Writer/director Shola Lynch follows up her 2004 documentary Chisholm ’72: Unbought and Unbossed with this film centered on the struggle of educator and activist Angela Davis, an outspoken UCLA professor whose affiliation with the Communist Party and the Black Panthers landed her on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list while challenging our perceptions of political […]
Luis F.Bernanza/Margaret Gilpin: Mariposas en el andamio (1996)
by Luis Felipe Bernaza, Margaret Gilpin
After the Revolution, gays were not respected in Cuba, but in the small Havana neighborhood of La Güinera, a few courageous women came to power and encouraged the gay community. Glamorous gowns fashioned from grain sacks and eyelashes made out of carbon paper are the reality of drag in Cuba. In La Güinera, gay transvestite performers have earned respect and status through creative work for the neighbourhood. On stage action and backstage preparation opens out into insightful interviews with community leaders, families, and the performers themselves.
Cynthia & Mélissa Arra: L’ordre des mots (2007)
L’ORDRE DES MOTS / BINDING WORDS Auto produit par / self-produced by Cynthia Arra and Mélissa Arra France, 2007, 75 min., documentaire couleur / color documentary Ce film a pour objet de donner la parole à des personnes Trans’ et Intersexe dont la quête d’identité de genre se trouve entravée par des normes établies. Leurs […]
Morty Diamond: Trans Entities. The Nasty love of Papi’ and Wil (2007)
This movie by Morty Diamond captures a real couple discussing their sex, sexuality and gender identity while also having hot, sensual sex as the camera rolls. This is one of the first transgender erotic movies to discuss and demonstrate role play as a rich and meaningful part of a couple’s sex life. Papi’ and Wil […]
Kortney R. Ziegler: STILL BLACK – A Portrait of Black Transmen (2009)
STILL BLACK: A Portrait of Black Transmen is brought to life by the stories of six thoughtful, eloquent and diverse transmen. Preachers, teachers, students and activists educate us simply by making their presence known. Each man brings a colorful and complex richness as he describes his relationship to himself, as well as others in his […]
Annalise Ophelian: Diagnosing Difference (2009)
Diagnosing Difference by Annalise Ophelian is a feature-length length (64 mins) documentary featuring interviews with 13 diverse scholars, activists, and artists who identify on the trans spectrum (transgender, transsexual, genderqueer, and gender variant) about the impact and implications of the Gender Identity Disorder (GID) on their lives and communities. Historically, non-trans medical and mental health […]
Dalila Kadri: Lucioles (2004)
directed by Dalila Kadri, 2004 The documentary-alternative film “Fireflies (Lucioles)” is part of a European Commission project called “Lesmigras” (migrant lesbians), whose objectives are to fight racism, sexism and homophobia inside the European space that started in 2001 and closed in 2004. As the producer and the director of the movie, I choose to show […]
Alina Marazzi: Vogliamo anche le rose (2007)
Il film analizza la nascita e gli sviluppi del movimento femminista nell’Italia degli anni ’70, attraverso i diari e le vicende intime di tre donne cresciute in ambienti sociali e culturali diversi fra loro. La narrazione, realizzata attraverso tre voci narranti che rappresentano le scrittrici dei diari, è inframezzata da riprese e interviste che mostrano lo sviluppo di una nuova coscienza in quegli anni: i cortei, il dibattito sull’aborto, il divorzio, i rapporti di coppia, il lavoro della donna, la sessualità femminile vissuta in maniera totalmente nuova, le riunioni femministe. La pellicola mette anche in risalto come il modello stesso della donna sia cambiato nel corso degli anni.
Sam Feder / Julie Hollar: Boy I am (2006)
An important exploration of issues rarely touched upon by most films portraying female-to-male (FTM) transgender experiences, this feature-length documentary sets itself apart from other recent films on this topic. Tackling the resistance of some women in feminist and lesbian communities who view FTM transitioning as at best a “trend” or at worst an anti-feminist act that taps into male privilege, this groundbreaking film opens up a dialog between the lesbian, feminist, and transgender communities while also promoting understanding of transgender issues for general audiences.
Gabriel Baur: Venus Boyz (2002)
A legendary Drag King Night in New York is the point of departure for an odyssey to transgendered worlds, where women become men – some for a night, others for their whole lives. What motivates them. What changestake place? What do they dream of? The drag kings of New York meet in clubs and change lustfully into their male alter egos, parodying them and exploring male eroticism and power strategies. In London we see women experiment with hormones to become new men and “cyborgs”. Masculinity and transformation as performance, subversion or existential necessity. An intimate film about people who create intermediate sexual identities.
Da Jing: We Are Tomboy (2013)
Documentary by Da Jing
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Da Jing: The Death of Lesbians (2013)
Documentary by Da Jing
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Monica Treut: Virgine Machine (1990)
Dalila Kadri: Lucioles (2004)
Marlon Riggs: Tongues Untied (1990)
Marina Gržinić/Aina Šmid: Relations. 25 years of the lesbian group ŠKUC-LL, Ljubljana (2011)
Muestra Marrana: Renueva tu imaginario pornográfico
