Pride (American TV series)
FX's six-part docuseries focusing on "LGBT rights in the US decade-by-decade."
Lena Waithe as Officer Specter
The writer/actress voices a cyclops police officer in a same-sex relationship in the upcoming animated feature Onward. This is the first time a Pixar movie will feature an openly queer character.
Before Stonewall Documentary
The 1984 documentary chronicles the history of the LGBT community before the 1969 Stonewall riots. Gladys Bentley, Mabel Hampton, and Audre Lorde are all featured.
A Litany For Survival: the Life and Work of Audre Lorde
The 1995 documentary from filmmakers Ada Gay Griffin & Michelle Parkerson offers an intimate look at Lorde, who was once self-described as "Black lesbian, mother, warrior, poet."
Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker
The Christopher Ralling documentary uses film footage, photographs, paintings, posters, music and interviews to chronicle the life of black American singer/dancer Josephine Baker.
Happy Birthday to trans elder and activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy!!!
Brittney Griner: Lifesize
Director Melissa Johnson adds her voice to the ESPN Nine for IX series, documenting Brittney Griner's inaugural season with the Zhejiang Golden Bulls.
Hot Flash Documentary
Sarah Knight’s 2009 documentary chronicles the storied career of the legendary blues band Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women. Lesbian guitarist, singer, and activist Gaye Adegbalola, is also a member of the inspiring trio.
Octavia St. Laurent
The trans performer was featured Jennie Livingston‘s 1990 documentary Paris Is Burning. The seminal classic explores the New York City ballroom culture of the 1980s and the Black, Latino, and LGBT communities involved with it.
Major!
From director Annalise Ophelian, the 2016 documentary chronicles the life and work of trans elder and activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy.
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
Directed by Pratibha Parmar, the documentary profiles the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker.
FREE CeCe!
The 2016 documentary directed by Jacqueline Gares and executive produced by Laverne Cox explores the culture of violence trans women of color face in their daily lives.
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
The documentary from Shola Lynch uses interview footage and archival clips to recount the events that lead Angela Davis from the University of California to the list of the FBI’s most wanted.
Audre Lorde - the Berlin Years 1984 to 1992
Filmmaker Dagmar Schultz chronicles the period Audre Lorde spent in Berlin helping to galvenize Black German movement .
Stormé: The Lady of the Jewel Box
Michelle Parkerson’s documentary profiles Storme DeLarverie master of ceremonies and male impersonator at the Jewel Box Revue, America’s first integrated gender impersonation show. DeLarverie was known as the Rosa Parks of the LGBT community as she is oft rumored to have thrown the first punch during the Stonewall Riots.
Living with Pride: Ruth C. Ellis @ 100
The Yvonne Welbon documentary centers on centenarian Ruth C. Ellis, once widely recognized as the oldest surviving open lesbian. Ellis first came out in 1915, a whopping 54 years before the Stonewall Riots ignited the nationwide gay rights movement.