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Documentary Films

Documentary Films

Below, you'll find an extensive selection of real-world stories both important and entertaining. Take a look at the people, places and events that shape our lives.

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Documentary Films
  • Hidden Master: The Legacy of George Platt Lynes

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    From visionary art director Sam Shahid, the eye-opening documentary 'Hidden Master' takes an intimate look at the life and work of George Platt Lynes, a pioneering, openly gay artist who, in addition to reaching success as a celebrity photographer, captured radically explicit images of the nude m...

  • Southern Pride
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    Southern Pride

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    Creating an inspiring follow-up to his award-winning 2006 documentary 'Small Town Gay Bar,' director Malcolm Ingram profiles two LGBTQ+ bar owners in Mississippi who attempt to hold the first official Pride celebrations in their respective cities. Facing numerous obstacles along the way, the comm...

  • Before Stonewall
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    Before Stonewall

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    Released to great acclaim in 1985, during the harrowing early years of the AIDS crisis, this landmark documentary pried open the closet door, sharing the fascinating and unforgettable, decade-by-decade history of gay life and liberation in twentieth century America through eye-opening historical ...

  • Skin To Skin
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    Skin To Skin

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    Based on a conversation with one anonymous individual, this stylish and moving short film aims to destigmatize no-strings-attached hook-ups, sharing stories of casual, Grindr-aided sex that resulted in unexpected emotional intimacy. Featuring voiceover narration and reenactments with actors, 'Ski...

  • Queendom
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    Queendom

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    Gena, a queer artist from Russia, dazzles in the otherworldly costumes crafted from found materials. As Putin’s government increasingly encroaches on the rights of LGBTQ+ communities, Gena takes to the streets of Moscow, staging provocative performances that challenge the status quo. But her arti...

  • The Sons of Tennessee Williams

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    Interweaving archival footage with contemporary interviews, this winning documentary charts the evolution of drag and politics in the gay Mardi Gras scene in New Orleans. With oversized wigs and lavish costumes, the members, many of whom are now in their seventies and eighties, discuss their hist...

  • Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex, Fashion, & Disco

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    From director James Crump, this riveting documentary profiles iconic fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez, a seductive arbiter of style and glamour who brought urban aesthetics into a postwar fashion world desperate for change and diversity. 'Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco' offers up a fasc...

  • Miwa: A Japanese Icon

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    From director Pascal-Alex Vincent, this documentary looks back at the 50-year career of Akihiro Miwa, a celebrated Japanese entertainer who captured attention playing the glamorous female lead of the 1968 cult classic 'Black Lizard.' Performing as a female while living off-stage as a man, Miwa ha...

  • Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story

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    Falcon Studios creator Chuck Holmes built an empire on flesh and fantasy. But when he attempted to channel his fortune into the emerging gay rights movement, he found himself not entirely welcome. This groundbreaking documentary follows the sensational story of Chuck’s incredible rise, his cultur...

  • Much Ado About Dying

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    As filmmaker Simon Chambers cares for his elderly gay uncle, a retired actor living alone in a cluttered, mouse-infested house in London, their lives become encumbered by hospital visits, a house fire and Britain's inadequate eldercare system. An achingly honest portrait of what awaits single, ga...

  • To Decadence With Love, Thanks For Everything!

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    The lively documentary 'To Decadence with Love, Thanks for Everything!' follows drag queen extraordinaires Laveau Contraire and Franky Canga as they prepare for Southern Decadence, an annual weekend of queer celebration in New Orleans. During this behind-the-scenes journey, we meet a rich communi...

  • Family Matters
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    Family Matters

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    Made with participation from The Sex Workers Project, this 22-minute documentary from director Maximus Skaff offers an inside peek into the lives and relationships between sex workers and their family members. Unique, insightful and touching, the film profiles four families who share stories of t...

  • Room For a Man

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    Writer, director and documentary subject Anthony Chidiac lives with his mother in Beirut. His home has become both a refuge and a prison. When his bedroom undergoes a renovation, he engages the construction workers in an exploration of sexuality. Through the process of renovation – and the making...

  • Queen of the Capital

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    Drag artist Muffy Blake Stephyns navigates her bureaucratic day job at the Department of Labor while running a philanthropic organization full of vibrant queer performers. From documentary filmmaker Josh Davidsburg, ‘Queen of the Capital,’ illuminates the thriving Washington D.C. drag scene while...

  • The Radical
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    The Radical

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    Filmed over four years, this documentary offers up an intimate portrait of Muhsin Hendricks, the world’s first openly gay Imam. Despite death threats, he leads a devoted group of queer Muslims through the Al-Ghurbaah Foundation, an organization that supports the LGBTQ+ community and runs various ...

  • Life In Love With Nick and Kaiden

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    Created as part of a docuseries exploring Gen Z relationships and released as a stand-alone short film, ‘Life in Love with Nick and Kaiden’ observes two young men as they navigate the politics of London’s queer community and their own newfound partnership. Incredibly candid, the film offers a gli...

  • Chokehole: Drag Wrestlers Do Deutschland

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    In this vividly realized 22-minute documentary, director Yoni Leyser (‘Queercore,’ ‘Desire Will Set You Free’) follows members of the drag wrestling collective ‘Chokehole’ as they take their show to Germany and share their personal stories of overcoming adversity. The vibrant theatrical show they...

  • Deep In Vogue
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    Deep In Vogue

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    Chronicling the build up to the Manchester ICONS Vogue Ball, this electric documentary celebrates the colorful, emotional, political and deeply queer stories of the vogue scene in the United Kingdom. ‘Deep in Vogue’ takes a candid look at a community of people coming to love and accept themselves...

  • Soccer Boys
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    Soccer Boys

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    In this inspirational 14-minute sports documentary, players from a popular gay Brazilian football club discuss important issues regarding homosexuality in sports and homophobia in contemporary society. ‘Soccer Boys’ serves up a touching tribute to gay athletes, offering meaningful messages about ...

  • Every Act Of Life
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    Every Act Of Life

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    Through six groundbreaking decades in theatre, award-winning gay playwright TerrenceMcNally became a living legend, both on stage and off. Featuring interviews with Nathan Lane, Rita Moreno, Christine Baranski, Bryan Cranston and many more, ‘Every Act of Life’ is an intimate and illuminating docu...

  • Welcome to Chechnya
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    Welcome to Chechnya

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    With searing urgency and uncommon bravery, this eye-opening documentary from acclaimed filmmaker David France (‘How to Survive a Plague’) uses a remarkable hands-on approach to expose atrocities and tell the story of an extraordinary group of activists who risk unimaginable peril to confront the ...

  • Go Figure: The Randy Gardner Story

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    Two-time Olympian and World Champion Randy Gardner, explores his true identity through figure skating and his one man show-finally revealing his untold magical and meaningful journey... both on and off the ice.

  • Boulevard: A Hollywood Story

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    Dickson Hughes and Richard Stapley, two young songwriters and romantic partners, find themselves caught in movie star Gloria Swanson's complicated web when she hires them to write a musical version of ‘Sunset Boulevard.’

  • Hurley
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    Hurley

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    American racing legend Hurley Haywood speaks for the first time about being gay – and deeply closeted - within the 1970's macho world of motor sports while also setting the record straight about his relationship with co-driver Peter Gregg.