GAY AND LESBIAN STUDIES VIDEOS This bibliography is part of "The Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transexual SIG" located at http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/freeport/sigs/life/gay/menu. Reply-To: ae606@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Victoria Edwards) Author: Gary Handman, Head, Media Resources Center Date: 8-3-94 Absolutely Positive. Men and women who are HIV positive talk about how afraid they are of getting AIDS, how they handle the disease, and how it affects their lives. 87 min. Video/C 2323 AIDS Quarterly. 58 min. each Spring 1989: Stopping AIDS stopping drugs -- The art of medicine. Video/C 2337 Fall 1989: AIDS and the second sex -- What is a family -- A question of civil rights. Video/C 2338 Winter 1989: The education of Admiral Watkins -- AIDS update -- A death in the family. Video/C 2336 Winter 1990: The Trial of Compound Q -- Money and morals. Video/C 2239 A.I.D.S.C.R.E.A.M. AIDS has become a convenient excuse to desexualize gay men and thereby destroy gay liberation. This experimentally processed film expresses Queer anger and rage at the no-win constructs of straight cultureÍs refusal to accept the political impact of the disease on gay identity. Video/C 2964 Akermania, Volume One. Early films by director Chantal Akerman exploring real time, self-definition and sexual identities. 89 min. Video/C 999:980 And the Band Played On. Based on the book by Randy Shilts. Follows the struggle of a handful of strong-willed men and women who took on the fight to save lives in the face of a mysterious illness now called AIDS. 140 min. Video/C 999:969 Because This is About Love: A Portrait of Gay and Lesbian Marriage. Various gay and lesbian couples who chose to publicly commit their love for one another in a wedding ceremony are interviewed. This program is devoted to these articulate couples who celebrate their bond solemnly. 28 min. Video/C 3305 Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community. A social history of homosexuality in America from the 1920s to 1969, showing how this group has moved from a secret shame to the status of a publicly viable minority group. Tells how a group consciousness coalesced after the 1969 police raid on Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City, and the three-day riot that followed gained them national publicity and the birth of the gay movement. 87 min. Video/C 1461 Came Out, It Rained, Went Back in Again. This delightful short drama explores the perils of coming out as it follows a day in the life of one young girl who would be a lesbian. 10 min. Campus Culture Wars: Five Stories About PC. University of Pennsylvania: racially insensitive language, Harvard University: gay rights, Stanford University: multicultural ideals, Pennsylvania State: sexual harassment, University of Washington: radical feminism. 86 min. Video/C 3328 Common Threads. The story of the AIDS Memorial Quilt established by the San Francisco NAMES Project Foundation in 1987 to commemorate the lives lost to AIDS. From the thousands memorialized in the quilt, profiles five individuals--including a recovered IV drug user, a former Olympic decathlon star and a boy with hemophilia--whose stories reflect the diversity and common tragedy of those who have died from AIDS. Celebrates their unique personalities and achievements, interweaving these personal histories with a chronology of the epidemic's development and the negligence of the government. 80 min. Video/C 1774 Congressional briefing on Homosexuals in the Military with Major Melissa Wells-Petry. U.S. Army attorney, Major Wells- Petry, discusses the homosexual exclusion policy of the armed services and the legal, social, medical and philosophical basis for that policy. 60 min. Video/C 3283 Consenting Adults. Presents a study of homosexuality in men and women, using filmed interviews with practicing homosexuals, to provide insight and bases for understanding and discussion. 40 min. Video/C 69 Cut Sleeve: Lesbians & Gays of Asian/Pacific Ancestry. Gay and lesbian individuals from Asian and Pacific Island backgrounds discuss their attitudes and experiences as homosexuals. 