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- A well known actor comes to off-season Capri to unwind and meets a teenaged boy. The attraction is immediate and mutual but before their relationship can get off the ground, an alluring woman with a spontaneous sexuality and care free attitude joins the triangle and the boy is slowly pushed out of the picture.
- Its the 1960s at the University of Toronto. Doug is a well-liked senior with an equally popular girlfriend. Peter is a shy freshman, and new to the big city. Peter and Doug become best friends and soon start going to concerts, drinking, and playing in the snow together. When Doug brings Peter to a steam bath and washes his back, the friendship seems headed to a whole new level, at least in Doug's mind. But when Peter emerges from a party after having sex with a co-ed, things get even more complicated...
- Black gay prostitute Jason Holliday is rigorously interviewed on his story and character, revealing nuanced truths about life and art.
- A shy young man is hired by an ad agency to conduct a survey on sex in Australia. The somewhat clueless young man investigates homosexuality, transvestites, prostitution, and strip clubs along with every other variant on the "norm". While doing his interviews he meets celebrities, self proclaimed sex experts, prostitutes, female impersonators, pop stars, actors, and legislators as well as self appointed morals guardians.
- A dramatic expose of the lives of a group of gays who meet in a New York City bar on Christmas Eve.
- A closeted banker, middle-aged and successful, falls madly in love with a poor but handsome 18-year-old student with devastating consequences for the young man. An updating of Death in Venice.
- Sex and politics collide in this tale of forbidden love, blackmail and murder. Set up by the secret police to compromise a prominent politician, a teenage hustler discovers himself passionately in love with the man he must betray.
- The relationship betwee two best friends from the outskirt of Madrid. When one of them gets the other one's sister pregnant they have to find a way to pay an abortion in order to avoid a conflict with their parents.
- Pino comes to the big city from his village and quickly falls in with the wrong element. Turning to prostitution to support himself, he quickly becomes in petty crime and drugs dealing. When he meets a gay artist he may have a chance at changing his life. Will he?
- Opening at the funeral mass for Mikel, we flashback to those that played a part in Mikel's life and death; his estranged wife, his traditional Basque mother, a female impersonator and friend to Mikel in his coming out, and even the local priest.
- Roberto separates from his wife and needs a place to stay. When he moves in with gay Marcelo, he is clueless about Marcello's sexuality and the two become close friends. One night after many drinks Roberto has sex with Marcelo and must confront his feelings and the potential ridicule of his family.
- Jim Black, a 37-year-old Canadian talks about the AIDS that is killing him. He talks about his life and his friends and how his brother's family has rejected him. Catherine Hunt is a Canadian woman whose brother is dying of AIDS. These personal stories are presented with excerpts from a series of performances by Canadian musicians and performance artists in order to give the viewer a bigger picture of the impact of this disease.
- Author, counselor and lecturer Brian McNaught speaks about being gay in a predominantly straight world. He discusses his own experiences of growing up gay in America and examines the strictures in the Bible that are frequently quoted regarding homosexuality and put a more realistic light on what was really being said.
- When 24 year old apiring actor Mathieu meets and falls for 39 year old Jean-Marc who has just ended a seven year relationship, things are not all roses. In addition to their age difference there's the matter of Mathieu's five year old son from a previous marriage.
- At 16, Tony is an English-speaking high-school drop-out in Montreal. In trouble with the law and at odds with his struggling single parent mother, Tony is sent to Juvie where he realizes that he's neither as tough or as disadvantaged as he thought. Then he comes home on a weekend pass only to find his younger brother following in his footsteps.
- Eight years after Taxi Zum Klo, Frank is still up his same old tricks. In fact, the hustler he brought home last night tied him up and robbed him. His mother is pressuring him to marry, and the girl he's been passing off to her as his girlfriend--has a thing for the same guy he does.
- Adapted from Yoram Kaniuk's best-selling novel, this heart-rending love story unfolds during the siege of Jerusalem in 1948. A young and beautiful volunteer nurse is drawn to the enigmatic Himmo, a mortally wounded and mutilated soldier who cannot speak or move.
