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Trevor (18 minutes, 1995, USA)
This dramedy focuses on Trevor (Bret Barsky), a 13-year-old, suburban, white boy infatuated with Diana Ross. Ignored by his parents, and an outsider at school, Trevor finds solace lip-synching to Miss Ross and maintaining his diary. He develops an unlikely friendship with the handsome Pinky Farrady, leading to a disastrous production of Anything Goes. Directed by Peggy Rajski, the film won the 1995 Academy Award for live action short film.
Transsexual Menace (78 minutes, 1996, USA/Germany)
Director Rosa von Praunheim counters tabloid images of "trannies" (as they call themselves) as "wrecks and freaks." In this documentary, he shows the enormous range of mindsets and physical types that exist in the trans community. He intercuts medical footage with little-known facts and interviews with trannies and the health care professionals who help them, and the casualties in the process. Transgender activist (& MBLGTCC keynote speaker) Leslie Feinberg has the last word, positing a world in which gender is entirely fluid: "I'm a person who's more complex than the two pronouns that exist"
Speaking for Ourselves: Portraits of Gay and Lesbian Youth (27 minutes, 1994, USA)
This film profiles the lives of 5 gay and lesbian young people who represent a wide cross-section of cultures and backgrounds from Washington State. The film includes some of their parents' perspectives as well. It also focuses on the difficulties gay and lesbian youth face in schools. Winner of a 1994 Cine Golden Eagle Award.Available through Intermedia, 1300 Dexter N, Seattle, WA 98109 (800-553-8336)
All God's Children (30 minutes, 1996, USA))
Dr. Dee Mosbacher's film confronts distortions the religious right directed to African American churches about LGB people. It features a mostly Black, mostly gay/lesbian choir singing gospel music and interviews with African-American leaders who support lesbian/gay rights (Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sen. Carol Mosley-Braun, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Quincy Jones, and Harvard's Prof. Cornell West). Available from Woman Vision, 3145 Geary Blvd, Suite 421, San Francisco, CA 94118. (415-273-1145), email: womanvsn@aol.com
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (102 minutes, 1994, Australia)
Feast your eyes on director Stephan Elliot's production featuring fabulous costumes, marvelous location shooting, and a great retro soundtrack in this feel-good film about two queens and a transsexual road-tripping across the Australian Outback to an obscure resort town.
To Support & Defend (29 minutes, 1993, USA)
This film will introduce you to soldiers, sailors, and flyers brave men and women who served in the Armed Forces of the United. States. Because they are open and honest and admitted that they were gay or lesbian, they were deemed "unfit for military duty." Explore this issue of basic Constitutional Rights as the controversy over "gays in the military" is viewed through the eyes of those most effected by military policy.
The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love (93 minutes, 1995, USA)
Director Maria Maggenti's debut feature film tells a touching, comic
story of first love between two high school seniors. From the wrong side
of the tracks, cute and out tomboy Randy (Laurel Hollomon) lives with her
lesbian aunts and works as a gas station attendant. Middle-class Evie (Nicole
Parker) is the prettiest, most popular girl at school. Convinced something
is wrong with her Range Rover, Evie stops by the gas station. Instantly
taken with one another, the girls embark on a friendship which leads to
a tender but hilarious romance.