Engberg, Mia

1997

The Stars We Are drops in on a group of gay skinheads in Sweden, with music from Coil, Meat Beat Manifesto and Marc Almond.

Austin, Todd

1997

It doesn't matter if we tell you that this British documentary is a politically-savvy look at free speech issues. It doesn't matter if we say that it's a smart riff on performance issues, both artistic and sexual. Nor does it matter if we note that it's a terrifically-edited, fascinating depiction of the relationships between straight and gay men and between gay men and each other. All we need to say is that A Star Is Porn is what you've always wanted to see: a behind-the-scenes look at the making of a porn film, specifically one of the first locally-produced porn films in the UK. The fact that it’s well-made just adds to the thrill of watching this funny and entertaining film. Did we mention the great game of partially-naked Twister?

Chung, Simon

1997

A day in the iife of two expat boys living in the seaside neighborhood of Stanley. Stanley Beloved looks at a mixed-race teenager coming out in Hong Kong.

Barker, Jewels

1997

Five gender-adventuring pals take a break from their backyard hommage to St. Pelagius to tell their own tales. Scheirl shows up as one of five gender adventurers in St. Pelagius The Penitent, a nicely art-directed bit of whimsy that uses the tribulations of an early Christian saint as a pretext for chatting about hormones and stuff with some transguys.

McGuinn, Patrick

1997

An homage to 1970's sexploitation, two gay men sunbathe and meet a teenage boy and his mother.

Chung, Nicole

1997

Girls who skate discover that space isn't the final frontier.

Some of the fiercest new videos these days are being made by and for young women. In this collection of shorts, girls speak out for themselves and express their hopes and fears around the complex issues they face being queer in a hostile world. In SPACEJAZZEROS, girls who skate discover that space isn’t the final frontier, and in TRESPASS, a girl must choose between finding love at a punk show, or her mom’s Avon party. UNTOUCHABLE explores the struggles between inter-generational partners and the powerlessness felt by youth, while FOUR THOUSAND YEARS OF LEAVING HOME uses biblical and contemporary narratives to explore the reality of leaving home.

Roecker, John

1997

An old fashioned lesbian love story with Exene and Stone Fox.

Amesen, Heidi

1997

Local Bay Area lesbian feature

Gee, Daven

1997

A portrait of a gay man’s father on the family farm based on a series of poems the filmmaker wrote about lessons learned about work.

Farrow, Jane

1997

What’s it like to be queer out in the “rural” world? In So Over the Rainbow, a post-modern dyke and fag take a road trip and gain a newfound respect for their community.