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My Name Is Pauli Murray and Invisible: Gay Women In Southern Music
Aids Diva: The Legend Of Connie Norman
(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Dante Alencastre; Stars: Connie Norman)
Seizing her power as she confronts her mortality, trailblazing trans activist Connie Norman evolves as an irrepressible, challenging and soulful voice for the AIDS and queer communities of early Nineties Los Angeles.
Being Bebe
(Country: US, Cameroon; Year: 2021; Director: Emily Branham; Stars: Nea Marshall Kudi)
A documentary about the incredible rise of the first ever winner of RuPaul's Drag Race: the legendary BeBe Zahara Benet.
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
(Year: 2021; Director: Jeffrey Schwarz; Stars: Muhammad Ali, Steve Allen, Brooke Anderson)
Two young songwriters and romantic partners, find themselves caught in movie star Gloria Swanson's web when she hires them to write a musical version of Sunset Boulevard.
Crystal Diaries
(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Gina Lamb, Edward 'Enyce' Smith; Stars: Ryku Bella, Jerome Kitchen, Ayanna Miller)
Five members of the Los Angeles LGBTQ+ House & Ball Community share intimate stories of their experiences with methamphetamine addiction in response to the death of Ballroom community member Gemmel Moore, who died in the home of Democratic political fundraiser Ed Buck.
Everything At Once (Todo A La Vez (La Mirada De Paco Y Manolo))
(Country: Chile, Spain; Year: 2021; Director: Alberto Fuguet; Writer: Alberto Fuguet; Stars: Paco Moyano, Manolo Rodríguez, Francesc Mulet)
A film essay about two Catalan photographers from the outskirts of Barcelona, who have been together for 30 years.
Lady Buds and Sediments
Gemmel & Tim
(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Michiel Thomas; Writer: Michiel Thomas; Stars: Michael Franklin)
Two differing but complementary films examine the deaths of Gemmel Moore and Timothy Michael Dean at the West Hollywood home of businessman and political donor Ed Buck.
Invisible: Gay Women In Southern Music
(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: TJ Parsell; Writer: TJ Parsell; Stars: Bonnie Baker, Cidny Bullens, Dianne Davidson, Emmylou Harris, Linda Rondstadt)
This documentary explores a group of gay women songwriters who have successfully navigated the male dominated country music genre and have written number one hits for some of country music's greatest stars.
Lady Buds
(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Chris J Russo; Writer: Tamara Maloney, Chris J Russo; Stars: Felicia Carbajal, Joyce Centofanti, Cheryl Mumzer Goldman, Pearl Moon, Chiah Rodriques, Sue Taylor)
The story of six women who come out of the shadows of the cannabis underground to enter the new commercial industry in California.
My Name Is Pauli Murray
(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Julie Cohen, Betsy West; Writer: Talleah Bridges McMahon, Julie Cohen, Cinque Northern, Betsy West; Stars: Dylan Raffin, Dylan Raffin)
Profile of the legal trailblazer.
North By Current
(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Angelo Madsen Minax)
The unexplained death of his niece leads the director back to his family. His investigation of injustice and the arbitrariness of officialdom turns into cathartic family therapy.
No Straight Lines: The Rise Of Queer Comics
(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Vivian Kleiman; Stars: Alison Bechdel, Jennifer Camper, Rupert Kinnard, Howard Cruse, Alison Bechdel, Jennifer Camper, Rupert Kinnard, Howard Cruse)
The story of the queer comic.
Raw! Uncut! Video!
(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Alex Clausen, Ryan A White; Stars: Susie Bright, Darryl Carlton, Rick Castro, Susan Damante, Durk Dehner, Roger Earl)
A documentary chronicling the rise and fall of homegrown gay porn studio Palm Drive Video.
Sediments
(Country: Spain; Year: 2021; Director: Adrian Silvestre; Writer: Adrian Silvestre; Stars: Alicia de Benito, Lena Brasas, Cristina Millán)
Just as the Earth is, our inner selves are made up of many layers that make up our identity and tell the story of our existence.
This Is Jessica
(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Andrea Meyerson; Writer: Andrea Meyerson; Stars: Jessica M Bair, Margaret Cho, Cory Booker)
The story of a trans woman who spent many years in the closet, at one point serving as a Mormon missionary.
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