Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
Directed by Lesli Klainberg, Lisa Ades
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Documents the history of gays and lesbians in Hollywood films.
A chronological look at films by, for, or about gays and lesbians in the United States, from 1947 to 2005, Kenneth Anger's "Fireworks" to "Brokeback Mountain". Talking heads, anchored by critic and scholar B. Ruby Rich, are interspersed with an advancing timeline and with clips from two dozen films. The narrative groups the pictures around various firsts, movements, and triumphs: experimental films, indie films, sex on screen, outlaw culture and bad guys, lesbian lovers, films about AIDS and dying, emergence of romantic comedy, transgender films, films about diversity and various cultures, documentaries and then mainstream Hollywood drama. What might come next?Read moreLess
A chronological look at films by, for, or about gays and lesbians in the United States, from 1947 to 2005, Kenneth Anger's "Fireworks" to "Brokeback Mountain". Talking heads, anchored by critic and scholar B. Ruby Rich, are interspersed with an advancing timeline and with clips from two dozen films. The narrative groups the pictures around various firsts, movements, and triumphs: experimental films, indie films, sex on screen, outlaw culture and bad guys, lesbian lovers, films about AIDS and dying, emergence of romantic comedy, transgender films, films about diversity and various cultures, documentaries and then mainstream Hollywood drama. What might come next?
The story
A chronological look at films by, for, or about gays and lesbians in the United States, from 1947 to 2005, Kenneth Anger's "Fireworks" to "Brokeback Mountain". Talking heads, anchored by critic and scholar B. Ruby Rich, are interspersed with an advancing timeline and with clips from two dozen films. The narrative groups the pictures around various firsts, movements, and triumphs: experimental films, indie films, sex on screen, outlaw culture and bad guys, lesbian lovers, films about AIDS and dying, emergence of romantic comedy, transgender films, films about diversity and various cultures, documentaries and then mainstream Hollywood drama. What might come next?
Cast & crew
B. Ruby RichSelf
John WatersSelf
Jane LynchSelf
Alan CummingSelf
Heather Matarazzo
Todd HaynesSelf
Christine VachonSelf
John Cameron Mitchell
Rose TrocheSelf
Ang LeeSelf
Marga GómezSelf
Gus Van SantSelfExplore the crew
- Director
- Lesli Klainberg
- Director
- Lisa Ades
- Editor
- Rachel Reichman
- Producer
- Lisa Ades
- Director of Photography
- John Pirozzi
- Original Music Composer
- Billy Porter
- Producer
- Lesli Klainberg
- Director of Photography
- Ruben O'Malley
- Original Music Composer
- Ari Gold