Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

Documents the history of gays and lesbians in Hollywood films.

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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?

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Cast

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B. Ruby Rich actor John Waters actor Jane Lynch actor Alan Cumming actor Heather Matarazzo actor

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Todd Haynes actor

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Christine Vachon actor John Cameron Mitchell actor

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Rose Troche actor Ang Lee actor

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Marga Gomez actor Gus Van Sant actor

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Guinevere Turner actor Dan Bucatinsky actor Angela Robinson actor Jonathan Caouette actor Jennie Livingston actor Ash Christian actor

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Nina Landey actor Peter Paige actor