FAU Libraries Media Center - Videographies, Gays & Lesbians

VH 7072 '70's, The
Summary: Anchored by Peter Jennings of ABC News, volume 5, The 70's, looks at Approaching the Apocalypse [1971-1975]: The one bright spot of the 1970's was Nixon's opening of China to the West while the riots at Attica prison and Kent State University, the trauma of the war in Vietnam and the Watergate scandal, left Americans exhausted, embittered and disillusioned. Starting Over [1976-1980]: The women's and civil rights movements, begun decades earlier and as controversial as ever, continued to evolve during the nation's Bicentennial Period. 090 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMICS Series: THE CENTURY AMERICA'S TIME

VH 7122 Another Country
Summary: story recounts the events which affect Guy Bennett, a clever, hedonistic young man nearing the end of his final year in a prestigious English public school. His homosexuality and unwillingness to 'play the game' ruin his chances for a brilliant career in the diplomatic service and lead him ultimately to a lonely exile in the Soviet Union. 107 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: ED ADULT

VH 6820 Anti-Gay Hate Crimes
Summary: Examines the increase in anti-gay hate crimes. 050 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: CRIMINOLOGY Series: INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS

VH 4409 Ballot Measure 9
Summary: In Oregon's 1992 election, Ballot Measure 9 was proposed, an anti-gay initiative which would have denied civil rights to gay people. Director Heather MacDonald speaks to representatives from both sides. 072 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7444 Beautiful Thing
Summary: Motion picture is set in London's lower class suburbs. Story of a teenager who discovers that he's gay and his love for next door neighbor teenager. 090 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: DRAMA

VH 3726 Because This is About Love
Summary: This is a profile of five lesbian and gay couples from multicultural backgrounds who have made a life long commitment to each other by going through a marriage ceremony. Each couple tells their own story of how they met, who they decided to marry and how their family and friends responded. There are no parental pressures or societal advantages persuading these couples to wed. They do not share in one another's health insurance or retirement benefits, or file a joint tax return the way conventional couples do. Without legal status or religious sanction, they are validating their commitment to one another . 028 Min. VIDEO 1992

VH 0330 Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community
Summary: Featuring filmed recollections (by Allen Ginsberg, Audre Lorde, Martin Duberman, Smilie Hillaire, Barbara Gittings, Rev. Grant Gallup, and Ann Bannon, among others) and excerpts from silent films, newsreels and Hollywood musicals, "Before Stonewall" traces the social, political and cultural development of the gay and lesbian community, revealing the hidden story of a vital American subculture. 088 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: COMMUNICATION, U.S. HISTORY

VH 3318 Brincando El Charco
Summary: "Brincando El Charco" contemplates the notion of "identity" through the experiences of a Puerto Rican woman living in the U.S. In a mix of fiction, archival footage, processed interviews and soap opera drama, it tells the story of Claudia Marin, a middle class, light skinned Puerto Rican, lesbian photographer/videographer who is attempting to construct a sense of community in the U.S. Her struggles with issues of family, sexuality, creativity, identity and racism are interwoven with the stories of her interview subjects. 055 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 7441 Broken Hearts Club, The- A Romantic Comedy
Summary: Motion picture comedy of a "coming-of-age" storyline. 096 Min. VIDEO 2000 Subject: DRAMA

VH 4121 Castro, The
Summary: Now known internationally as the world's first "gay hometown, " San Francisco's Castro district was a quite, working class neighborhood of European immigrants only a few decades ago. In this moving documentary, filled with rare archival film and fresh contemporary footage, the story of the Castro's transformation is told by those who lived it, young and old, straight and gay. It's a tale of social upheaval, exuberant street culture, political assassination, and the inspiring coming of age of an entire community, an ongoing saga even today. 086 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 1964 Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
Summary: Tennessee Williams' play about greed and deception in a patriarchal Southern family. Big Daddy is dying. Members of the family greedily attempt to capture his inheritance, tearing the family apart. Jessica Lang, Tommy Lee Jones, Rip Torn, David Dukes. Director: Richard Brooks. 122 Min. VIDEO 1958 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 5817 China Dolls
Summary: This portrayal of gays of Asian descent in Australia explores the relationship between race and sexuality and probes the uncomfortable reality of racial stereotyping and discrimination in the gay world through interviews with Asian men who talk frankly of their experiences living within a double minority. 028 Min. VIDEO 1998

