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The adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the desert: Written and directed by Stephan Elliott

Two drag-queens and a transsexual contract to perform a drag show at a resort town in the remote Australian desert.

DVD F ADVE 2000
Agnes & his brothers: Produced by Stefan Arndt; written and directed by Oskar Roehler

Agnes and her two brothers have very little in common other than their father who is driving them all crazy. German with English subtitles.

GERMAN DVD F AGNE
Boys don't cry: Directed by Kimberly Peirce

Fictionalized account of the Brandon Teena story.

DVD F BOYS 2000
Breakfast on Pluto: Written by Neil Jordan and Patrick McCabe; produced by Allan Moloney, Neil Jordan & Stephen Woolley; directed by Neil Jordan

Based on the novel of the same title, by Patrick McCabe. Irish foster kid makes it big as a transvestite performer in London.

DVD F BREA
La cage aux folles: Directed by Eduoard Molinaro

At their son’s request, a gay couple pretends to be a straight couple when meeting their prospective in-laws. Soundtrack in French or English; subtitles in English, French or Spanish.

FRENCH DVD F CAGE
The crying game: Directed and written by Neil Jordan

In an attempt to sever his ties with the Irish Republican Army, Fergus goes to London and forms a relationship with the transvestite lover of a British soldier he was forced to kill.

DVD F CRYI
Dog day afternoon: Directed by Sidney Lumet

Inept bank robbers, needing money to buy one a sex-change operation, turn a simple heist into a media circus.

DVD F DOG
Hedwig and the angry inch: Written and directed by John Cameron Mitchell

The tale of a flamboyant transgender German rock-diva seeking love and stardom in her new home in a trailer park in Kansas.

DVD F HEDW 2001
In Einem Jahr mit 13 Monden/In a Year with 13 Moons: A film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

German with English subtitles. A young German man has sex change surgery and finds a new outlook on life.

GERMAN DVD F IN 2004
Myra Breckinridge: Produced by Robert Fryer; directed by Michael Sarne

Based on the book, the story of transsexual Myra Breckinridge’s quest for fame and fortune.

DVD F MYRA 2003
Orlando: Produced by Christopher Sheppard; written and directed by Sally Potter

Based on the novel by Virginia Woolf, this is the story of a young nobleman whose life covers centuries and genders.

DVD F ORLA
Peking Opera blues: Co-produced & directed by Tsui Hark

Cantonese and Mandarin, with English subtitles. Three women posing as male opera singers attempt to foil a plot in 1920’s China.

CHINESE VIDEO F PEKI
Tipping the velvet: Produced by Georgina Lowe; directed by Geoffrey Sax

Based on the book, the story of Nancy Astley’s passion for the cross-dressing performer Kitty Butler, which turns her life upside down.

DVD F TIPP 2004
Transamerica: Produced by Rene Bastian, Sebastian Dungan & Linda Moran; written and directed by Duncan Tucker

Bree, a pre-op, MTF transsexual must build a relationship with a teenaged son she never knew she had.

DVD F TRAN
20 centimeters: A film by Ramón Salazar; Sogepaq

A transsexual woman longs for her final surgery. Spanish with English subtitles.

SPANISH DVD F TWEN