Wh BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Ftival upon , we ntue our celebratn of queer cema wh a look at some of the bt lbian, gay and trans films om Sndavia and the Nordic untri.
Contents:
- NETFLIX EXPOS THE SECRET GAY HISTORY OF NAZI GERMANY
- 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
- INTERNATNAL GAY CEMA: 33 LGBTQ MOVI TO SEE OM AROUND THE WORLD
- A DOCUMENTARIAN WONRS: 'DO I SOUND GAY?'
- “WORD IS OUT”: A PNEERG DOCUMENTARY OF GAY VOIC
- 10 GREAT BRISH GAY FILMS
NETFLIX EXPOS THE SECRET GAY HISTORY OF NAZI GERMANY
From Fassbr to Pasoli and Sciamma, here are some of the bt gay movi om the global arthoe. * documentary gay film *
Hirschfeld, a groundbreakg sexologist, both gay and Jewish and therefore a prime target of Nazi Germany, was thankfully not prent when his stute was ransacked by mardg Nazi youth (here aga, there are photos).
Here we experience the nce that thrived before the fall, at a hiaway for those whose differenc would soon mark them for prison, exile, or, many s, ath ( is timated that between 5, 000 and 15, 000 gay people died the ncentratn mps for vlatg Paragraph 175). The team of Rob Epste and Jefey Friedman me up wh another important documentary 1996's The Celluloid Closet, based on the classic book by Vo Rso and explorg how Hollywood has portrayed homosexualy.
The San Francis Gay Men's Chos went on a journey of renciliatn at a divisive time -- durg the 2016 printial mpaign -- tourg the Deep South, nsired hostile terrory by many LGBTQ+ people. Films like Portra of Jason and Tongu Untied, for stance, tell ntemporary viewers as much about the dividual stori about gay Black men prented on screen as about the muni (real and imaged) that their rpective filmmakers brought to bear on their fished films. Siarly, aptly-tled works like Before Stonewall: The Makg of a Gay and Lbian Communy and Forbidn Love: The Unashamed Stori of Lbian Liv offer not jt potent history lsons but snapshots of how Amerins were nceivg of their own muny-buildg the years followg the 1969 Stonewall rts.
'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
In a new documentary, a gay man tri to change the sound of his voice and wonrs why, exactly, he thks he should. * documentary gay film *
Explicly nceived as a haven for gay men, was known for s youthful clientele, celebry patrons, and notorly hedonistic vibe; beme even more of a draw wh the openg of “The Backlot, ” an adjacent performance venue that featured some of the biggt “A-list” acts of the era. Built on stunng, powerful mil performanc and peppered wh surprisg and revelatory historil terpretatn – as well as edic banter and form-transcennt dience teractn – wove a narrative piled om “between the l” of monly-held history, exposg thgs like the sual bigotry at the heart of many of Ameri’s earlit popular songs and the misogyny and homophobia that has ntued to permeate s mic until the prent day; an hour was dited to each , wh Mac cked out an elaborate new era-specific stume – signed by longtime llaborator Mache Dazzle and rporatg humoro referenc to Amerin life each of the 24 s vered the show – for each one; each hour, one of 24 onstage micians would part the stage, until Mac, alone and unacpanied except for a ulele, was left alone to perform origal songs for the fal hour. 1946: The Mistranslatn That Shifted Culture is a feature documentary that follows the story of tirels rearchers who trace the origs of the anti-gay movement among Christians to a grave mistranslatn of the Bible 1946.
INTERNATNAL GAY CEMA: 33 LGBTQ MOVI TO SEE OM AROUND THE WORLD
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In addn to the many, many queer scripted shows available to stream right now, there are a growg number of documentary films and seri re-examg the history, rights and visibily of the gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr muny.
