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History of the Queer Liberation Movement

History of the Queer Liberation Movement

OVID stands in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community. This collection features films exploring the early fight for LGBTQ+ rights in America, from Stonewall to the AIDS crisis, and the brave people who fought for queer liberation.

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History of the Queer Liberation Movement
  • Before Stonewall: Restored Edition

    Directed by Directed by Greta Schiller; Co-Directed by Robert Rosenberg • Documentary • With Rita Mae Brown, Ann Bannon, Martin Duberman, Allen Ginsberg, Dr. Evelyn Hooker, Audre Lorde, Harry Hay • 1984 • 87 minutes

    In 1969 the police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's Greenw...

  • After Stonewall

    Directed by John Scagliotti • Documentary • With Melissa Etheridge, Mike Carney, Barney Frank, Dorothy Allison, Peter Tatchell, Barbara Gittings, Karla Jay • 1999 • 88 minutes

    In 1969 the police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village, leading to three nights of ...

  • 50 Years of Fabulous

    Directed by Jethro Patalinghug • Documentary • 2019 • 82 minutes

    50 Years of Fabulous recounts the rich history of the Imperial Council, the oldest LGBT charity organization in the world. Founded in San Francisco by renowned activist, drag queen and performer Jose Sarria (the first openly gay ma...

  • 575 Castro St.

    Directed by Jenni Olson • Documentary • With Harvey Milk • 2008 • 7 minutes

    575 Castro St. reveals the play of light and shadow upon the walls of the Castro Camera Store set for Gus Van Sant's Oscar-winning feature film Milk. These mundane shots are almost bereft of movement and sound. So quiet,...

  • Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker

    Directed by Richard Schmiechen • Documentary • With Patrick Stewart • 1991 • 75 minutes

    Academy Award-winning director Richard Schmiechen (The Times of Harvey Milk) vividly portrays the life and work of a woman who changed both the medical community and society in Changing Our Minds: The Story o...

  • Gay USA

    Directed by Arthur J. Bressan, Jr. • Documentary • 1977 • 72 minutes

    Beautifully restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive in collaboration with Frameline and Outfest, Gay USA is the first American feature-length documentary by and about LGBTQ+ people. Director Arthur J. Bressan, Jr. (best ...

  • A Simple Matter of Justice

    Directed by JEB (Joan E. Biren) • Documentary • 1993 • 56 minutes

    A powerful and moving piece documenting the LGBTQ+ movement for equality in the early 1990s, A Simple Matter of Justice: The 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation expresses all the emotions o...

  • Stonewall

    Directed by Mathilde Fassin • Documentary • 2020 • 52 minutes

    Whether in NYC or in Paris, every year in June, the Gay Pride parade is a wild party, where music resonates, floats roll by and glitter is thrown every which way. It hasn’t always been like this. While 2020 marks the fiftieth annivers...

  • Voices from the Front

    Directed by Testing the Limits • Documentary • 1991 • 90 minutes

    In New York City, a distraught activist confronts the mayor with a story of a friend who languished on a cot in an emergency room hallway for nine days, only to die 48 hours after leaving the hospital. In 1988, thousands of activis...

  • Thanks to Hank

    Directed by Bob Ostertag • Documentary • 2019 • 81 minutes

    Thanks to Hank is the inspirational story of Hank Wilson, a true unsung hero of the gay liberation movement and the AIDS epidemic which followed, who lead a life of such extraordinary humility and compassion that it will inspire people f...

  • Vito

    Directed by Jefffrey Schwarz • Documentary • With Vito Russo, Lily Tomlin, Larry Kramer, Charles Russo, Armistad Maupin, Phyllis Antonellis, Michael Schiavi, Arnie Kantrowitz, Bruce Vilanch • 2011 • 93 minutes

    On June 27, 1969, a police raid on a Greenwich Village gay bar took a surprising turn ...