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  • Alive!Alive! - What happens when five HIV-positive gay men spend a week preparing for their first solo parachute drop?

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  • Between Two-Spirit - Neither man nor woman, Chris is a "Two-Spirit," in between genders.

  • Bisexual Virgins - This engaging, non-confrontational documentary invites us to look at the fluidity of sexuality in a whole new way as two "bi-curious" young women confront their fears and inhibitions.

  • Bones of Contention - Explores the theme of historical memory in post-Franco Spain, focusing on the unknown story of LGBT repression under Franquismo.

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  • Chantal Akerman Four FilmsChantal Akerman Four Films - Four documentaries spanning two decades are included in this 5-disc box set, with a 16-page booklet and bonus film about the late filmmaker.

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  • Down There - Akerman spends a brief period on her own in an apartment by the sea in Tel Aviv, contemplating her family, her Jewish identity and her childhood.

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  • Enter the Clowns - Straight, gay and in-between Beijingers unleash a whirlwind of transsexual mayhem.

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  • I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman - Explores the filmmaker's 40 plus films and charts the sites of her peregrinations.

  • Inside OutInside Out - Transsexuals in Iran. Intimate conversations with doctors, religious authorities, and transsexuals about the mind/body conflict, Islamic interpretations, and the impact of sex-change treatments on their lives.

  • It's My Life - Zackie Achmat, a leading AIDS activist in South Africa, refused to take anti-retroviral medicines until they were made available by the government in public hospitals and clinics.

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  • Lemebel - Writer, visual artist and pioneer of the queer movement in Latin America, Pedro Lemebel shook up conservative Chilean society during Pinochet’s dictatorship in the 1980s.

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  • Madam Phung's Last Journey - Madam Phung and her transgender singers travel around Vietnam, sparking fascination and hostility from the local people.

  • Markie in MilwaukeeMarkie in Milwaukee - A 7-foot-tall Midwestern evangelical minister struggles with transgender identity under pressures from a conservative church, community, wife and children.

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  • Olivia - A newly restored print of this 1950 feminist film about girls at a boarding school exploring their discovery of love and attraction.

  • 108 (Cuchillo de Palo) - Paraguayan director Renate Costa Perdomo investigates a gay man's persecution and murder.

  • Ordinary People - Stepping Out - A look at gay life in South Africa.

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  • Paris CalligrammesParis Calligrammes - Artist and filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger resurrects the old Saint-Germain-des-Prés and Latin Quarter of 1960s Paris.

  • The Perfumed Garden - An exploration of the myths and realities of sensuality and sexuality in Arab society.

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  • Queer China, 'Comrade' China - China's most prolific gay filmmaker presents a comprehensive historical account of the queer movement in modern China.

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  • Rebels on Pointe - The riotous, all-male troupe Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo challenge gender and artistic norms in the world of ballet.

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  • TodayToday - Director Su Friedrich tries to live in the moment, whether it's uplifting or devastating.

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  • Violette Leduc, In Pursuit of Love - Meet the Violette Leduc, who defied taboos by turning her loneliness and "impossible" passions into a great literary career.

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  • With God On Our Side - Episode 1 - Conservative Christians rise up in Anaheim, California, to launch a nationwide revolt against sex education.

  • With God On Our Side - Episode 2 - The symbiotic alliance between Billy Graham and Richard Nixon foreshadows the coming union of religion and politics

  • With God On Our Side - Episode 3 - Carter's election heralds a new era of evangelical engagement in every area of modern life, from broadcasting to basketball. But modern life also means divorce, feminism, and gay rights...

  • With God On Our Side - Episode 4 - New Right conservative strategists midwife a brood of new Christian political organizations.

  • With God On Our Side - Episode 5 - Calls for renewed patriotism and fierce attacks on liberalism set the agenda for George H.W. Bush's victory over Michael Dukakis.

  • With God On Our Side - Episode 6 - The Christian Coalition becomes one of the most politically adept membership organizations ever. Yet many inside the movement question if, in gaining power in the secular world, conservative Christians have lost their evangelical soul. 

More Films & DVDs for Gay & Lesbian Studies
  • Our House - A groundbreaking documentary that explores what it's like to grow up with gay or lesbian parents, as Americans struggle to re-define family values.

  • Private Dicks - Rarely do we hear men talking honestly about their penises—until now. Surveying men from all walks of life, this film explores the naked truth.

 
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