VH 7136 Coming of Age
Summary: Documents a summer week when 180 young people gathered for one week at a summer camp. They shared their opinions on interpersonal issues such as racial prejudice, homosexuality, sexism, family breakdown and violence. 060 Min. VIDEO 1982

VH 4410 Coming Out Under Fire
Summary: The experiences of nine gay and lesbian veterans are documented by Academy Award nominee Arthur Dong. 071 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 7006 Common Ground
Summary: Three short stories dealing with the theme of homosexuality. 104 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: SOCIOLOGY

VH 2504 Crying Game, The
Summary: Starring Stephen Rea and Miranda Richardson as Irish terrorists, Forest Whitaker as their hostage, and Jaye Davidson as Whitaker's exotic girlfriend, the film is a haunting humorous and shocking romantic thriller. Directed by Neil Jordan. 112 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 4405 Culture Wars
Summary: Through an exploration of key events, Culture Wars probes the violent anti-gay backlash in the midst of the AIDS crisis and galvanized community's response. Directed by: Tina DeFeliciantonio and Jane C. Wagner. 055 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: COMMUNICATION Series: QUESTION OF EQUALITY, THE

VH 4606 Dakan
Summary: When Sori and Manga tell their parents they are in love, they respond that boys don't do that. The families try to "cure" their sons by separating them. The two sons try to live heterosexual lives. But they inevitably reunite. Director: Mohamed Camara. 087 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA Series: LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA

VH 2285 Daughters of the Dust
Summary: Tells the story of a large African-American family as they prepare to move North at the dawn of the 20th century. Using this simple tale, the film brings to life the changing values, conflicts and struggles that confront every family as they leave their homeland for the promise of a new and better future. Director: Julie Dash. 113 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: DRAMA, AFRICAN AMERICAN

VH 2741 Death in Venice
Summary: Abroad on a solitary rest holiday in Venice, composed Gustav Aschenbach is to all the world reserved, distinguished, civilized. But one day he glimpses a vision of ideal beauty - and instantly abandons himself to a secret passion, one that will carry him to his doom. Director: Luchino Visconti. 131 Min. VIDEO 1971

VH 2743 Decameron, The
Summary: Eight tales from 14th century Naples, including the seducing nuns, the three jealous brothers who murder their sister's lover, the wizard who could change his wife into a burro, and the story of a false saint. Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini. 116 Min. VIDEO 1990

VH 4037 Dreams, Desires and Lunacies: Suenos, Deseos, Locuras
Summary: This film documents the landmark Sixth Latin American Feminists' Conference that took place in El Salvador in 1993. An absorbing historical record that keenly observes both process and practice, the film captures the breadth and scope of issues facing the feminist movement in Latin America. 080 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 6939 Fire
Summary: Banned in India, this film was the first to confront lesbianism in that country through a story of two sisters-in-law in loveless marriages. Directed by Deepa Mehta. 104 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: COMMUNICATION, ASIAN STUDIES

VH 7609 Forbidden Fruit
Summary: Examines long held taboos about sexual identity and lesbian love in African society. 030 Min. VIDEO 2000

VH 2552 Forbidden Love
Summary: The ten women interviewed in "Forbidden Love" paint a portrait of lesbian sexuality and survival during the sexual dark ages of the 1950's and '60's. Against a backdrop of book covers from lesbian pulp novels, tabloid headlines, archival photographs and film clips, these women recount stories about living and loving in their clandestine world. 085 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4407 Generation Q
Summary: America's gay and lesbian youth live at a time when homosexuality is more openly talked about and accepted than ever before. Yet is it easier to be a lesbian or gay kid than it was twenty years ago? Generation Q highlights the triumphs of today's lesbian and gay youth. Directed by: Robert Byrd. 055 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: COMMUNICATION Series: QUESTION OF EQUALITY, THE

VH 1016 Glass Menagerie, The
Summary: A strong willed woman attempts to impose her shattered dreams into the life and personality of her shy, reclusive daughter. Joanne Woodward, John Malkovich, Karen Allen, James Naughton. Director: Paul Newman. 134 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: THEATRE

