1. #Familiar #Touch #Lost #Figures
Can we reinvent our lost queer histories? #Familiar #Touch #Lost #Figures is about queer ancestry and diaspora, a hybrid of cultural traditions and contemporary queer identity. It explores feelings of guilt and joy, and intimacy between femmes of colour.
2. The Letter League
A shirt film that tells the story of queer artist Heather Spooner and the adult pen pal program she created during the 2020 pandemic, featuring the poignant and humorous stories of connection and humanity that came from it.
3. The Trans List
A documentary that explores the range of experiences lived by transgender Americans.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
4. Sundays at Café Tabac
Tells the story of lesbian bar Café Tabac's No Day Like Sunday parties in the 1990's
5. Sweet Home Alabama: The Southern Rock Saga
How a group of rebel rock bands including the Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd rose up from one of the most marginalised parts of the USA - the Deep South - to conquer the world.
6. The Madness of Boy George
Documenting the days and weeks preceding Boy George's appearance in a New York courtroom in June 2006 for cocaine possession and his subsequent sentencing to 5 days community service as a street cleaner by order of the US justice department.
It has an average vote of 3.5 on TMDB.
7. Amazones d’hier, lesbiennes d’aujourd’hui : 40 ans plus tard (Amazones d’hier, lesbiennes d’aujourd’hui : 40 ans plus tard)
A documentary that offers a return in images to the creation of AHLA, Amazones d'hier, Lesbiennes d'aujourd'hui, a lesbian collective at the origin of the video of the same name shot in 1979 and also the eponymous magazine published between 1982 and 2014. Based on interviews conducted in May 2021 as well as archive footage, this documentary highlights the four founding members of the collective.
8. Lucero: Bright Stars on Lonesome Nights
Southern indie rockers Lucero hit the road in this documentary, which shows the Memphis, Tennessee band on tour and in the studio. In addition to candid interviews with band members Ben Nichols, Roy Berry, John Stubblefield and Brian Venable, the video features footage of the band on tour with The North Mississippi All-Stars, in the studio for the recording of "Tennessee" and performing live at the Memphis in May Music Festival.
9. Coming to Know
Two young women discuss how they discovered their interest in women. In a straightforward, candid manner, they relate early experiences through which they became aware of being gay. A short 1976 film.
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
10. È pericoloso esporsi (È pericoloso esporsi)
During the women's demonstration on March 8, 1972, Mariasilvia SPOLATO was there with a placard: Liberazione omosessuale. A month later, Simone de Beauvoir came to Rome to give an interview, and this placard illustrated her article. Mariasilvia could no longer teach, ended up homeless and spent her life on the trains.
11. Victoria (Victoria)
In a small and conservative city in Jalisco, Alex builds his identity and defends his dreams: fatherhood, music, being a man.
12. Susana
This short film is an autobiographical portrait of a young Argentine lesbian growing up in a homophobic environment.
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
13. Power Lesbians
Presented by Rebecca Loos, this documentary uncovers the power lesbian scene in Hollywood. Loos checks out the LA club scene & big Palm Springs event 'Dinah Shore Weekend'.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
14. Jackson
With a single abortion clinic remaining in the state of Mississippi, the city of Jackson has become ground zero in the nation's battle over reproductive health-care. Jackson is an intimate portrait of the interwoven lives of three women in this town. Wrought with the racial and religious undertones of the Deep South, the lives of two women are deeply affected by the director of the local pro-life crisis pregnancy center and the movement she represents.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
15. Loving Highsmith
The story of the life, loves and work of US writer Patricia Highsmith , told through her unpublished diaries, her own voice and that of those who knew her, both family and close friends.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
16. Passing
A documentary short about the lives of three Black trans men.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
17. Transgender Love
Documentary following six trans men and women in Scotland as they struggle to find love and maintain existing relationships.
18. Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth
Director Jeanie Finlay charts a transgender man's path to parenthood after he decides to carry his child himself. The pregnancy prompts an unexpected and profound reckoning with conventions of masculinity, self-definition and biology.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
19. Waiting: The Van Duren Story
Born out of the ashes of Big Star, arguably the greatest cult band of all time, Memphis local Van Duren joined forces with ex-members Chris Bell & Jody Stephens to form a band and become regulars on the 70s Memphis bar circuit. In little time they got the attention of Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham, who then started managing Van Duren. Van was tipped to be the next Paul McCartney but instead faded into obscurity. Forty years later, two friends from Australia chance upon the mysterious musician’s lost album. They fall hopelessly in love with the music and set out to discover why Van Duren isn’t a household name.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
20. No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics
A feature-length documentary film-in-progress chronicling the birth and development of LGBTQ comics through the eyes of several of its pioneers. The film was inspired by the Lambda award-winning book of the same name, and dives deeper into the personal stories at the heart of this unique underground artistic scene. Featuring Alison Bechdel , the recently departed Howard Cruse , and others, this film aims to show how DIY queer cartoonists have represented, poked fun at, and celebrated LGBTQ lives and experiences in challenging, humorous, and profound ways.
It has an average vote of 5.833 on TMDB.
