If She Grows Up GayA blue collar African-American mother, talks about her pregnancy and raising her daughter with her lesbian lover.
Karen (Sloe) Goodman 1983 23 min. USA
Founded in 1977, Frameline is the nation's only nonprofit organization solely dedicated to the funding, exhibition, distribution and promotion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender media arts. Frameline Voices is a new digital initiative that showcases diverse LGBT stories and expands access to films by and about people of color, transgender people, youth, and elders.
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Last AddressKeith Haring, Robert Mapplethorpe, Norman René, Peter Hujar, Ethyl Eichelberger, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Cookie Mueller, Klaus Nomi ... the list of New York artists who died of AIDS over the last 30 years is countless, and the loss immeasurable. In Last Address, acclaimed filmmaker Ira Sachs (Keep the Lights On, The Delta, Married Life, and the 2005 Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning Forty Shades of Blue), who first moved to the city himself in 1984, uses images of the exteriors of the houses, apartment buildings, and lofts where these and others were living at the time of their deaths to mark the disappearance of a generation. The elegaic film is both a remembrance of that loss, as well as an evocation of the continued presence of their work in our lives and culture. For more information on the artists in this film, please go to: http://www.lastaddress.org
Ira Sachs 2010 9 min. USA
Founded in 1977, Frameline is the nation's only nonprofit organization solely dedicated to the funding, exhibition, distribution and promotion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender media arts. Frameline Voices is a new digital initiative that showcases diverse LGBT stories and expands access to films by and about people of color, transgender people, youth, and elders.
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T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness: Queer Blues Divas of the 1920sT’Ain’t Nobody’s Bizness exposes the triply oppressed (black, female, queer) pioneers of blues through interviews with cultural historians, vintage photos, footage, and recordings, all narrated by Jewelle Gomez. With lavish costumes and sexually suggestive lyrics, bisexual and lesbian singers such as Ma Rainey (got arrested for indecency at an all-girl party—while married to a man) and Gladys Bentley (a “bulldagger” in full tuxedo) were regularly shunned by the church and society for their rough and tumble ways. Like Frameline Voices? Donate here: bit.ly/FramelineDonate<br />
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Robert Philipson 2011 29 min. USA<br />
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Pay it No Mind: The Life and Times of Marsha P. JohnsonThis feature-length documentary focuses on revolutionary trans-activist, Marsha “Pay it No Mind” Johnson who was a Stonewall instigator, Andy Warhol model, drag queen, sex worker, starving actress, and Saint. With her final interview from 1992, director Michael Kasino captures the legendary gay/human rights activist as she recounts her life at the forefront of The Stonewall Riots in the 1960s, the creation of S.T.A.R. (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries) with Sylvia Rivera in the ‘70s, and a New York City activist throughout the ‘80s and early '90s. Through her own words, as well as in-depth interviews with gay activist Randy Wicker, former Cockettes performer Agosto Machado, Author Michael Musto, Hot Peaches founder/performer, Jimmy Camicia, and Stonewall Activists Bob Kohler, Danny Garvin, Tommy Lanigan-Schmidt, and Martin Boyce, Marsha’s tale lives on. Like Frameline Voices? Donate here: http://bit.ly/FramelineDonate<br />
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Michael Kasino 2012 55 min. USA<br />
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Two SpiritsJoey Criddle is a Two Spirit man fighting with other LGBTQ Native Americans to reclaim the place of honor that many Two Spirits once held prior to colonization. The film follows Joey as he leads parallel lives - one as a co-director of the Two Spirit Society of Denver and the other as a father attending the Mississippi wedding of his Pentecostal son. Joey's words bridge the gap between the closeted man he was in Mississippi and the Two Spirit activist he is today.
Ruth Fertig 2007 22 min. USA
Founded in 1977, Frameline is the nation's only nonprofit organization solely dedicated to the funding, exhibition, distribution and promotion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender media arts. Frameline Voices is a new digital initiative that showcases diverse LGBT stories and expands access to films by and about people of color, transgender people, youth, and elders.
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Changing HouseRusty and Chelsea are a transgender lesbian couple who devoted fifteen years to making their Brooklyn home a communal living space for transgender women in need. Their house served a vital and unique community role with its doors always open to newcomers. A crossroads for transgender civil rights organizers, it became home to Stonewall legend Sylvia Rivera in the last years of her life. The couple's dream of a commune quickly met a complicated reality as it became unmanageable. Social workers referred more young transgender women to Rusty and Chelsea than they could accomodate, and eventually, the self-made family lost their "Ma" Sylvia. In this intimate film, Rusty, Chelsea, and long-time resident Cellia commemorate the house's rich activist history, reflect on the joys and challenges of communal living and discuss the continuing struggle of the transgender community with discrimination and homelessness. Like Frameline Voices? Donate here: http://bit.ly/FramelineDonate<br />
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Z.A. Martohardjono 2009 18 min. USA<br />
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Today The Hawk Takes One ChickToday the Hawk Takes One Chick captures day-to-day life in a rural society on the threshold of simultaneous collapse and reinvention. The Lubombo region of Swaziland suffers from the world's highest prevalence of HIV and the lowest life expectancy. This observational film is told from the poignant perspective of three grandmothers (gogos) who have become instrumental in defining a new world order in the fight against the spread of HIV.
