Deacon, Chris

1996

A trip to the grocery store offers new opportunities in Twisted Sheets.

Marks, Ross Kagan

1996

[From IMDB]: "When Suzanne Stein has a genetic analysis done on her unborn child, she discovers that although she has a healthy baby, the child will most likely be born gay, like her brother, David. She must decide whether to keep the child, or to have an abortion. Her family enters a crisis about love and acceptance as she makes this difficult choice. "

Praunheim, Rosa von

1996

In the autumn of 1995 Rosa von Praunheim shot a documentary that does what few such films are able to do: it explains and captivates. Not limited to a psychological exploration of gender dysphoria or an objectifying study of "freak" behavior, this film attempts to make the technical world of gender transitioning accessible to an audience that includes transgendered and non-transgendered people alike. In so doing, this documentary never sacrifices the integrity of its' subjects. Transgender queers describe the biological technicalities of gender transition and discuss the complex relationship between male-to-female and female-to-male queers. In the midst of these discussions, two very important events in transgender history take place: the Southern Comfort Conference for F-T-M's and Transgender Lobbying Day in DC. These public events don't just showcase transgenderism like talk shows do; they speak with a transgendered voice. Focused primarily in the US, the film features groups from the past decade such as the New York-based Transexual Menace who unapologetically seeks to make a visible image of women and men who are transexual by choice. Gone are the tragically afflicted men-to-women who mourn what they could have been had they been born in the "right" body. This documentary is about queers taking responsibility for their own happiness.

Bonder, Diane
Platt, Liss

1996

Tongue in Chic is a romp through the history of erotic representation and a satirical look at sexual imaging and imagining.

McKilligan, Bree

1996

A young woman in medieval times forms a relationship with an older woman, in an increasingly Christian world their liason must lead to tragedy.

The use of anachronisms in Till Human Voices Wake Us And We Drown, a beautifully art-directed film ostensibly set in medieval Europe, turns this story of persecuted pagan lovers into a timeless indictment of women's oppression.

Black, Julie X.
Leban, Lexi

1996

Parry, William

1996

River Phoenix as a gay icon.

Produced for broadcast in conjunction with the Channel Four co-production The Celluloid Closet, these four works examine the special relationships between two Hollywood stars, a collection of soulful singers and a British soap. Black Divas looks at how such singers as Diana Ross, Chaka Khan, Lena Horne and others reflect the gay experience. The Street looks at the quintessential English soap Coronation Street and tries to explain its huge gay fan base. A tribute to River Phoenix, This Road Will Never End features interviews with some of the key characters in the young star's life. Lastly, since she first hit cinema screens in a series of unconventional teenage roles, Jodie Foster has been adored by lesbians who identify with her tomboy traits and admire her consistently powerful portrayals. Pratibha Parmar's Jodie illuminates the Jodie phenomenon with interviews and a wonderful selection of scenes from Foster’s film career.

Summerville, Mark

1996

The story of two very different people brought together to form the most unlikely friendship.

Lagarde, Charlotte

1996

"Swell" is a documentary shot in Santa Cruz, CA featured are women longboard surfers whose ages span four generations. It’s a portrait of a community which embraces newcomers as well as oldtimers and comes together in a beautiful memorial to show respect to the friend they lost in the water.

Flanders, Ellen R.

1996

Ellen Flanders' film Surviving Memory explores a Jewish lesbian’s engagement with identity and loss through fragmented memory.