VH 3197 Go Fish
Summary: A sassy, playfully sexy look at love among a small circle of gay young women. Max is a vivacious, aspiring writer with plenty of opinions on almost everything and a tendency to complain about being single while never actually doing anything about it. Ely, on the other hand, is a quiet, thoughtful woman whose mysterious out of town relationship may or may not be a cover up for her extreme shyness. For mutual friends, Kia, Evy and Diria, the challenge of getting Max and Ely together makes for a delightfully insightful, erotically charged film. Director: Rose Troche. 083 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 3689 Hairspray
Summary: It's 1962, when cool was king and the Madison was the fave rave of the Hit Parade! Tracy Turnblad has the biggest bouffant on the block, and all the right moves to be a star on Baltimore's homegrown dance show, "The Corny Collins Show." Before long, Tracy has Mash Potatoed her way to the show's top spot, but at the expense of Amber Von Tussle, the snooty reigning princess. When it looks as if Tracy will win the coveted Miss Auto Show crown and Amber's ex-steady. Amber gets Tracy sent to jail. Director: John Waters. 092 Min. VIDEO 1988

VH 4987 Hide and Seek
Summary: The film features Lou, a 12 year old girl who daydreams in a tree house, tries not to watch a sex education film, and is horrified to discover that her best friend is taking an interest in earrings and boys. Interwoven with Lou's story are the mostly hilarious, sometimes painful recollections of adult lesbians who try to figure out how they got from there to here. Directed by Sue Friedrich. 064 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4406 Hollow Liberty
Summary: Focusing on the federal laws and policies that effectively restrict the rights of gay and lesbian Americans and relegate them to second-class citizens, Hollow Liberty looks at two major stories: the military and Bowers vs. Hardwick. Directed by: Paris Robin Hutt. 055 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: COMMUNICATION Series: QUESTION OF EQUALITY, THE

VH 6588 I Shall Not Be Removed
Summary: A film biography of Marlon Riggs, the gifted gay, black filmmaker who produced documentary films addressing issues of identity among Afro-Americans and gays. Clips from his films show how he evolved a unique experimental documentary style, mixing poetry, criticism, the personal and the political. It also documents his long battle against AIDS until his death in 1994 and includes interview with family, friends, and co-workers. 059 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN

VH 3705 I, The Worst Of All (Yo, La Peor De Todas)
Summary: Drawn from Nobel Prize Winner Octavio Paz's book, THE TRAPS OF FAITH, I THE WORST OF ALL is a magnificent portrayal of 17th century Mexican poet Sister Juana Ines de la Cruz, one of the Spanish language's greatest poets. In order to pursue her passion for writing, Juana (Assumpta Serna) enters the convent. There she develops an intimate relationship with vicereine (Dominique Sanda), who inspires her poetry. But when the forces of the Inquisition invade the convent, the women have only each other to turn to. Director: Maria-Luisa Bemberg. 105 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: COMMUNICATION, WRITERS, LATIN AMERICAN, DRAMA, BIOGRAPHY

VH 0914 Importance of Being Earnest, The
Summary: A witty, delightful story about a love struck suitor named Jack whose fiancee can only love a man named Earnest. Michael Redgrave, Michael Denison, Margaret Rutherford, Edith Evans, Dorothy Tutin, Joan Greenwood. Director: Anthony Asquith. 095 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4403 Improper Conduct
Summary: This documentary is a series of interviews with an array of Cuban intellectuals who have been persecuted under the Castro regime. The directors, Nestor Almendros and Orlando Jimenez Leal are themselves exiles. 110 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4912 In & Out
Summary: Kevin Kline plays stunned Howard, scrambling to go forth with his wedding to devoted Emily and doing his best to assert his manliness after a former student who's now a superstar actor tells an audience of millions that Howard is gay. Poor Howard is outed when he doesn't even know he is in. Directed by Frank Oz. 092 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 6068 Indecent Acts
Summary: In 1895, Oscar Wilde, the most famous writer of the Victorian age, was found guilty of homosexual crimes and sentenced to two years hard labor. This film, through readings and reconstruction of the courtroom scene, contrasts the treatment that Wilde suffered with that of contemporary gay sex offenders. 054 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: WRITERS

