Letter to Our Families
Rewriting the Script features frank discussions with parents, siblings and extended family members of South Asian gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered people. Poignant testimonies are shared not only about the coming out experience but how these families transformed themselves to include their queer children, changing the larger South Asian community in the process. It speaks not only to experiences of South Asians (which includes people originating from the Indian subcontinent), but to other diasporic communities as well.
Salt Mines, The
The Salt Mines explores the lives of three Latino
transsexuals who for years have lived on the streets of
Screaming Queens: The Riot At Compton
Tells the
little-known story of the first known act of collective, violent resistance to
the social oppression of queer people in the
She's A Boy I Knew
Stand Together
Stand Together is the first comprehensive documentary on the
gay liberation movement in
Still Black - A Portrait of Black Trans Men
Explores the lives
of six black transgender men living in the
Surviving Friendly Fire
Ten thousand of
youths live on the streets of
Tampon Thieves
Ten More Good Years
Those who “could not take it anymore” some 40 years ago at Compton’s Cafeteria in San Francisco, The Stonewall Inn in New York City, and elsewhere across the United States, are older now and are facing an onslaught of discrimination from their government, social service networks, and even from their own Community. Ten More Good Years introduces remarkable LGBT Elders who share inspiring stories of their lives and Queer History. It is through these stories that the governmental and social injustices quietly reveal themselves, shedding light on what it is now, and what it will be to grow old and Gay in America.
Third Antenna: The Radical Nature Of Drag
Examines the unique world of progressive and radical drag kings and queens. Explores issues of gender, physical disability, race and more.
Toilet Training
Toilet Training is a documentary video and collaboration between transgender videomaker Tara Mateik and the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, an organization dedicated to ending poverty and gender identity discrimination.
The video addresses the persistent discrimination, harassment, and violence that people who transgress gender norms face in gender segregated bathrooms. Using the stories of people who have been harassed, arrested or beaten for trying to use bathrooms, Toilet Training focuses on bathroom access in public space, in schools, and at work.
Includes discussion of legal questions of equal access; the health effects associated with "holding it"; and the social consequences of experiencing pervasive discrimination in bathrooms and other gendered spaces. Interviews with lawyers, social workers and activists explore current law and policy, and highlight recent and future policy changes necessary to enable equal bathroom access for all. Concluding with examples of policy change, Toilet Training provides a necessary foundation to public education and organizing to address this overlooked issue.
Tongues Untied
Using poetry, personal testimony, rap and performance, Tongues Untied describes the homophobia and racism that confront Black gay men. Shot in 1986, this film now also acts as a historical document of the vibrant black gay scene of the 80s.
The Transformation
The Transformation
is a video documentary that explores the changes that Ricardo (Sara in The Salt
Mines), former homeless prostitute transvestite, undergoes after discovering
that he is HIV+ and deciding that he is not going to die on the streets. In
order to move out of his street life he accepts help from a group of Born Again
Christians who in exchange demand his complete transformation: that of
homosexual to heterosexual. Ricardo is taken to
Meanwhile the
church organizes a trip to
As time goes by and Ricardo is affected by the onset of AIDS-related illness, he looks back on his life and reflects that if he could choose all over again he would still want to be a woman.
Transparent
Pink or blue. Male or Female. Mommy or Daddy. Categories that we all take for granted are broken apart in this documentary about 19 female-to-male transsexuals who have given birth and, in all but a few stories, gone on to raise their biological children. It focuses on its subjects' lives as parents, revealing the diverse ways in which each person reconciles giving birth and being a biological mother with his masculine identity, and through the variety of genders the children use to conceive of their parents.
Two-Spirit People
Two-Spirit People is an overview of historical and contemporary Native American concepts of gender, sexuality and sexual orientation.
Vice And Consent
An intimate look at the individual journeys and lessons
learned by people deeply involved in
Voguing: The Message
Voguing: The Message traces the roots of this gay, Black and Latino dance form, which appropriates and plays with poses and images from mainstream fashion. Voguing competitions parody fashion shows and rate the contestants on the basis of movement, appearance and costume. This tape is a pre-Madonna primer that raises questions about race, sex and subcultural style.
Voices From The Front
In
Who's Afraid Of Kathy Acker?
A multi-layered work featuring animation, archival footage and interviews with the likes of William Burroughs, Carolee Schneemann and Richard Hell, Who’s Afraid of Kathy Acker is a thoughtful and creative film biography/essay on the late outlaw writer and punk icon. A beguiling and intensely contradictory figure, Acker is best known for books which creatively appropriated texts from Great White Male writers, retelling them in an emotionally raw, sexually blunt, and politically questioning female voice.
Yapping Out Loud: Contagious Thoughts from an Unrepentant Whore
On May 1, 2002, transsexual sex worker and performance artist Mirha-Soleil Ross delivered a series of blows in monologue form at anti-prostitution discourses and campaigns. She details the way they often tragically impact on sex workers’ conditions and lives. This video combines savvy performance document with hard-hitting animal rights footage to become a manifesto for the freedom of all.
The Year of Paper
When San Fransisco officials began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2004, the country went to war over a word. How different is a “gay marriage” from a heterosexual one? The Year of Paper chronicles the newlywed year of three couples -lesbian, heterosexual and gay- exploring why they got married and how saying “I Do” has changed their relationships. Although each newlywed year takes a different path, these couples deal with similar issues. Family acceptance of their relationship, finances, resolving conflict and starting a family of their own are among the experiences they share. In experiencing their everyday lives, we see the human faces behind this issue. It also follows the firestorm of debate that surrounds the very idea of marriage for same-sex couples.