Speck, Wieland

1989

Bociurkiw, Marusia

1989

Night Visions is an hour-long drama dealing with issues of lesbianism and race within the context of an urban community of women fighting for its survival. The story draws from actual events, legal battles, custody cases, and actions that have occurred in Canada during the last decade. These struggles are humanized through the simultaneous depiction of passionate relationships among these women—political, sexual, humorous, seriousˆexisting amid the political turmoil of the community. A Native single mother (Nea) is fighting a child custody battle, pitted against the Children's Aid and her white ex-husband. A lesbian photographer (Morgan) has her erotic photographs seized by the police. The two women meet through a mutual friend (Helena), a feminist activist who encourages them to find common cause. But cultural difference and racism intervene; contact with Morgan and her friends complicates Nea's life to the point of crisis; the narratives end separately. "Hope lies in what we do amongst ourselves, the messages we send to one another in the night," says Nea to Helena. "You have your struggle, and I have mine." In a “night” of state repression and systemic racism and homophobia, the vision of community and common cause appears and disappears like a dream.

Huestis, Marc

1989

Men In Love begins in San Francisco at a memorial service for Victor Charpier, a beloved teacher who has just died from AIDS. Among the many left in his wake is Steve, a young man in his late twenties who was one of Victor's primary caretakers in the final months. Victor has requested that Steven scatter his ashes on Maui in Hawaii, so Steven travels there. On the island he meets an extraordinary community of people who are striving to lead their lives in a balanced and harmonious way. Far away from his own urban world, Steven is able to step back and take a look at the crucial issues in his life. He falls in love with Peter, a native Hawaiian. Steven is slowly transformed by his experiences on Maui. With Peter, Steven finds ways he can practice safe sex and be fulfilled. Through the practice of Tantra yoga, he also learns how to be in touch with his own feelings and to increase his awareness of others, as well as the world around him.Men In Love was later transferred to film and released in cities throughout the United States.

Huestis, Marc

1989

Men In Love begins in San Francisco at a memorial service for Victor Charpier, a beloved teacher who has just died from AIDS. Among the many left in his wake is Steve, a young man in his late twenties who was one of Victor's primary caretakers in the final months. Victor has requested that Steven scatter his ashes on Maui in Hawaii, so Steven travels there. On the island he meets an extraordinary community of people who are striving to lead their lives in a balanced and harmonious way. Far away from his own urban world, Steven is able to step back and take a look at the crucial issues in his life. He falls in love with Peter, a native Hawaiian. Steven is slowly transformed by his experiences on Maui. With Peter, Steven finds ways he can practice safe sex and be fulfilled. Through the practice of Tantra yoga, he also learns how to be in touch with his own feelings and to increase his awareness of others, as well as the world around him.Men In Love was later transferred to film and released in cities throughout the United States.

Huestis, Marc

1989

Men In Love begins in San Francisco at a memorial service for Victor Charpier, a beloved teacher who has just died from AIDS. Among the many left in his wake is Steve, a young man in his late twenties who was one of Victor's primary caretakers in the final months. Victor has requested that Steven scatter his ashes on Maui in Hawaii, so Steven travels there. On the island he meets an extraordinary community of people who are striving to lead their lives in a balanced and harmonious way. Far away from his own urban world, Steven is able to step back and take a look at the crucial issues in his life. He falls in love with Peter, a native Hawaiian. Steven is slowly transformed by his experiences on Maui. With Peter, Steven finds ways he can practice safe sex and be fulfilled. Through the practice of Tantra yoga, he also learns how to be in touch with his own feelings and to increase his awareness of others, as well as the world around him. Men In Love was later transferred to film and released in cities throughout the United States.

Julien, Isaac

1989

[From IMDB]: "A black and white, fantasy-like recreation of high-society gay men during the Harlem Renaissance, with archival footage and photographs intercut with a story. A wake is going on, with mourners gathered around a coffin. Downstairs is an elegant bar where tuxedoed men dance and talk. One of them has a dream in which he comes upon Beauty, who seems to reject him, although when he awakes, Beauty is sleeping beside him. His story and his visits to the jazz and dance club are framed by voices reading from the poetry and essays of Hughes and others. The text is rarely explicit, but the freedom of gay Black men in the 1920s in Harlem is suggested and celebrated visually."

Furneaux-Cook, Lesley

1989

A short story about love, loneliness, and meteorology. Lois is depressed and despairs of finding a meaningful relationship in the big city. When she moves into an all-women household on the wrong side of town, there's stormy weather ahead.Life on Earth is smart and stylish—a new benchmark for lesbian filmmaking that manages to be both humorous and lyrical about coming out.

Saalfield, Catherine

1989

Simply stated, Arroe is a black fashion model, a lesbian, who deals with issues of racism in an industry that is intolerant of variation from either the passive Anglo ideal, or that of the exoticized, primitivized woman of color. There is nothing simple about Catherine Saalfield's Infidel, however, as the film uncovers and repositions layers of myth about female beauty, the function of racism in standardizing our ideals, and the necessity oof female self-consciousness in a scheme that demands both conformity and uniqueness. Partly autobiographical, partly extracted from collective experience, this jumpy, tightly crafted narrative reconstructs the process behind the formulation of self-image.

Saalfield, Catherine

1989

Simply stated, Arroe is a black fashion model, a lesbian, who deals with issues of racism in an industry that is intolerant of variation from either the passive Anglo ideal, or that of the exoticized, primitivized woman of color. There is nothing simple about Catherine Saalfield's Infidel, however, as the film uncovers and repositions layers of myth about female beauty, the function of racism in standardizing our ideals, and the necessity oof female self-consciousness in a scheme that demands both conformity and uniqueness. Partly autobiographical, partly extracted from collective experience, this jumpy, tightly crafted narrative reconstructs the process behind the formulation of self-image.

1989

Honored by the Moon was almost entirely produced at a conference for American Indian gays, lesbians, their friends, and supporters; it tells personal stories of what it means to be lesbian and gay—from a Native American perspective.