Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

Synopsis

A chronological look at films by, for, or about gays and lesbians in the United States, from 1947 to 2005, Kenneth Anger's "Fireworks" to "Brokeback Mountain". Talking heads, anchored by critic and scholar B. Ruby Rich, are interspersed with an advancing timeline and with clips from two dozen films. The narrative groups the pictures around various firsts, movements, and triumphs: experimental films, indie films, sex on screen, outlaw culture and bad guys, lesbian lovers, films about AIDS and dying, emergence of romantic comedy, transgender films, films about diversity and various cultures, documentaries and then mainstream Hollywood drama. What might come next?

Main Cast

B. Ruby Rich

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 6%

John Waters

Self

Age : 78 | Popularity : 100%

Jane Lynch

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 77%

Alan Cumming

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 100%

Heather Matarazzo

Self

Age : 42 | Popularity : 87%

Todd Haynes

Self

Age : 63 | Popularity : 53%

Christine Vachon

Self

Age : 62 | Popularity : 38%

John Cameron Mitchell

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 48%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Lesli Klainberg Lisa Ades
Editing	Editor	Rachel Reichman
Production	Producer	Lisa Ades Lesli Klainberg
Camera	Director of Photography	John Pirozzi Ruben O'Malley
Sound	Original Music Composer	Billy Porter Ari Gold
Department	Role	Name

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