- Not All Parents Are Straight examines the dynamics of the parent-child relationship, the emotional conflicts, legal issues, and social discrimination that families with gay and lesbian parents face. A feature-length documentary that chronicles the experiences of six families in which children are being raised by gay and lesbian parents. The program examines the dynamics of the parent-child relationship, the emotional conflicts for the children, legal custody problems, and the social discrimination that these families face.
- Tom comes to Toronto for a reading of his poetry. Tom's ex-lover Michael lives in Toronto but is now married. At Micheal's home, over dinner, surrounded by Michael's wife and dinner guests, the two men sing their secret thoughts to one another while the others continue to eat unawares.
- Tom of Finland's drawings have become icons in the gay community for their hyper-sexuality and exageration of all traits masculine. In this short documentary Tom himself (in voice over) describes his life and how he came to develop his own style of drawing. Included are many many samples of his work.
- Richard Fontaine and Bob Miser started the current exploration of the male nude in film and photography. The two shared ideas props and models and reinvented some of the sexual icons that we all still recognize today. The gladiator the sailor, the cowboy... Starting with posing-straps and graduating to nudes their "art studies" enlisted the talents of up-and-coming actors and bodybuilders. This film recalls that era.
- Two boys Michael and Joe become friends when Joe arrives at St. George's school in England as a refugee student. Both are Jewish but one has grown up in a middle class English home, while the other has grown up under the spectre of the growing Nazi movemement. Their friendship lasts beyond school when both find careers in film. When they both fall for the same girl they must decide if she is worth destroying their friendship over.
- In 1940's Madrid. Juan plays piano for Pepita and her on-stage partner Mario. Although Mario really wants to steal Juan for himself, Juan is not interested and Mario resorts to a string of lovers as consolation. When he loves (and leaves) a young nobleman, the young man wants revenge.
- Tony goes out for a few drinks when his lover, Steve goes on a business trip. Feeling lonely, he is picked up by another young man and they have semi-public sex only to be interrupted by gay-bashers. Although Tony is really hurt, he is more worried about how he'll explain this to Steve.
- In Native American culture homosexual men and women were accepted as being two-spirit people and were thought to have the power to bridge worlds between the present world and the spirit world. This documentary interviews present day lesbian and gay native Americans about their lives and the homphobia that they face.
- Native American ideas of gender and sexual orientation are more flexible than those of their European counterparts. This documentary explores the berdache tradition in Native American culture. The berdache are considered free to be part male and part female and play a role as guides between the physical and the spiritual.
- In 1959 Leo Mantha became the last man executed by hanging in British Columbia. He was convicted of murdering his lover on a naval base outside Victoria but the trial focused as much on the couple's relationship as on the facts of the crime.
- Documentary about living with AIDS. This "positive" film deals with how people are living with the virus. The film makers interviewed over 30 people from different backgrounds and different walks of life who were already participating in photographer Carolyn Jones' photographic and interview series about the subject. The film makers then attended the opening of Jones' photo exhibit at the World Trade Center. Included among the interviewees were people outside the New York City area including an HIV-positive policeman from Chicago and an an HIV-positive Eagle Scout from Washington, DC.
- Perry J. Watkins was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1968 and served 15 years reaching the rank of sergeant. He was also openly gay, even to the point of doing drag shows on base. He was discharged in 1982 but fought for reinstatement and the United States Supreme Court ruled in his favor. This is his story.
- A young Brazilian man attempts to flee his country by stowing away in the hold of an airplane. As he freezes to death, his dying memories of the sexual hypocrisies of his native land, interwoven with a tourist's impression of Brazil as an oversexed paradise, provide a somber look at one gay man's life.
- Roommates Scott, a gay lab technician, and Gwen, a lesbian artist/waiter, are spending a typical Sunday evening at home, except it is October 31, and there's a protest march that evening against gay bashing - and the boy from last night is calling for another date.
- After attending his 23rd funeral for a friend with AIDS, Troy and his friends hatch a plan to steal the HIV drugs that they need. One successful heist leads to another and another until they have so much inventory they decide to begin their own community distribution program.
- Simon Harvey was a gay man unable to reconcile his gay feelings with his strict christian upbringing. At the age of 26 he killed himself. Simon's father said "To discover my son was gay was as bad as losing him." This film depicts the last six months of his life and examines how religious belief can be used to justify social prejudice.