24 min. Video/C 3101 Desire. Director Stuart Marshall chronicles the imprisonment of homosexuals in Nazi concentration camps during World War II. Also examines the "discovery" of homosexuality by the medical and psychoanalytic professions in the 1890's, and the subsequent movements in Germany during the early years of this century demanding recognition of gay and lesbian rights. 88 min. Video/C 3313 Dry Kisses Only. Through manipulated film clips this videotape explores the lesbian subtext of classical Hollywood films. 75 min. Video/C 2750 Ecce Homo. A Film by Jerry Tartaglia. Interweaves images from Jean GenetÍs masterpiece Un Chant dÍAmour with images from gay male sex films. It forces the viewer to question the point of view in looking at ñpornographicî images. AIDS hysteria portrays gay sex as sinful, politically incorrect, or a public health hazard. Ecce Homo asks whether this taboo is against gay sex or against seeing gay sex. Video/C 2694 Exclusion. A discussion of gays in the military sponsored by the Christian fundamentalist Christian Action Network. 60 min. Video/C 3283 Fated to Be Queer. Four charming Filipino men illuminate some of their issues and concerns as gay people of color in the San Francisco Bay Area. 25 min. Video/C 3256 Films of Barbara Hammer: Lesbian Sexuality. A collection of four films, including the landmark Dyketactics, the first lesbian lovemaking film to be made by a lesbian. Video/C 2741 Final Solutions. A Film by Jerry Tartaglia. This film examines telecultureÍs treatment of AIDS as a consumer image. Video/C 2964 Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives. Recounts the experiences of Canadian lesbian women in the 1950's and 1960's who sought romance in gay beer parlours and bars. Their stories are interwoven with a fictional love story and set against the tabloids and pulp novels of the time and illustrate the stereotypes and intolerance they faced. 86 min. Video/C 3206 Gay and Lesbian March on Washington, April 1993. Produced by The Christian Action Network. A notorious Christian fundamentalist propaganda film. 30 min. Video/C 3284 The Gay Agenda: The Report. A slick documentary style piece produced by a right-wing fundamen-talist Christian group which shows doctors, scholars and recovered gay men talking about the "ills of gay life." 20 min. Video/C 3281 Gay Rights- Special Rights: Inside the Homosexual Agenda. An expose by the Southern Baptist Convention concerning the perceived threat of the Gay Rights Movement to moral values and civil liberties of American citizens. Includes testimonies by gays and lesbians who have repudiated the gay cause to become Christians. 35 min. Video/C 2729 Gay Youth. This is the first video to explore the emotional strain placed on gay youth with intense feelings of isolation that can lead to alcohol and drug abuse and suicide. 40 min. Video/C 3306 A History of Homosexuality in Six Scenes. Live theater, music and dance sequences concerning various attitudes held throughout history towards homosexuals. Performed at the University of California, Berkeley, on May 13, 1993. 85 min. Video/C 3228 Holy Mary. From director Jerry Tartaglia, a funny look at gender, fashion, and the head of one of the world's largest all male clubs: Pope John Paul II. Video/C 3249 Homophobia in the Media and Society: One Life to Live and Beyond. A panel discussion sponsored by MIT Libraries and Women's Studies, April 1993. 90 min. Video/C 2718 Honored by the Moon. Native American lesbians and gay men talk about their lives. They speak of their unique historical and spiritual role, and of the sacredness associated with being lesbian or gay and having the power to bridge the worlds of male and female. 15 min. Video/C 3307 James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket. Presents a look at author James Baldwin's life as reflected in his own words and reminiscences of family and friends. 87 min. Video/C 1185 The Joy of Gay Sex. Live theater, music and dance sequences concerning homosexual relationships. Performed at the University of California, Berkeley, on December ll, 1993. 104 min. Video/C 3227 L is for Way You Look. An exploration of lesbian history and the women who have served as role models and objects of desire for young lesbians. Also discusses how media images of lesbians affect the construction of identity and how lesbians are written in and out of history. 