Lombardi, Francisco J.

1998

Balass, Joe

1998

Barassat, Philippe

1998

My Pal Rachid has something that would attract any budding queer’s attention.

Salinaro, Steve

1998

Young Man is confronted with truth by ex-therapist.

Portes, Gil M.

1998

A film that "Variety" called a "bright, humanist pic" and lauded for its "appealing sense of twisted satire...sweet temper and entertaining ingenuousness," Miguel/Michelle is a story about expectations, revelations and the special surprise one Filipino boy has in store for friends and family waiting for him back in his home town. "Earn and save lots of dollars…and marry an American, so we can have blonde grandchildren…" These were just some of the last-minute words of advice Miguel received as he prepared to board a plane in Manila, bound for the United States. An outstanding student in his hometown, Miguel was loved by almost everyone. Many mothers hoped he would be their son-in-law. His proud father saw him as a son who would perpetuate the family name. Now, five years later, this favorite son is back. But after some unexpected surgery in the states, Miguel is now Michelle. Her arrival turns the quiet town upside down. Before the uproar subsides, the citizens are forced to re-examine long unquestioned values regarding morality, gender, family and even religious prejudice. Showing with the short film, Ramon, a portrait of a young Filipino American who, after coming out to his homophobic co-worker, gains a new outlook on life.

Wentzy, James

1998

Police violence broke out for the political funeral demonstration held in NYC for Matthew Shepard. James Wentzy of DIVA TV (Damned Interfering Video Activists) documents the police violence that broke out during the political funeral held in NYC in Matthew Shepard Political Funeral.

Kennerley, Annette

1998

Matt continues a conversation that began five years ago with a young FTM just beginning his journey

Lee, Melissa

1998

A moving story about the rape and bashing of a Sydney lesbian called Mary and her subsequent self-empowerment by converting the attack into positive action.

Turning outrage into action is the theme of this anti-violence documentary from Down Under. In 1996, Mary, a young lesbian mother, was brutally beaten and raped as she left a popular gay nightspot in South Sydney. Within weeks of being bashed, Mary was speaking out publically as a survivor of misogynistic and homophobic violence. Her courageous determination to resist vicimization inspired a group of volunteers to reclaim the Floods Lane, where the attack occurred, as queer space. So they renamed the street Mary's Place and began redecorating. The addition of new street lighting, landscaping, and vibrant public art became not only a means of making one particular street safer, but also of doing outreach and education about violent heterosexism. Mary's Place called attention to the importance of urban design and architecture for violence prevention, and became an important focus of community organizing. Mary's outspokenness helped bring together the South Sydney Council, the Lesbian and Gay Anti-Violence Project, local businesses, and area residents for the common goal of eradicating the kind of abuse she suffered.

Wright, Annie

1998

The true story of 11-year-old Mary Bell who killed two small boys in England in 1968.

Schiller, Greta

1998

In 1962 Nelson Mandela traveled incogito, as a chauffeur, across South Africa organizing armed rebellion against the apartheid regime. This is the story of the man he was supposed to be driving, Cecil Williams a gay man.

South Africa, 1962. An African man known to white police only as "The Black Pimpernel" cris-crosses the country organizing armed rebellion against the apartheid regime. To avoid capture, he disguises himself as the chauffeur of a well-dressed white man traveling in a gleaming Austin Westminster. Eventually exposed and arrested, the "chauffeur" is revealed to be Nelson Mandela. History records what happened to him next. But what happened to his white companion? The Man Who Drove With Mandela reveals the fate of this unsung hero of South Africa's liberation struggle, and uncovers his surprising identity as a prominent theater director, committed freedom fighter and gay man. His name was Cecil Williams. In The Man Who Drove With Mandela, Williams’ story is told through a medley of documentary and fiction styles. Powerful interviews with friends and comrades (including Mandela), rare home-movies of gay life and the freedom struggle in the 1950s, newsreels and propaganda films bring the era to life. Williams’ own thoughts about the struggle and his life as a gay man are revealed in a series of monologues based on Williams' writings, performed by acclaimed actor Corin Redgrave. Today Williams’ "chauffeur" is President of a democratic South Africa, the first country in the world to give homosexuals constitutional protection from discrimination. Could this be Cecil Williams’ legacy to the country he loved?