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.

Katsapetses, Nicholas

1995

Get Over It is an insightful caustic comedy about a group of handsome but emotionally selfish young gay men and their highly dysfunctional sexual entanglements. When Steven (Tony Morgan) is unceremoniously dumped by his boyfriend Derek (Nicholas Katsapetses), his best friend Pam (Deborah Cordell) in a well-intentioned but misguided attempt to coax him out of depression, invites all their friends up from L.A. The group is made up of supposedly straight Spencer (Christian Canterbury) who has read somewhere that to be fully in touch with his sexuality, a man must exercise his sphincter muscle to its full extent; his exasperated wife; Christine and Sarah, a lesbian couple who are joined at the clit and who never argue; and Robert, who brings his beautiful but bratty eighteen-year-old boyfriend Michael. Constantly swapping partners, the boys can't seem to stop arguing among themselves. Quickly fed up, the women ditch them and drive back to L.A. leaving the boys to untangle their own mess. Meanwhile, Steven is left feeling even more down in the dumps.

Velasquez, Elaine

1995

Gay Lives and Culture Wars was created to battle the antigay propaganda being produced by the religious right. This challenging video focuses on gay youth and their families as they confront Oregon's controversial antigay measures of 1994.

de, Sonja

1995

Gay Cuba takes a candid look at one of Cuba’s most controversial human rights issues: the treatment of gay and lesbian people since the Cuban Revolution of 1959. This one-hour documentary takes the viewer through three decades of conflict and transformation, providing insight into Cuban culture and society rarely seen. With a dynamic cast of characters, including a radio show host, a union leader, a drag queen, and a musician, Gay Cuba takes us through the personal experiences of family, society, political institutions and culture. Gay and lesbian Cubans tell their stories of police harassment and gay-positive psychologists, accounts of expulsion from political organizations and election to political leadership. Gay Cuba demonstrates the sometimes contradictory and always changing reality in a society that considers itself to be “in the 36th year of Revolution.”