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Title Call Number Summary
Before Stonewall: the Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community - Robert Rosenberg, John
Scagliotti, Greta Schiller.
The Cinema Guild, 1994.
  HQ76.8.U5 B44 1994  A social, political and cultural history of homosexuality in America from the 1920's to 1969. Traces the beginning of the Gay Liberation Movement after a police raid on Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City, and the three-day riot that followed.
The Celluloid Closet  / Sony Pictures Classics ; Home Box Office presents in association with Channel 4, ZDF/Arte, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment ; in association with Hugh M. Hefner, James C. Hormel, Steve Tisch ; a Telling Pictures production ; a Rob Epstein-Jeffrey Friedman film.  PN1995.9.H55 C45 2001  Assembles footage from over 120 films showing the changing face of cinema homosexuality from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist cinema of the 1990s. Many actors, writers and commentators provide anecdotes regarding the history of the role of gay men and lesbians on the silver screen.
Choosing children / Women's Educational Media, Inc. ; producer, Margaret Lazarus ; directors, Debra Chasnoff, Kim Klausner.  Cambridge Documentary Films, 1985.  HQ75.53 .C47 1985  Provides an intimate look at the issues faced by women who become parents after coming out as lesbians. Six families share experiences with donor insemination, nonbiological motherhood, adoption, and other issues.
Coconut/Cane & Cutlass  / Third Eye Productions; producer/director, Michelle Mohabeer. New York : Distributed by Women Make Movies, c1994.  F2191.E27 C66 1994  A poetic rumination on exile, displacement and national identity from the perspective of an Indo-Caribbean lesbian who migrated to Canada twenty years ago. Her autobiographical journey and the history of indentureship and oppression of Indian people in the Caribbean are illuminated through beautifully layered imagery--location footage from Guyana, stylized dramatic sequences, personal narration, poetry and dance.
Creating schools that are safe for all of our students/ Kevin Jennings ; Institute for Development of Educational Activities, Inc..:Dayton, OH : IDEA, c1998. LC192.6 .C74 1998  Kevin Jennings addresses homophobia and gay and lesbian issues in schools.
Forbidden love : the Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives -New York, NY : Women Make Movies Home Video, 1994.   HQ75.6.C2 F67 1994  Recounts the experiences of Canadian lesbian women in the 1950's and 1960's who sought romance in gay beer parlours and bars. Their stories are interwoven with a fictional love story and set against the tabloids and pulp novels of the time and illustrate the stereotypes and intolerance they faced.
From a secret place  : America's Families Cope with the Coming Out Process of Gay and Lesbian Youth / produced & directed by Karin Heller & Bill Domonkos.  HQ76.25 .F76 1993 
 (with guide)
Young lesbians, gays, and their families describe their own "coming out" experiences clearly and poignantly.
A Litany for Survival  : the life and work of Audre Lorde / a film by Ada Gay Griffin & Michelle Parkerson. New York, NY : Third World Newsreel, c1996.  PS3562.O75 Z655 1996  Audre Lorde, poet and lesbian-feminist, talks about being lesbian and black in New York in the 1950s. Includes conversations and readings by Lorde and comments by other writers.
Me and My Rubyfruit Program-New York, N.Y. : Women Make Movies, [1992].  PN1995.9.L48 B45 1992  Features the space of Sadie's bedroom, scrawled notes and defiant expressions which mark her confessional in-your-face style. Sadie Benning recorded these thoughts and images of her nascent lesbianism with the help of a Fisher Price Pixelvision camera.
Off the Straight & Narrow  : Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals & Television. Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, 1998.  PN1992.8.H64 O33 1998  Off the Straight & Narrow casts a critical eye over the growth of gay images on TV. Leading media scholars provide the historical and cultural context for exploring the social implications of these new representations. Off the Straight & Narrow challenges viewers to consider the value and limits of available gay images: who is represented, what they get to say, and how people respond to them.
Out of the Past  / a Unapix Films and Zeitgeist release ; Inverted Pictures presents a Jeff Dupre film ; executive producer, Andrew Tobias ; directed and produced by Jeff Dupre ; written by Michelle Ferrari. New York, N.Y. : A-Pix Entertainment, Inc. 1998.  CHIL 306.76 O94 1998
  video  + guide
Told through the eyes of 17-year-old Kelli Peterson, this film features her history-making experience of forming the Gay Straight Alliance at her Salt Lake City, Utah high school and reviews the struggle for gay and lesbian rights in the United States that continues today.
Pink Triangles : a Study of Prejudice Against Lesbians and Gay Men / Cambridge Documentary Films, Inc. [Cambridge, MA] : Cambridge Documentary Films, 1982.  HQ75.15 .P56 1982  A documentary designed to explore prejudice against lesbians and gay men. Provides a historical perspective for this prejudice and offers a discussion of why this prejudice is so strong.
Thank God I'm a Lesbian  / directors, Laurie Colbert and Dominique Cardona ; producer, Laurie Colbert. New York, NY : Distributed by Women Make Movies, 1992.  HQ75.5 .T485 1992  Lesbians of various backgrounds are asked to express their feelings and thoughts on being a lesbian, coming out, relationships, feminism, outing famous people, s&m, bisexuality, and history of the gay movement.
Two Spirit People  : the Berdache Tradition in Native American Culture / Gender on a Stick Productions ; produced, directed and edited by Michel Beauchemin, Lori Levy, Gretchen Vogel.  E98.S48 T856 1991  Gays and lesbians describe their own stories; what Americans call gayness not only has distinct cultural characteristics, its participants have long held positions of social power in history and ritual among people all over the world.

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