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Director: Mosbacher, Dee
Year: 1994
Synopsis: This Academy Award–nominated documentary was made in an effort to reach out to a broad audience and teach them tolerance and understanding. Parents give moving accounts of their struggles with their own homophobia and how they eventually came to accept their lesbian and gay children.

Director: B, Hima
Year: 1994
Synopsis: It's estimated that up to 10 percent of women engage in some form of sex work at some point in their lives. In this unique San Francisco portrait, video maker Hima B. interviews eight lesbian and bisexual women—lap-dancers and peep-show dancers in strip clubs—who talk about their motivations, aspirations, and identities as queer women whose jobs make them "straight for the money." Bold and articulate, the women discuss the impact of sex work on their personal lives, the feminist politics of sex work, and the need for broader understanding of a greatly stigmatized and stereotyped occupation.This sex-positive documentary also incorporates fascinating archival footage and interviews with sexperts Annie Sprinkle, Carol Queen, and Joan Nestle.

Director: Binninger, John
Year: 1994
Synopsis: The Straight Agenda counters the right-wing hate video The Gay Agenda, with Craig Chester as the Former Straight Male and Suzy Berger as the Former Straight Female.

Director: Sharif, Rif
Year: 1994
Synopsis: The Story So Far is a smart and sexy comedy with a brilliant edge of social conscience. It's a lesbian Lavender Hill Mob from British codirectors Noski Deville and Rif Sharif. You're in for loads of fun and excitement when a group of black dykes stumble onto a jewel robbery.

Director: Ataman, Kutlug
Year: 1994
Synopsis: A documentary on the Gay Games IV and the 25th anniversary of the Stonewell riot, filmed entirely in New York in June 1994. Providing a comprehensive presentation of the games and various demonstrations that took place during that week, Spikes and Heels deals with homophobia, AIDS, and gay and lesbian identity in the ‘90s.

Director: Mifsud, John
Year: 1994
Synopsis: A series of intimate portraits of Gay & Lesbian youth with diverse backgrounds facing serious issues.

Director: Cairns, Glen
Year: 1994
Synopsis: When Buddy's best friend and lover, Sparky, is hospitalized with AIDS, Buddy is faced with a crisis of identity. Eventually love and eroticism bring comfort where medicine and clinical care fail. The film explores the boundaries of love, loss, and redemption in the age of AIDS.Also produced by Allan Magee.