AGLBICAL
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"Brokeback Mountain"
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AWARD-WINNING
GLBT THEME MOVIE
For The Bible
Tells Me So
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Trailer of the Movie
MUSIC LINKS
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Literature
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Symposia:
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OTHER LINKS
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Cartoon Characters
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VIDEO CLIPS
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Sampling of
GLBT Video Clips
Birmingham Shout
Gay & Lesbian
Film Festival
FILMS /
MOVIES
GLBT Cinema
Brokeback
Mountain / Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Randy Quaid, Michelle Williams
Trans America / Felicity Huffman
Imagine Me And You / Piper Perabo, Matthew Goode, Lena Headey
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story (Lifetime Movie, Mercedes Ruehl, JD
Pardo)
Boys Don't Cry / Hilary Swank
Serving in Silence / Glenn Close
Philadelphia / Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington
Not Love Just Frenzy
Wilde / Stephen Fry
Longtime
Companion / Campbell Scott, Patrick Cassidy, Mary-Louise Parker, Stephen
Caffrey
It's In The Water / Keri Jo Chapman, Teresa Garret
The Celluloid Closet
Rites of Passage
Finding North / John Benjamin Hickey, Wendy Mekkena
Total Eclipse / Leonardo DiCaprio
Beautiful Thing
Small Town Gay Bar
Cruel & Unusual
Boys On The Side / Whoopi Goldberg, Drew Barrymore, Mary-Louise Parker
Victor Victoria / Julie Andrews
Hit And Runway / Michael Parducci
The Aggressives
I'm The One That I Want
La Cage Aux Folles / Ugo Tognazzi
To Wong Foo Thanks
For Everything Julie Newmar
/ Patrick Swayze, Wesley
Snipes, John Leguizamo
The Birdcage / Robin Williams, Nathan Lane
Fried Green Tomatoes / Kathy Bates
As Good As It Gets / Jack Nicholson, Greg Kinear, Helen Hunt
Chasing Amy / Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, Matt Damon
Jeffrey / Steven Weber, Patrick Stewart
The Broken Hearts Club
Who's On Top
The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert / Stephan Elliot, Hugo
Weaving, Guy Pearce
Summer Storm
Loving Annabelle / Diane Gaidry, Erin Kelly, Kevin McCarthy
When I'm 64 / BBC
Getting to Know You / Elizabeth Keener, Dana Delaney
The Sum of Us
Four Weddings and a Funeral / Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, John Hannah,
Kristen Scott Thomas
The Incredibly True
Adventure of Two Girls in Love
Gods and Monsters / Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, Lolita
Davidovich
Family Affair / Helen Lesnick, Erica Shaffer, Michele Greene
VIDEOTAPES AND
FILMS
GLBT Topics /
Annotated
Before Stonewall.
Excellent historical analysis of the lives of gay and lesbian people. Useful for clients and counselors.
What about McBride? (1974) McGraw-Hill.
In this 10-minute film, two high school boys discuss a classmate, McBride, who is suspected of being homosexual. One wants to include him in an outing and the other does not. Discussion airs many issues revolving around acceptance of homosexuals. For secondary grades.
Playing with Time, Inc./WGBH Boston with Taylor Productions, Inc. (1988). DeGrassi Junior High: He ain't heavy. PWT Productions.
Fourteen-year-old boy discovers his admired older brother is gay. He has to face his own homophobia, as well as that of classmates and family. Also, a brief but powerful portrayal of a classroom lesson on AIDS. Available on video from popular PBS series. For junior high grades. (Discussion guides: DeGrassi Guide, Box 2222-TV, South Easton, MA 02375.)
Playing with Time, Inc./WGBH Boston, with Taylor Productions, Inc. (1987). DeGrassi Junior High: Rumor has it. PWT Productions.
Thirteen-year-old-Caitlin struggles with her own lesbian fantasies, while rumors swirl about an admired teacher. Beautifully illustrates the viciousness of rumors and homophobia in junior high. Ambiguous ending underlines the irrelevance of sexual orientation to being a good teacher. Available on video from popular PBS series. For junior high grades. (Discussion guide: DeGrassi Guide, Box 2222-TV, South Easton, MA 02375.)
Silent Pioneers.
The lives of older gays and lesbians. Very sensitively done.