23 min. Video/C 3272 Last Call at Maud's. A look at the world's longest running lesbian bar, Maud's in San Francisco. Film interweaves rare archive film of the gay bar scene in the 1940's, the vice raids of the 1950's, the gay counter culture of the 1960's and "coming out" in the 1970's up until the bar closed its doors in 1989. 77 min. Video/C 3184 Living Proof: HIV and the Pursuit of Happiness. Presents narratives by persons who have AIDS or are HIV positive. Kermit Cole discovered a diverse community, straight and gay, female and male, young and old, filed with active and vibrant people who live contrarily to every dismal and oppressive image of the typical AIDS victim presented by the media. 72 min. Video/C 3304 Living with AIDS. Roosevelt Williams addresses a class on medical ethics concerning his experiences with the medical establishment while being treated for the disease of AIDS. Lecture presented to IDS 130 class, Seminar on Social, Political and Ethical Issues in Health and Medicine, at the University of California, Berkeley, in March, 1994. 55 min. Video/C 3226 Looking for Langston: A Meditation on Langston Hughes (1902- 1967) and the Harlem Renaissance. A tribute to Langston Hughes, this film attempts to reclaim him as an important black gay voice in American culture. 45 min. Video/C 2911 Milk/Moscone Murder News Coverage. Local news coverage, 1978. Video/C 2222 Non Je Ne Regrette Rien. A film by Marlon Riggs. Five gay Black men who are HIV-positive discuss how they are battling the double stigmas surrounding their infection and homosexuality. 29 min. Video/C 2646 On Being Gay. A conversation with Brian McNaught: syndicated columnist, author, counselor, and lecturer. Discusses the fallacies, the facts, and the feelings of being gay in a straight world. He encourages viewers to realize their individual potential and to replace self-hate with self-esteem, self-doubt with self- knowledge, self- consciousness with self-confidence. 80 min. Video/C 3309 On Common Ground. An idiosyncratic portrait of the tragedies and triumphs of the gay liberation movement. Examines the political urgency of the 60's to the alienation and social contradictions of the 90's. 90 min. *On Order One Nation Under God. A chronicle of attempts by "ex-gay ministries" and other fundamentalist religious ordganizations to "cure" homosexuality. Video/C 3311 Our House: Lesbians and Gays in the Hood. A hard-hitting and highly informative look at issues, activism and discrimination in the U.S. from the view points of lesbians and gay men of color. 60 min. Video/C 3312 Out in the Garden. A film by Vincent Grenier. An extraordinary film which explores the dynamic of assumptions, seen through the struggle of a gay man who has recently been told that he is HIV positive. In his own way he comes to terms with the news in front of GrenierÍs camera. The result is a film which examines our own complicity in this struggle. 15 min. Video/C 3274 Paris is Burning. Story of the young men of Harlem who originated "voguing" and turned these stylized dance competitions into glittering expressions of fierce personal pride. A story of street-wise urban survival, gay self- affirmation, and the pursuit of a desperate dream. 76 min. Video/C 3211 Pink Triangles: A Study of Prejudice Against Lesbians and Gay Men. Takes a look at the nature of discrimination against lesbians and gay men and challenges some of society's attitudes toward homosexuality. 35 min. Video/C 445 Remembrance. A short remembrance from director Jerry Tartaglia about growing up gay, searching for an identifiable image on the movie screen. This character chose Bette Davis in All About Eve. . Video/C 3249 She Don't Fade. Shae Clark, played by director Cheryl Dunye, is a black lesbian who is gossipy about her sexuality and her new approach to women. 24 min. Video/C 3287 Silence = Death. A film by Rosa von Prunheim. This film serves as an important historical document, exploring the reactions of New York's artistic community to the ravages of the disease. 60 min. Video/C 3333. Silent Pioneers. Elderly homosexuals discuss the changed social conditions which have allowed them greater freedom in their relationships. 