Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (2006)

ALL 02/12/2006 (en) Documentary 82 Min
  • Release
    02/12/2006
  • Production
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  • Original title
    Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
  • Original language
    en
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Documents the history of gays and lesbians in Hollywood films.

Overview

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?

  1. Story



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Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (2006) 82 Min

ALL 02/12/2006 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 02/12/2006
  • Production
  • Original title Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Documents the history of gays and lesbians in Hollywood films.

Overview

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?

  1. Lesli Klainberg, Lisa Ades

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Rachel Reichman

    Editor

  4. Lisa Ades, Lesli Klainberg

    Producer