HuluGay Chos Deep SouthNow streamg on Paramount+, the film follows the San Francis Gay Men's Chos, who are joed by the Oakland Interfah Gospel Choir, as they embark on a tour of the Amerin Deep South, which tak them on an unexpected emotnal journey as they perform Mississippi, Tennsee, Alabama and the.
FXStty and the Secret History of Hollywood This licly sndalo and gossipy story about a former Mare who lands Hollywood after World War II and be a legendary rt and sexual procurer to closeted gay celebri is more fun than anythg Ryan Murphy uld dream up Hollywood -- even if Stty Bowers wasn't the direct spiratn for that seri. HBOThe Tim of Harvey MilkNarrated by Harvey Fierste, the film chronicl the rise of San Francis's Castro district polician, Harvey Milk, and his efforts to bee California's first openly gay public official and life office after he’s elected. Rod Eckenroth/Getty ImagWe Were HereThis credibly powerful documentary looks back on life 1970s San Francis, which beme a safe haven for the gay and lbian muny, providg one of the few plac Ameri where they uld live openly and safely om discrimatn.
A DOCUMENTARIAN WONRS: 'DO I SOUND GAY?'
From Victim to Weekend, we remember some of the bt Brish gay films. * documentary gay film *
Strack — who paid for the cy’s first gay-pri para on his own cred rd, Todd said — participated the movie shortly before he died 2019, an example of one of the problems moviemakers faced pilg a historil acunt. Although his personal story isn’t part of the documentary, Todd vividly remembers beg 16 and the day he looked up Gay and Lbian Communy Servic the phone book, “jumped on a b and went, ” then “paced around the neighborhood tortured someone might see me” before approachg the door — only to disver was closed.
That unbearable, paful erotic tensn is more or ls the staed mood of Oliver Herman’ shimmerg and sensual ary drama “Moffie, ” which is easily the bt movie about gay male reprsn sce “God’s Own Country. It’s an adaptatn of a novel by French liberte and gay in Jean Ge, settlg to a French port cy where a madame played by Jeanne More ns the world, and sailors engage explic sex acts that turn vlent. Ala Guirdie’s sexy and sry “Stranger by the Lake” has earned cricisms for nflatg homosexualy wh crimaly, but ’s hard not to be drawn to the world of a nu beach that serv as a regular cisg spot for lonely gay men.
“WORD IS OUT”: A PNEERG DOCUMENTARY OF GAY VOIC
Set Cuba, the film centers on J (Héctor Meda), a young gay hairdrser whose aspiratns of beg a drag performer are upend by the return of his nservative (and not to mentn tranged) father.
Risg star Josh O’Connor will soon steam up the tennis world Lu Guadagno’s “Challengers, ” set for a 2023 release, but he first ught the world’s eye Francis Lee’s blisterg gay farm romance om 2017. Portra of Jason (1967)Ingmar Bergman lled this timate documentary, which charismatic gay htler and sometime club performer Jason Holliday talks about his life to mera, “the most extraordary film I’ve seen my life.
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society Which He Liv (1971)If the tle alone don’t sell you, then the sheer dacy of s thought-provokg takedown of nservative prcipl and bland nformy may well. This German doc sthgly cricis gay men who yearn for heteronormative social nstcts – on one of s many provotive voiceover statements, director Rosa von Prnheim par the honty of the ‘flamboyant faggot’ wh the phons of the bourgeois gay man.
10 GREAT BRISH GAY FILMS
Word Is Out (1977)“The silence of gay people on the screen has been broken, ” proclaimed gay activist and historian Vo Rso after seeg this unrstated doc which 26 queer men and women give to-mera terviews about their liv. The film tells the stori of five men, three of them gay, who died om AIDS-related illns, cludg Gay Gam founr Tom Wadll and a landspe archect who is remembered by his lover, who also died durg the film’s productn. Tongu Untied (1989)An arrtg bo of documentary and performance, wh poetry, dance and mic playg a major role the film, Tongu Untied is an tense, unfettable pictn of black, gay experience the US.