Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (2006)

Documentary

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?

Updated May 10 2020

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2006-01-01

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FACTS

Runtime: 82 mins Rating: 6.5 Tag Line: Documents the history of gays and lesbians in Hollywood films.

Cast

Julianne Moore

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Ian McKellen

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Ang Lee

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Heath Ledger

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Christine Vachon

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Donna Deitch

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Gus Van Sant

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John Waters

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