Manufacturer: Water Bearer Films
Starring: Ben Ellison, Matthew Baidoo, Akim Mogaji, John Wilson, Dencil Williams
Directed By: Isaac Julien

In this touching documentary, Margaret Wescott attempts to give voice to lesbian culture as it has existed throughout the Western world, from the time of Sappho to the present day. This is a daunting task, but one that is managed successfully by informed narration and the candid stories of lesbians from San Francisco, New York, Montreal, Vancouver, Berlin, Paris, and Amsterdam. The film ...

Manufacturer: First Run Features
Starring: Kate Nelligan
Directed By: Margaret Wescott

It begins with a woman sitting on a bed with her dog, saying nothing, barely moving, and ends with a raucous gay pride parade. In between: candid opinions, hesitations, tears, songs, chainsaws, a lot of cigarettes, and a meal or two. And we learn that Barbie and Ken wear the same size. Funny, articulate, and occasionally troubling, the testimonies offered by the 26 subjects of Word Is ...

Manufacturer: New Yorker Films Video
Starring: John Burnside, Sally M. Gearhart, Elsa Gidlow, Harry Hay, Tede Mathews
Directed By: Rob Epstein

Rupert Everett narrates this sensitive documentary about the Nazi persecution of homosexuals during World War II. "Paragraph 175" refers to the old German penal code concerning homosexuality, which was used to justify the prosecution of gay men during the war (the code ignored lesbians, still considered viable baby-making vessels). As mere rumor became enough to justify imprisonment, over 100,000 ...

Manufacturer: New Yorker Video
Starring: Rupert Everett, Klaus Müller, Karl Gorath, Pierre Seel, Heinz F.
Directed By: Jeffrey Friedman, Rob Epstein

Manufacturer: Tell ME Why Sales Co.
Starring: Growing Up Gay & Lesbian

Manufacturer: Wolfe Video
Starring: Keely Moll, Stephanie Ozard, Ann Bannon, Reva Hutkin, Lois M. Stuart
Directed By: Aerlyn Weissman, Lynne Fernie

Manufacturer: Fox Lorber Home Video
Starring: Stonewall 25

Paris Is Burning closes with two neon-lit boys holding each other on the streets of Harlem. One looks into the camera and asks, "So this is New York City and what the gay lifestyle is all about--right?" This documentary takes an honest, humorous, and surprisingly poignant peek into one of America's overlooked subcultures: the world of the urban drag queen. It's a parallel dimension of ...

Manufacturer: Fox Lorber
Starring: Carmen and Brooke, André Christian, Dorian Corey, Paris Duprée, David The Father Xtravaganza
Directed By: Jennie Livingston

A look at the experiences of nine gay and lesbian veterans, who volunteered to fight for the country only to be later persecuted, rounded up in witch-hunts and labeled as undesirable.

Manufacturer: Fox Lorber
Starring: Salome Jens, Max Cole
Directed By: Arthur Dong

Manufacturer: First Run Features
Directed By: Kermit Cole