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Pure Grit

Directed by Kim Bartley  2021

Filmed over the course of three years in the breathtaking Wyoming landscape, Pure Grit chronicles the life of Sharmaine, a ten time Native American bareback horse racing champion as she navigates the highs and lows of life on and off the rez.

Uýra: The Rising Forest

Directed by Juliana Curi  2022

Literally marginalized as an Indigenous, queer, and trans person living on the outskirts of town, Uýra demands to be heard and seen, using exquisite transformations — often created from materials found in the nearby forest — to spread their message of environmental protection and promote LGTBQ+ rights.

Happy Birthday, Marsha!

Directed by Torumaline & Sasha Wortzel  2017

Happy Birthday, Marsha! is a film about iconic transgender artist and activist, Marsha "Pay it No Mind" Johnson, and her life in the hours before she ignited the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York City.

Gay USA

Directed by Arthur J. Bressan Jr.  1977

National Gay Freedom Day marches in June 1977 are vibrantly captured across the country in this groundbreaking historical documentary, beautifully restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive in collaboration with Frameline and Outfest.

Chocolate Babies

Directed by Stephen Winter  1996

Through a campaign of fabulous surprise attacks, an underground band of radical queer HIV+ activists, addicts, and drag queens take to the streets of New York City to combat conservative politicians and government apathy towards the AIDS crisis.

Pure Grit

Directed by Kim Bartley  2021

Filmed over the course of three years in the breathtaking Wyoming landscape, Pure Grit chronicles the life of Sharmaine, a ten time Native American bareback horse racing champion as she navigates the highs and lows of life on and off the rez.

Uýra: The Rising Forest

Directed by Juliana Curi  2022

Literally marginalized as an Indigenous, queer, and trans person living on the outskirts of town, Uýra demands to be heard and seen, using exquisite transformations — often created from materials found in the nearby forest — to spread their message of environmental protection and promote LGTBQ+ rights.

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Alkali, Iowa

A young man in rural Iowa wrestles with his sexual identity until he discovers that his deceased father led a double life down on the farm.

Black Hair and Black Eyed

From what sources does a young Korean-American lesbian draw her sense of identity?

Black Is… Black Ain’t

Marlon Riggs's final film debates Black identity, white critiques, sexism, patriarchy, homophobia, colorism, and cultural nationalism.

Out Loud

A by-the-people, for-the-people approach to queer youth video, the 1995 short documentary Out Loud provides a forum for LGBTQ+ teens discuss their hopes, fears, challenges, and achievements in their own words, and with their own vision.

The Transformation

The 1995 follow-up to the groundbreaking documentary The Salt Mines, The Transformation follows one person’s journey to reconcile their identity, religion, class, and sexual orientation following harrowing news. Sara, a female-identified sex worker living on the streets in Manhattan discovers that she is HIV+ and decides that she is not going to die on the streets. Sara accepts help from a group of Born Again Christians who, in exchange, demand her complete transformation: from female to her born gender of male and from queer to straight.

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