10 Black LGBTQ Films to Stream Today - Black Sapphistry

Celebrate Black History Month by streaming these 10 films celebrating Black LGBTQ+ women.

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Ella Thomas as Lorraine Hansberry

The Eritrean actress appeared as the queer literary icon in 2016’s controversial Nina.

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Vanessa Butler as Lorraine Hansberry

The actress starred opposite Aaron Pitre in Jimmy & Lorraine: A Musing, the compelling play explores the friendship between two the revolutionary artists, James Baldwin and Lorraine Hansberry.

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Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart

Directed by Tracy Strain and narrated by Anika Noni Rose, the documentary uses Hansberry’s personal archives to explore the life and artistry of the playwright.

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Lorraine Hansberry

Playwright, writer & feminist most notable for, A Raisin in the Sun.The first play on Broadway written by a black woman. Hansberry was a member of the Daughters of Bilitis, one of the first lesbian organizations and wrote entries for the group's newsletter.

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