When portrayed authentically on screen, LGBTQ+ representation saves lives.
This feature documentary explores the historical relationship between Hollywood, television, and the authentic portrayal of diverse LGBTQ+ experiences over the course of more than a century. Interviews and archival footage provide a critique of the U.S. film industry that emphasizes the life-saving role storytelling plays in our collective imagination for a better future.
Rachel van der Bie
Director
The Celluloid Closet72%
Disclosure78%
Howard67%
Welcome to Chechnya69%
What Is a Woman?68%
This Changes Everything61%
The Red Pill75%
A Decade Under the Influence79%
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies64%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
McQueen75%
Fuck64%
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me85%
The Last Repair Shop74%
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me60%
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound69%
Love, Antosha74%
Supersonic73%
The War Room68%
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button69%
