Directed by Marvin Lemus • 2015 • United States
Starring Vico Ortiz, Jessica Camacho, Natalia Cordova-Buckley
Vico Ortiz (OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH) and Jessica Camacho (ALL RISE, THE FLASH, WATCHMEN) costar in this beautiful story about what it looks like to show up as an ally for our gender-nonconforming loved ones: when Mac, a young butch Latina, dies, her girlfriend, Hope, must overcome both personal grief and homophobic hostilities from Mac’s family in order to respectfully send Mac off into the afterlife as she would’ve wanted.
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Tongues Untied
Directed by Marlon Riggs • 1989 • United States
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Maggots and Men
Directed by Cary Cronenwett • 2009 • United States
Starring Stormy Henry Knight, Travis Clough, Scout FestaThis experimental historical narrative set in a mythologized version of revolutionary Russia reimagines the story of the 1921 uprising of the Kronstadt sailors and features the largest cas...
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Stafford’s Story
Directed by Susan Muska • 1992 • United States
Stafford recounts a memorable encounter at a sex club.