The truth about Alex (1981). Snyder, A., & Pelletier, L. New American Library.
Brad befriends a high school football teammate, Alex. When Alex tells Brad that he is gay, it does not affect their friendship. But when rumors begin, Brad needs to choose between his friend and losing a West Point appointment or giving in to pressure. For secondary grades.
We are Family.
Explores gay and lesbian parenting of children from a previous marriage, adopted, and as a foster child. Well done--interviews the parents and the children.
Editor:
Dworkin
BIRMINGHAM SHOUT
Films Shown at the
Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
SMALL TOWN GAY BAR
Focusing primarily on two bars in Mississippi, Rumors and Crossroads,
this amazing documentary introduces us to their proprietors as they
struggle to stand their ground in hostile terrain. The film showcases
the story of community in the Deep South and challenges the audience to
deal with struggles against ignorance, hypocrisy and oppression.
BE REAL
A joyous portrait and a celebration of the spirit and creativity of
local community heroes who have learned how to tap into their inner
strength and stand by their convictions to teach the importance of being
true to ourselves.
CRUEL & UNUSUAL
An unflinching look at the lives of male-to-female transsexual women in
men's prisons in the United States. Most transsexuals have not had sex
reassignment surgery, and prisons place inmates according to their
"gender assigned at birth," not their gender identity.
SUMMER STORM
A coming-of-age story about two best friends who are teammates on their
championship rowing team. Problems arise at summer camp, and they must
grapple with prejudices, fears and hidden longings when a team of
athletic, cliché-busting young gay men arrive at the camp.
THE AGGRESSIVES
A dynamic documentary, featuring intimate interviews with six lesbians
who define themselves as “Aggressives”. We see their daily lives and
also highlights of their participation in the underground lesbian “ball”
scene. The Aggressives range in masculinity but do not aspire to be men.
Nor are they “drag kings.” They have found an unexplored loophole in
society’s gender tapestry and this film seeks to expose their world.
WHEN I’M 64
A rare, melodious gay romance story between two older men – a retired
school teacher and a gruff cabbie.
PICK UP THE MIC
An explosive documentary on the world of queer hip-hop, or "homohop",
featuring searing public performances and intimate interviews with the
community's most significant players. The film captures an underground
music movement as it's about to hit the mainstream - defying the music
industry's homophobic traditions in the process.
LOVING ANNABELLE
A controversial lesbian romance about an accomplished Catholic boarding
school teacher who has an affair with a stud.
GAY SEX IN THE 70s
A steamy visit to the sexually charged period post-Stonewall, pre-AIDS
when gay men experienced an unprecedented sexual freedom. The film
focuses on New York City between 1969 and 1981, using remarkable
present-day interviews and stunning archival footage, taking us back to
the piers, the trucks, the Central Park rambles, the back rooms, and the
baths. It was a time where repression and fear were replaced by a sexual
explosion, where shame became joy.
THE CELLULOID CLOSET.
The acclaimed documentary of the history of gays and lesbians in cinema, with clips from over 100 Hollywood movies, and interviews with many of the filmmakers and stars who created them. THE CELLULOID CLOSET makes us see Hollywood images in a whole new light.
IT'S IN THE WATER.
A hilarious comic portrait of small-town life and a firm trouncing of
homophobic intolerance as the whole town confronts the zany rumor that
their water supply is turning everyone gay!
TELEVISION SERIES
GLBT TV Programs
Will & Grace /
Eric McCormack, Debra Messing
Tales of the City / Olympia Dukakis
Queer as Folk / Hal Sparks
If These Wall Could Talk (2000) / Vanessa Redgrave, Elizabeth Perkins,
Sharon Stone, Ellen Degeneres
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
The L Word
SPECIAL FEATURES
GLBT Documentary
For the Bible
Tells Me So by Daniel Karslake
The Laramie
Project by Moises Kaufman
And The Band Played On by Randy Shilts
Common Threads: Stories From the Quilt by Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Freidman
PLAYS / DRAMA
GLBT Theatre
Angels in
America by Tony Kushner
Telling Moments by Robert C. Reinhart
Judge Roy Moore is Coming to Dinner by Tom Wofford
COMEDY/HUMOR
GLBT
Comedians
Ellen DeGeneres
Suzanne Westenhofer
Margaret Cho
Eddie Izzard
Kate Clinton