#queer documentaries

[eggthedyke]

Good activity for queers.

Go put on any Netflix documentary that has anything to do with queer history and everyone bet on how long it takes for Susan Stryker to appear

Haven’t figured out how to make a drinking game out of it yet.

May update

[wttnblog]

5 Documentaries To Watch This LGBTQ+ History Month

It’s LGBTQ+ History Month in the United States, and so I want to share some of my favorite queer documentaries with you all. Queer people are more likely to have to find their own roots—the majority of us grew up with straight parents and surrounded by straight community. Our queer culture is still a part of us, though, and connecting with older queer people as well as watching movies and reading…

[undercovercannibal]

WILL FERRELL and HARPER STEELE in the documentary WILL & HARPER (2024)

[cinematicmasterpiece]

paris is burning (1990)

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I was watching a Hobbit/Lord of the Rings documentary and they said Bilbo Baggins is canonically queer.

[filmauteur]

Gay Power (2012) Directed by Sharon Hayes & Kate Millett

[philsdrivinglicence]

Phagenda predictions

Realistic:

- Joint memoir

- Merch

- Feature length video project (could be fiction, could be non-fiction)

- Podcast

Unrealistic:

- Tour (not enough planning time)

- Re-brand (this much hype for something like that is not like them)

- A Dan and Phil Sims pack (lowkey could realistically be this but feels wild to actually put it in that category)

- Video series about what it's been like behind the scenes all this time/the reality of what it's like to be some of the first youtubers to go mainstream (while closeted).

- Wedding anouncement/video

Demon:

- V-day vid reaction

- The Vegas video

[celluloidrainbow]

PARIS IS BURNING (1990) dir. Jennie Livingston A vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City’s ball scene. Made over seven years, the documentary offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion “houses,” from fierce contests for trophies to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia, transphobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty. Featuring legendary performers like Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey, and Venus Xtravaganza, it is a celebration of the joy of movement, the force of eloquence, and the draw of community. (link in title)

[fiercynn]

queer short film: "راكب راكب إنترنت | wifi rider"

queer short cuts is a biweekly newsletter where i share queer & trans short film recommendations. i'm featuring some of my favorite films on tumblr because why not

jordan | 13 minutes | 2020 | documentary short audio in arabic; english subtitles embedded

راكب راكب إنترنت | wifi rider, directed by roxy rezvany, introduces us to shukri lawrence, a young, queer palestinian-armenian fashion designer and photographer. shukri, who was born in east jerusalem and now lives in jordan, came to fame through his instagram account @wifirider, which he created as a teenager to share his style, fashion, and takes on pop culture. the film, shot on 16mm, also integrates footage from shukri’s early life as well, with shukri’s voiceover to tell us about his story and the clothing label named trashy clothing that he founded with his co-designer omar braika, who is also palestinian. the displacement and threat of state violence that shukri faces is felt throughout the docu-short; he begins by telling us how as a child he dreamed of moving to france, where he thought he would find freedom from his experience in israel. however, over the course of his adolescence, shukri began to understand that while he, like all palestinians currently, has no real home, he prefers his life to still be grounded in the arab world where he still has community in the palestinian diaspora. - deepa's full review, including content notes at the end

you can also find more of director roxy rezvany's work on her website!

[numnum-num]

Queens at Heart, 1967

[disease]

QUEERCORE: HOW TO PUNK A REVOLUTION [2017]

i highly recommend a watch. aside from opinions/stories sourced directly from monumental queer figures—it addresses some of the ‘philosophical’ disconnects between the younger vs older generation within the culture. overall an essential watch for a multitude of reasons.

[AVAILABLE ON TUBI]

[alexjcrowley]

Met Jason Schwartzman today, at the Venice Film Festival. I think at least 20 people completely surrounded him after the showing of Pavements (2024). He ws so incredibly kind with every single one of us, very soft-spoken, took the time for an autograp or a picture with everybody, and I mean, l EVERYBODY (security had to tell him numerous times to get put of the cinema because they had to show another movie). And even outside the cinema, he kept chattering with us and taling pictures and singing photos and programs of the Festival. He thanked us numerous times for coming to see him, seeing his movies, paying him compliments. He seemed almost as happy to see us as we were to see him. I got to tell him that one of my favourite movie characters of all time was Max Fischer, from Rushmore (his first movie ever). He was pleasantly surprised, a little endeared dare I say, thanked for that and I think he paid me a compliment as well but I kinda blacked out from the emotion. I just remember that at some point I said "Thank you for being you" and he said "Thank you for being you" and I still think I died on the spot and I am currently in heaven. It was such a nice moment, I wanted to share.

[that-butch-archivist]

Another incredible short documentary (13 minutes) about butches by S.D. Holman, an even more incredible Canadian photographer, artist, and butch (among other things.)

This is SD Holman's website, where you can peruse SD Holman's other art series and projects.

[undercovercannibal]

WILL & HARPER (2024)

[queerism1969]

[creator-of-calm-queer-chaos]

*slides into existence with a pile of books and DVDs* Why hello there. This I can help with!! 

Nonfiction book: 

Stand by Me: The Forgotten History of Gay Liberation by Jim Downs

The Lexington Six: Lesbian and Gay Resistance in the 1970s by Josephine Donovan 

Here Because We’re Queer by Brian Miller 

Fiction books: 

Ziggy, Stardust and Me by James Brandon

Music from Another World by Robin Talley

Documentaries: 

Word is Out 

Gay USA

Movie: 

The Boys in the Band (takes place in 1969 or something but pretty close)

The Christine Jorgensen Story

The Dark Side of Tomorrow/Just the Two of Us (same movie, rereleased as second title in 1975) 

(SHERLOCK HOLMES APPEARED ON A LIST OF THIS JUST NEED TO SAY THAT)

Tell me that you love me, Junie Moon 

I haven’t watched or read any of these but this is what I could find! Hope this helps and good luck!! 

(ALSO: Not the same timeline but two other queer period stories I must note are The Price of Salt and Even Though I Knew the End) 

I promise I'm working on intro stuff...

But in the meantime!

Random Project!

I've randomly ended up starting a new project and I could really use some help finding good research. It's not what I intended, nor is it set in stone, but I think incorporating queer and LGBT (shortened for the era) history into this piece would be extremely cool.

No details really, but the story takes place in 1970s America with the current main setting of a roller rink. For some reason, my brain decided that it needed some rainbow spice.

Does anyone have or know of some good research resources (articles, books, documentaries, etc.) that can help me make this portion as viable as possible?

Thank you, lovelies!!

All my love,

~ toribookworm ❤️