The World According to Allee Willis
The World According to Allee Willis dives into the vibrant, untold story of Allee Willis, the creative force behind iconic hits like the “Friends” theme song, the Earth Wind & Fire mega-hit “September” and “The Color Purple” musical. From her early days filming life in 1950s Detroit to her fearless journey of self-expression, Allee defied […]
OPENING NIGHT SCREENING – A House Is Not a Disco
A House Is Not a Disco documents a year-in-the-life in the world’s most iconic “homo-normative” community: Fire Island Pines. Situated fifty miles from New York City, this storied queer beach town finds itself in the midst of a renaissance as a new generation of Millennial homeowners reimagine The Pines for a new, more inclusive era. […]
All Shall Be Well
Angie and Pat are a well-off lesbian couple in their mid-60s, until Pat unexpectedly dies, and Angie embarks on a later-life emancipation journey. After 30 years, Angie has no legal right to remain in the flat she shared with Pat and is at the mercy of the dwindling goodwill of her dead partner’s family. Preceded […]
Camila Comes Out Tonight
When forced to move to Buenos Aires and her liberal public school behind, Camila’s fierce but immature temperament is put to the test and a feminist revolution is born. Preceded by the short film Hello Stranger by Amélie Hardy Between loads of laundry at the corner laundromat, Cooper shares the tumultuous story of her gender […]
CLOSING NIGHT SCREENING – Chasing Chasing Amy
12-year-old Sav Rodgers watched the film Chasing Amy, and his life was forever changed. Developing a kinship — and maybe a slight obsession — with it as he grew into his queerness, he decides to fund and direct a documentary that examines its role in LGBTQ+ film culture. Featuring a post-film Q&A moderated by this […]
Desire Lines
Desire Lines is a hybrid feature documentary that blends personal interviews, archival materials, and narrative fiction as a framework for exploring the complicated and often unwritten history of transmasculine sexuality. Testimonials from transgender men both past and present dissect how cultural expectations, political agendas, and gatekeeping practices shape the locus of desire.
A Long Way From Heaven
A Long Way From Heaven outlines the history of queer treatment at Brigham Young University – the good where it exists, the bad, and the very, very ugly. The story focuses mainly on the group of students who lit the school’s iconic “Y Mountain” in rainbow colors in a show of solidarity with the school’s […]
The ABCs of Book Banning
The ABCs of Book Banning reveals the voices of the impacted parties of books banned from school districts, inspiring hope for the future through the profound insights of inquisitive youthful minds. By no accident, the themes targeted are the usual scapegoats of the American Right—LGBTQ+ issues, Black History, and women’s empowerment—thusly impeding the power of […]
Girls Will Be Girls
Parodying classic Hollywood films about Hollywood, Richard Day’s drag-drama showcase follows three actresses at various places on the Hollywood food chain navigating the minefield of love, aging, and ambition.
The Ritz
Evading a mob contract on his life, a straight man winds up hiding out at a gay bathhouse.
