Rebehy, Mario Alves

1995

An Italian officer gets caught in the schemes of a thief that will leave him changed forever.

Goldin, Nan

1995

The issue of sexual identity, gender, drug addiction, and AIDS are explored in this film as they directly touch our lives. I'll Be Your Mirror features David Armstrong, a photographer with whom I grew up and shared many of the most pivotal people and places in my life; Sharon Niesp, a R & B singer who was lovers with Cookie Mueller during the early years and later nursed her through her illness; Bruce Balboni, one of my oldest friends and a recovering junkie who is battling AIDS; and Gotscho, a body builder and sculptor from Paris who lost his lover Jules Dusein. Through all our experiences, my photography has served as a way to feel grounded in chaos, to pay homage to the beauty of my friends, and to keep the memory of the people I loved. More recently, these same pictures have become a chronicle of loss and have shown me how little photography can actually preserve. This film is a meditation on the medium of photography and nature of memory, as well as a document of one artist’s work. I'll Be Your Mirror also functions as the testimonial to the endurance of a community which is still being devastated by AIDS, but whose future continues to evolve.

Miller, Tanya
Julie Wyman

1995

Two desperately single dykes take to the streets on Christmas Eve to shop for that glittering and elusive Woman Of their Dreams (W.O.D.).

Staley, Samantha

1995

A silent film showing the struggle of a woman trying to overcome an abusive relationship.

Ne’Eman, Nir

1995

A young man in bed with his lover longs for his family in Home.

Reddy, Gita

1995

HINDUSTAN takes a cute little ditty by Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney and turns it on its colonialist head.

Thompson, Brett

1995

"My mind's in a muddle. Like a thick fog. I can't make sense to myself sometimes." -Ed Wood. This first feature-length documentary on Edward D. Wood, Jr. explores just who this man was. He made only five movies. Some say they weren't very good. But Ed Wood is more well known today than other, more famous filmmakers who were his contemporaries. His films are now very popular, and his work has been accorded a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. But who was Edward D. Wood, Jr.? Was he the World War II Marine and war hero who wore ladies' underwear at the Battle of Tarawa? Was he the dashing and handsome man who secretly was a transvestite, attracting the most beautiful starlets in Hollywood to be his lovers? Or was he the Orson Welles of low-budget filmmaking who discovered muscleman Steve Reeves and befriended Bela Lugosi, creating films for him when no one else would hire him? Perhaps no one else in the history of Hollywood has had their work so maligned and misunderstood. Finally, we hear those who worked with Wood to realize his vision, including Maila Nurmi ("Vampira"), Dolores Fuller, Paul Marco ("Kelton the Cop") and the Reverend Doctor Lynn Lemon.

Crickard, Paula

1995

This exciting new documentary takes a unique look at an Irish community once hidden by religious and traditional prejudices. Being gay in Ireland was once a crime, now Irish laws give gays and lesbians complete equality with heterosexuals. The Happy Gordons explores the reasons for this sudden change of heart. Three gay Irish emigrants living in New York recount their stories of why they left Ireland and why emigration is such a big part of the Irish culture. Humorous and innovative The Happy Gordons uses theater and music, exciting footage of Gay Pride marches in Dublin and Belfast, the St. Patrick's Day demo in New York, and lots of interesting interviews to keep those who watch it totally absorbed. For anyone who has an interest in the diversity of Irish culture, this must be the most compelling documentary to come from Northern Ireland, ever.

Fisher, Lisa

1995

Anonymous, Arena

1995

The animated short Green Pubes is a punk kid adventure with a surprise ending.