
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (2006)
5.7|12 Feb, 2006|82 min
Documents the history of gays and lesbians in Hollywood films.
5.7|12 Feb, 2006|82 min
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A chronological look at films by, for, or 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, documentaries and then mainstream Hollywood drama. What might come next?
Keywords
lgbt
woman director
gay theme
Casts

B. Ruby Rich
Self

John Waters
Self

Jane Lynch
Self

Alan Cumming
Self

Heather Matarazzo
Self

Todd Haynes
Self

Christine Vachon
Self

John Cameron Mitchell
Self

Rose Troche
Self

Ang Lee
Self

Marga Gómez
Self

Gus Van Sant
Self

Guinevere Turner
Self

Dan Bucatinsky
Self

Angela Robinson
Self

Jonathan Caouette
Self

Jennie Livingston
Self

Ash Christian
Self
Nina Landey
Self

Peter Paige
Self

Jenni Olson
Self

Billy Porter
Self

Alice Wu
Self

Wilson Cruz
Self

Donna Deitch
Self
Don Roos
Self

Patrik-Ian Polk
Self

James Schamus
Self

Alonso Duralde
Self

Tommy O'Haver
Self

Randy Barbato
Self

Arthur Dong
Self
Marcus Hu
Self

Michael Musto
Self
Stephen Winter
Self
Crews
Lesli Klainberg
Director
Lisa Ades
Director
Rachel Reichman
Editor
Lisa Ades
Producer
Lesli Klainberg
Producer

Billy Porter
Original Music Composer
Ruben O'Malley
Director of Photography
John Pirozzi
Director of Photography
Ari Gold
Original Music Composer