A chronological look at films by, for, or about (or "by, for, and 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, and then mainstream Hollywood drama. What might come next?

Starring:

Adam Goldberg, Alan Cumming, Andrea Martin, Andy Warhol, Angela Robinson, Ash Christian, Charlize Theron, Chloë Sevigny, Dan Bucatinsky, Dennis Quaid, Divine, Guinevere Turner, Gus Van Sant, Harry Hamlin, Heath Ledger, Heather Matarazzo, Helen Shaver, Hilary Swank, Ian McKellen, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jane Lynch, Jason Ritter, John Cameron Mitchell, John

Genre:

Documentary