28 min. Video/C 3308 Silverlake Life. Presents the story of Tom Joslin and Mark Massi, a gay couple who both have AIDS. Documents their life together and the process of living with AIDS. 99 min. Video/C 3229 Since Stonewall. Originally produced as 10 short motion pictures in the 1970's, 1980's and the early 1990's. Ten short films (two using animation) reflecting the feelings, fears, humor, artistry, and changing realities of gays and the gay life in America. 80 min. Video/C 2739 Tell the Children. A story about four gay fathers and their relationships with wives, children and lovers. 15 min. Video/C 715 Thank God I'm a Lesbian. A documentary about the diversity of lesbian identities. A series of frank and articulate discussions about issues ranging from coming out, racism, bisexuality, and SM, to the evolution of the feminist and lesbian movements, outing, and compulsory heterosexuality. 55 min. On Order The Times of Harvey Milk. Documentary on the life of Harvey Milk, the gay San Francisco Supervisor who was killed with Mayor George Moscone on Nov. 27, 1978. 88 min. Video/C 1009 Tom Chomont. A compilation of four films by this filmmaker: Jabbok, the Heavens, Razor Head, and The Bath. 17 min. Video/C 2692 Tongues Untied. A Film by Marlon Riggs. Derogatory accusations, judgments, and jokes in our culture are met head-on by this video about black, male, and gay identity. Poetry, personal testimony, and drama unite to oppose the homophobia and racism that attempt to split a person into opposing loyalties. 55 min. Video/C 1783 The Videos of Sadie Benning. Eighteen-years-old Sadie Benning recorded thoughts and images of her nascent lesbianism with the help of a Fisher Price Pixelvision camera. 86 min. Video/C 2749:1-2 Vocation. Directed by Jerry Tartaglia, pastoral hymn to the god Pan, which was filmed at the Short Mountain Collective in Tennessee. Video/C 3249 War on Lesbians. A witty critique of the lack of positive images of lesbians, and a satire of talk show television and radio self-help programs. The video reveals how far many of the myths about lesbians are from the truth. 32 min. On Order We Are Family. Takes a look at what life is really like in homosexual families, with the focus on parenting and the well being of the children. 57 min. Video/C 3310 Women Like Us. Sixteen lesbians, ranging in age from 50 to 80, from diverse backgrounds, tell about their experiences as gay women. 49 min. On Order Who Happen to be Gay. Six professionals discuss their decisions to lead openly gay lives and how this has affected their relationships with family, friends and colleagues. 23 min. Video/C 265 Word is Out. Interviews with men and women of all ages and cultures who are members of America's gay communities. 130 min. Video/C 2848 General Videos on Aids AIDS: The Global Challenge ( CNN World Report; no. 59) (1988). Reports from around the world about the fight against AIDS, who is most at risk, what is being done to protect them, latest research and treatment, education and prevention efforts. Video/C 1404:1-2 AIDS: The Human Response (1989). Health professionals discuss practical, emotional and spiritual responses to the AIDS crisis. Video/C 2233 AIDS: Tracking the Mystery (1984). The discovery of the HTLV3 virus now known to cause AIDS is documented through interviews and laboratory film footage. Emphasis is placed on progress in diagnosing, in developing reliable tests, and in allaying public fears that AIDS may be easily transmitted to the general population. 26 min. Video/C 760 AIDS, What Everyone Needs to Know (1986). A factual presentation on the current state of knowledge of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, with discussions by Doctors Michael Gottlieb and Peter Wolfe, and interviews with victims of the disease. 18 min. Video/C 984 Can AIDS Be Stopped? (Nova series) (1986). Discusses the disease, AIDS. Explains how the retrovirus HTLV III works to destroy the body's immunity. Discusses how the disease AIDS is transmitted, research regarding the disease, and ways to prevent it. 58 min. Video/C 1356 FOR INTERNATIONAL CINEMA WORKS WITH GAY THEMES OR CENTRAL CHARACTERS (e.g. Kiss of the Spider Woman, Boys in the Band, Maedchen in Uniform, La Cage Aux Folles, Taxi Zum Klo, etc.) SEE MRC'S MOVIES LIST.