Spadola, Meema

1999

"Our House" is a frank exploration of what it means to grow up with gay or lesbian parents.

Being queer doesn't exclude the possibility of raising a family of our own. However, we may not be aware of what it's like to be the child of a queer parent. Before visiting the sperm bank or adoption agency, prospective lesbian moms and gay dads should spend time with the families in OUR HOUSE, a frank new documentary about the children of gay and lesbian parents. From lesbian couples to single gay dads, from rural roads to the big city, director Meema Spadola found five very different families across the country to share their experiences, mostly from the children's perspectives. They discuss their fears and concerns, such as the teen angst of guilt by association and the peculiarities of gay life ("P-town again?" is one girl's response to her family's vacation plans). But, they display deep empathy for their parents' lives, since they too must come out — as the child of a gay or lesbian.The only qualitative difference between these queer families and most others is a lack of concern for being normal. What matters most in these chosen families are the mutual love, respect, and support that a family should provide.

Newman, Suzanne

1999

Brautman, Jen

1999

Onion SKin is a surreal story of one woman's struggle to come to terms with the gender confusion of her childhood.

Crouch, Catherine

1999

Dramatic comedy about a rambunctious 8-year-old tomboy living in South Carolina in 1969 who is taught by her parents that she can do anything she wants.

Wenczel, Sabine

1999

A short video about cooking and seductive pleasure.

Wilkins, Diane

1999

This video satirizes views on lesbianism held by many health experts in the 1950s.

Camarda, George

1999

Eddie, a young photographer, adjusts to life following his lover's death from AIDS. He is despondent and scared to uncover his own status, but forced to face reality when he learns that his lesbian best friend has chosen someone else to be the father of her child.

Reding, Dominik

1999

Janosch leaves his home at the lake of Constnce and travels to Dormund, meeting his old friend and skinhead, Koma

No doubt about it, the life of a German skinhead can be dangerous and self-destructive. But for an aimless young man like Janosch, it is also undeniably seductive – especially as embodied by the charis-matic Koma.  Janosch admires Koma – an old school chum who brags that he is neither right wing nor left wing, just 100% skinhead – for many reasons. He’s tall, strong and knows kick-boxing. Most of all, he had the balls to leave the quiet country town they grew up in far behind. Koma likes Janosch, too, if only because Janosch’s admiration makes him feel important. So, when Janosch gets kicked out of school, it’s only a matter of time before he and Koma are living together, working in the same brewery and sharing the skinhead lifestyle. Soon they both have pregnant girlfriends, too. But a chance encounter at a tattoo parlor leads to unexpected conflict. Zottel is no skinhead – just a drunk, stoned, filthy, fire-breathing gay anarchist – and Janosch has never seen anything like him. Unfortunately, Koma is convinced that Zottel is the one who burned down his hideout in an abandoned quarry, and he wants revenge. By the time Janosch realizes just what Zottel means to him, it is too late to divert Koma’s murderous rage – or to have a happy ending.

Murnberger, Wolfgang

1999

Lee, Paul

1999

Relationship between a Japanese monk and a young novice.