Mignatti, Victor

1997

Three NYU grads cross that precarious threshold into adulthood in this celebration of cock-eyed optimism, wonder and possibility.

Broadway Damage is Victor Mignatti’s antidote to cynicism, a valentine to New York City and the dreamers who still believe in the magic of the grand romantic gesture. Marc and Robert are best friends who share a love of Broadway musicals. Robert dreams of writing the next West Side Story and settling down with actor Marc who, aside from being a hopeless romantic, only goes out with guys who are a perfect “10.” Unfortunately, Robert isn’t. As Marc struggles to land his first acting job, his roommate Cynthia (Mara Hobel, who played the young Christina in Mommie Dearest) blithely spends her days shopping on Daddy’s credit cards and plotting to get a fantasy job with magazine editor Tina Brown. Agendas collide when Marc falls for David (Hugh Panaro), a handsome pop star wannabe. Everyone’s dreams threaten to unravel when they discover that David has more than a few skeletons in his closet and that Cynthia is on the verge of a nervous breakdown and may be wanted by the FBI. Broadway Damage is a funny, often bittersweet celebration of cock-eyed optimism, wonder and possibility.

1997

Devine, Siobhan

1997

And that burning question – is he or isn’t he? – keeps a poor cat from getting fed in Breakfast With Gus.

Muska, Susan
Olafsdottir, Greta

1997

The Brandon Teena Story is a documentary about the end of the troubled life of a young woman attempting to pass as a man in rural Nebraska.

Kennerley, Annette

1997

Transgender tapes --- three interviews in San Francisco and Sydney. In Boys In The Backyard local tranny boys Matt and Jo sit together in their backyard and talk about their daddy/boy relationship, transgender life, love, tattoos and tomato plants.

Fockele, Jorg

1997

Butch Queens, Drag Kings, Femme Queens and Realness: What makes a boy a boy, what a girl a girl?

Broussard, Rene

1997

An appropriated video diary exploring the artist's childhood and masturbatory fantasy world — being the "fat kid."

Boy With a Bugle, the second installment of The Fat Boy Chronicles, is director René Broussard's film about his childhood and his masturbatory fantasy world, as inspired by the musical Mame. Using actual archival footage of eroticized fat little boys, Boy With a Bugle traces the events which led to Broussard's self-proclaimed "acceptance of my body...small blue penis... fat...and all!"

Cuthand, Thirza Jean

1997

A disenchanted lesbian attempts to become bisexual with k.d. lang's ominous presence on CBC television casting a sordid pall on the situation.

1997

Harvey, Alex

1997

the story of one of the most significant and controversial pieces of Britain's post-war social legislation: the Sexual Offences Act, which in 1967 partially decriminalized sexual behaviour between consenting males over 21.

Marking the 30th anniversary of the Sexual Offenses Act of 1967, A Bill Called William presents for the first time the story of one of the most significant and controversial pieces of Britain's post-war social legislation. The Act, which decriminalized sexual behavior between consenting adult males over 21, was preceded by a fierce two year political battle which raged, not only in Parliament, but also in the press and across the whole country. Among the old cotton mills of Manchester, there has sprung a new "gay village", an alternative place to call home for thousands of British lesbians and gay men. Village Voices chronicles the development of this vibrant urban community, which has spawned numerous clubs, restaurants and shops as well as a community center offering much-needed services to a growing gay population. But this is more than just a gay chamber of commerce travelogue: Village Voices also takes a critical look at the insular effect of creating a neighborhood that caters exclusively to one segment of a city's inhabitants.