What Time Is Left - TrailerFilmmaker Dakin Henderson, age 24, grew up with two grandmothers who have aged very differently: one is a healthy and active 86-year old, the other died recently after a long and painful decline into dementia. Through an intimate investigation into the stories of his grandparents' aging, Dakin discovers truths about the aging process that are rarely discussed in public, and still largely unknown to people his age. From the perspective of the generation preparing to inherit an increasingly elderly population, What Time Is Left is a personal story of how three generations of one family are coping with the process of their loved elders growing old and dying.
Light Years - PreviewProfiles three older adults sculpting their lives with creativity and a knack for reinvention. With wisdom, humor, and a few surprises, Light / Years challenges our misconceptions about aging, focusing instead on renewed potential and the power of creativity to enrich the art of living.
One In EightWhen filmmaker Cynthia McKeown learned that her friend Janice Fine had been diagnosed with breast cancer, she approached her with the idea of doing a video diary. That diary became the award-winning documentary film One in Eight: Janices Journey.
Cranky WorkshopShort film by Eli Kleinsmith documenting the Cranky Workshop at the Cowan Mountain Music School in June, 2013. This week long camp happens every summer outside of Whitesburg, Ky. in Cowan. Participants can take a number of instrument classes as well as individual workshops. This workshop was designed by Anna Roberts-Gevalt and Elizabeth Laprelle.
How$martKY-Energy Efficiency for EveryoneA look at How$martKY, a pilot program being carried out by the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (MACED) and four rural electric cooperatives in eastern Kentucky. Bruce Davis from Big Sandy RECC and Chris Woolery from MACED conduct an energy audit of Garland and Judith Howard's Johnson County, KY home to determine where leakage problems are, how they can be corrected, and what it will cost. They explain that through How$martKY the Howards can reduce energy use, pay for the improvements with the money saved on their power bills, and that Big Sandy RECC will act as general contractor to ensure the work gets done correctly. Over time How$martKY and other programs like it will save consumers money, reduce energy use, lessen the need for the energy coops to build costly new power plants, and provide jobs in energy efficiency/clean energy businesses. A Making Connections video www.makingconnectionsnews.org
From Wood to Singing GuitarFrom Wood to Singing Guitar is an Appalshop documentary film showcasing Wayne C. Henderson, the master musician and master luthier from the small town of Rugby, Virginia near the foot of Mount Rogers (the highest point in Virginia). A skilled craftsman & respected musician by his teens, Wayne was taught and encouraged by those around him including the folk hero E.C. Ball and the kind & generous fiddle maker, Albert Hash. Learning much more than just guitar building and playing, Wayne continues to do the same for the younger generations by sharing the craft with others like Gerald Anderson, who is passing it onto Spencer Strickland, and encourages any young musician to play with him and his friends such as Doc Watson, Steve Kilby, Herb Key, Jeff Little, Sammy Shelor, Roni Stoneman, Robin Kessinger, The Kruger Brothers, and the list goes on.
Towards the end of August 2008, with nearly everything shot, this 6 minute video is a short trailer edited for an Appalshop documentary film about Wayne Henderson. The working title is From Wood to Singing Guitar. Visit www.appalshop.org/henderson for more information.
Black Mountain Story Part 1Black Mountain was produced by Appalshop's Community Media Initiative in 1998 in response to a group of Harlan Co. Kentucky residents who were organizing against a mountaintop removal permit for the tallest mountain in the state. The video was screened across the state in homes, churches, and college campuses. Produced by Greg Howard, Tom Hansell, and Nick Szuberla.
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The Weather UndergroundIn 1969, a small group of college students announced their intentions to overthrow the U.S. government in opposition to the Vietnam War. This documentary explores the rise and fall of this radical movement as former
members speak candidly about the passion that drove them at the time. The film also explores the group in the context of other social movements of the time, featuring interviews with former members of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and the Black Panther Party. The documentary also examines the U.S. government's suppression of dissent during this turbulent era. Using archival footage from the 1960s and 1970s, the film also intersperses recent interviews with high profile ex-Weathermen like Bernardine Dohrn, David Gilbert, Bill Ayers, Mark Rudd and Brian Flanagan, who talk about their involvement in the organization, their experiences, and the trajectory that led them to be placed on the FBI's Most Wanted list.