- A young man receives a letter informing him that one of his ex-lovers has tested HIV positive. In a panic, he takes the HIV test and, as he awaits the results, he tries to figure out who of the many lovers that he's had, male and female, might have been infected.
- After coming out as gay and HIV positive Michael Kearns hollywood career dried up. He then developed a one man play, Intimacies wherein he plays twelve PWA's (persons with AIDS) of various races and cultures. This is the story of the man, that play and what's coming next.
- Jackson's father died when Jackson was a boy, and his mother now shelters her son, not allowing anyone else into their lives. When Jackson discovers a world of men outside their mansion and starts dating a cute cop, he is forced to decide. Remain a protected child or accept the risks of the outside world and become a man.
- A typical couple celebrates their wedding anniversary in an atypical restaurant. After three men flirt with the husband and the wife becomes interested in a lesbian couple at another table, things happen which change the couple's relationship forever.
- Ko, a young gay writer living in Taipei has written a story about his homosexuality, and his teacher encourages him to enter it in a prestigious writing competition. Now Ko must decide whether to enter the competition or stay in the closet.
- A group of English gay men get together to reminisce. They are all coming from a wake for one of their circle who's died of AIDS. It's that terrifying time between the outbreak of AIDS and the development of an AIDS test and as the conversation unfolds it becomes apparent that each man there has had unprotected sex with the deceased.
- In the early 90's seventy youth from a Hollywood homeless shelter started a theatre project encouraging them to tell their stories.. The youth ran the gamut of racial, cultural and sexual identities. Only ten completed the project and became performers. This film documents the process. The resulting play, Friendly Fire, was performed at the prestigious Los Angeles Festival before going on to tour high schools throughout the city.
- A review of Great Britain's Sexual Offenses Act of 1967 on the 30th anniversary of its passage. The Act decriminalized sexual behavior between consenting adult males over 21 and was preceded by a fierce political battle in Parliament, in the press, and among the people.
- Londoner Clancy Self has everything, a successful TV cooking show, good looks, fame, and a beautiful girlfriend. Clancy also has Jamie a live in lover. When a dead body is found in Clancy's kitchen, Clancy also has one more thing... A BIG problem.
- Covers the history of more than three millenaries of ancient Egypt through the eyes of its most important and influential rulers.
- Christopher is a young dancer/prostitute. This film shows a week in his life. In addition to interviews with him about his clients and his methods there is footage of him with his clients. Christopher answers questions about his self image, his future plans and the realtionships that he's formed with some of these men.
- Manny, devout to his upbringing, is set to marry Rivka, the Rabbi's daughter. But Manny has a secret only Charlie, an openly gay man in an Orthodox Jewish family can understand.
- From a turn-of-the-century home to electricity and home appliances. The development of the automobiles and airplanes, radio and the other inventions of the 20th century through the Apollo moon landings and the development of personal computers and the world wide web.
- Gene Mikulenka is a cowboy who helps run the Texas and New Mexico Rodeo circuits in which he competes. He's also gay. This film explores his personality and motivations as well as how he manages in this ultra macho world while planning his proposal to his long term partner.
- Bob is a car nut who's oblivious to his wife Sue's need for some amorous action and Barry's (his gay neighbor) unrequited affections. When Sue mistakes the legs sticking out under her hubby's car for Bob's and decides to take action, who can tell where events will lead?
- Is three always a crowd? What if one daring woman afraid of being left behind by Mother Time sets out to seduce one handsome guy who without her knowledge is hiding an explosive secret in his closet? What if she succeeds and she ends up being knocked up by him? And what if she discovers that he is gay and that he has a live-in partner who is also gay? Can the three of them live in peace and harmony under one roof? Or will they be forever trapped inside the notion that three is always a crowd? A funny heart warming story about three extraordinary people and their extraordinary relationship.
- During the time of apartheid Nelson Mandela drove around South Africa in a limousine disguised as a chauffeur while organizing the armed struggle against the apartheid regime. But who was the distinguished looking white man sitting in the back seat? Meet Cecil Williams, an acclaimed gay white theatre director and communist.