LGBTQ+ Shorts
36 Episodes
Stories of self-discovery, self-acceptance, and the simple but radical, often dangerous act of just existing as a queer person are on display in these empathetic and innovative shorts, which reflect the wide spectrum of experiences that make up the LGBTQ+ rainbow.
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Vámonos
Episode 2
Directed by Marvin Lemus • 2015 • United States
Starring Vico Ortiz, Jessica Camacho, Natalia Cordova-BuckleyVico Ortiz (OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH) and Jessica Camacho (ALL RISE, THE FLASH, WATCHMEN) costar in this beautiful story about what it looks like to show up as an ally for our gender-nonconf...
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12:09Episode 3
Monsieur Le Butch
Episode 3
Directed by Jude Dry • 2022 • United States
When Jude ends up unexpectedly living at home in their thirties, they must deal with a lovingly opinionated Jewish mother who doesn’t quite get the whole “trans thing.” Shot in the dog days of quarantine during a picturesque Vermont summer, MONSIEUR LE...
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23:58Episode 5
She Don’t Fade
Episode 5
Directed by Cheryl Dunye • 1991 • United States
Starring Zoie Strauss, Cheryl Dunye, Paula CronanA smart, hilarious, and self-reflexive look at the sexuality of a young black lesbian.
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04:00Episode 6
Vanilla Sex
Episode 6
Directed by Cheryl Dunye • 1992 • United States
Starring Cheryl DunyeThe filmmaker muses on the slang term of the title: is it who you do, or what you do?
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21:53Episode 7
The Potluck and the Passion
Episode 7
Directed by Cheryl Dunye • 1993 • United States
Starring Jen Benoit, Shelita Birchett, Pat BranchSparks fly as racial, sexual, and social politics intermingle at a lesbian potluck.
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09:31Episode 8
Greetings from Africa
Episode 8
Directed by Cheryl Dunye • 1996 • United States
Starring Nora Breen, Cheryl Dunye, Jocelyn TaylorPlaying herself, Cheryl Dunye humorously experiences the mysteries of lesbian dating in the 1990s.
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17:56Episode 9
Another Hayride
Episode 9
Directed by Matt Wolf • 2021 • United States
As the AIDS epidemic took hold in the early 1980s, self-help guru Louise Hay created a space for healing called the Hayride. Drawing hundreds of gay men confronting a deadly and stigmatized disease, Louise promised that they could overcome AIDS throug...
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16:08Episode 10
Bayard & Me
Episode 10
Directed by Matt Wolf • 2017 • United States
Bayard Rustin was the organizer of the March on Washington and one of the leaders of the civil rights movement. In the 1980s, Bayard adopted his younger boyfriend, Walter Naegle, to obtain the legal protections of marriage. In this intimate love story...
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24:40Episode 11
I Remember: A Film About Joe Brainard
Episode 11
Directed by Matt Wolf • 2012 • United States
Modesty, whimsy, and clarity of design grace the work of Joe Brainard, an artist and writer whose evocations of memory and desire perhaps found their greatest expression in his memoir-poem “I Remember.” Here, filmmaker Matt Wolf returns to this classi...
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Dirty
Episode 12
Directed by Matthew Puccini • 2020 • United States
Starring Morgan Sullivan, Manny DunnHigh school boyfriends Marco and Graham cut class for a romantic rendezvous in bed—but things don’t go quite as planned in this tender, emotionally raw snapshot of two queer teenagers navigating intimacy toge...