Outfest Los Angeles 2020

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Ahead Of The Curve (Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Jen Rainin, Rivkah Beth Medow; Stars: Franco Stevens, Melissa Etheridge, Jewelle Gomez, Lea Delaria)
With a fist full of credit cards, a lucky run at the horse track, and chutzpah for days, Franco Stevens launched Curve, the best-selling lesbian magazine ever published. Years later, learning that it will fold within the year, she questions the relevance of the magazine in the face of accelerating threats to LGBTQ+ community.
Bloodsisters: Leather, Dykes And Sadomasochism (Country: US; Year: 1995; Director: Michelle Handelman; Writer: Michelle Handelman; Stars: Patrick Califia, Skeeter, Wickie Stamps)
Eight self-described leather dykes discuss queer politics, power and self-determination.
The Capote Tapes (Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Ebs Burnough)
Profile of author Truman Capote.
Cured (Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Patrick Sammon, Bennett Singer; Writer: Patrick Sammon, Bennett Singer)
A look at the campaign behind the American Psychiatric Association's 1973 decision to remove homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses.
Freedia Got A Gun (Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Chris McKim; Stars: Big Freedia)
After losing her brother to gun violence, New Orleans’ queen of bounce Big Freedia uses her national platform to shine a spotlight on gun reform.
House Of Cardin (Country: US, Franc; Year: 2019; Director: P David Ebersole, Todd Hughes; Stars: Pierre Cardin, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Philippe Starck, Sharon Stone, Naomi Campbell, Guo Pei, Jean-Michel Jarre, Alice Cooper, Dionne Warwick, Kenzo Takada, Jenny Shimizu, Hanae Mori, Trina Turk, Yumi Katsura, Rodrigo Basilicati)
Profile of the fashion icon Pierre Cardin.
I Am The Other One (Country: Brazil, UK; Year: 2019; Director: Sílvia Godinho; Writer: Sílvia Godinho)
Luca longs for his lost love; Thalles for a name change; Raul to be a better person. They share one element: they were born as women.
Out Loud (Director: Gail Willumsen)
A documentary (no further details yet available).
PS Burn This Letter Please (P.S. Burn This Letter Please) (Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Michael Seligman, Jennifer Tiexiera; Writer: Michael Seligman, Jennifer Tiexiera)
A box found in an abandoned storage unit unearths a time capsule of correspondences from a forgotten era: the underground drag scene in 1950s New York City.
Your Mother's Comfort (Aconchego da tua Mãe) (Country: US, Brazil; Year: 2020; Director: Adam Golub)
With the impending election of an extreme-right wing president in Brazil, trans activist and politician Indianara Siqueira fights to defend the LGBT homeless shelter she founded called CasaNem.
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