VH 7135 It's Elementary
Summary: An exploration of what happens when experienced teachers talk to their students about lesbians and gay men. 078 Min. VIDEO 1996

VH 7205 Je, Tu, Il, Elle = I, You, He, She
Summary: Julie stays in a virtually bare room writing a long love letter, with which she becomes increasingly frustrated. She hitchhikes along the Brussels highway, where she is picked up by a truck driver. Arriving at the apartment of her former lesbian lover, Julie spends the night but silently leaves the apartment the next morning. Shot in cinema verite technique with minimal dialogue. Directed by Chantal Akerman. 086 Min. VIDEO 1996

VH 2990 Juggling Gender
Summary: A loving portrait of Jennifer Miller, a lesbian performer who lives her life with a full beard. Miller works as a performance artist, circus director, clown and as the "bearded lady" in one of the only remaining sideshows in America. In public she is often mistaken for a man, an experience she handles with the wit and intelligence that characterize her stage performances. Her lifestyle suggest the impossibility of defining anyone as truly feminine or 027 Min. VIDEO 1992

VH 0286 Langston Hughes
Summary: A chronological look at the life and work of Langston Hughes with illustrated readings from his poetry and interviews with friends, colleagues and a biographer. 060 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, WRITERS, BIOGRAPHY, AFRICAN AMERICAN Series: VOICES AND VISIONS

VH 4402 Last Call At Maud's
Summary: Last Call at Maud's is a look at the life and times of the world's longest running lesbian bar, San Francisco's Maud's. Opened in 1966, Maud's was a popular meeting place until it closed its doors in 1989. Directed by: Paris Poirier. 077 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 1614 Lesbian Humor: Films of Barbara Hammer
Summary: Details & issues of personal relationships are explored in a sensitive & humorous way. VIDEO 1989 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4794 Licensed to Kill
Summary: Takes a riveting journey into the minds of men whose contempt for homosexuals led them to murder. Videotapes confessions, home and police videos of actual gay bashings and murder scenes, news reports, and graphic evidence from police files are fused together with the powerful stories of seven convicted killers. 053 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: CRIMINOLOGY

VH 5814 Looking for A Space: Lesbians and Gay Men in Cuba
Summary: A documentary film examining the treatment of lesbians and gay men during the late 1960's, the early years of the Cuban Revolution, and perspectives of 1990s residents of Cuba on questions of political ideology and sexual identity. 038 Min. VIDEO 1993

VH 2870 Looking for Langston
Summary: Swooning, stylish, and sexy, the film is a musing meditation of the black poet Langston Hughes. Across its multi-textured elements, the film attempts to reclaim Langston Hughes as an important black gay voice in American culture. Enlisting the poetry of Essex Hamphill and Bruce Nugent, and dedicated to the memory of James Baldwin. A lyrical exploration of black and white gay identities. Original footage of the Cotton Club in the 1920's and period blues. 045 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: COMMUNICATION, WRITERS, AFRICAN AMERICAN

VH 2641 Love and Sex
Summary: Falling in love, having sex, making babies - these are easy. Understanding human sexuality is much harder. Phil Donahue takes viewers on an odyssey showing women at a male strip club and a gay rights march, into a hospital room where an unwed teenage mother is giving birth and into the classroom where teachers and parents are trying to help teenagers come to grips with their sexual selves. 052 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: BIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY, SOCIAL WORK Series: HUMAN ANIMAL, THE

VH 3133 Lust In The Dust
Summary: It's 1884 and gold fever has struck the sleepy rustic town of Chile Verde, New Mexico. Legend has it that somewhere in the surrounding countryside lies a fortune in buried treasure. Out of the hills descend every cowboy and his mother drooling after the gold like dogs. Director: Paul Bartel. 085 Min. VIDEO 1991

VH 3230 Making Love
Summary: What would you do if your husband fell in love - with another man? "MAKING LOVE" is about Zack and Claire - two attractive, successful and playfully affectionate partners who share the perfect marriage. He's a medic. She's a TV exec. And, they're about to buy an absolutely gorgeous Beverly Hills home. Enter Bart. He's a gay writer whose striking good looks pepper his social life with enough one night stands so that he easily avoids commitment. Director: Arthur Hiller. 112 Min. VIDEO 1982

VH 5351 Man of No Importance, A
Summary: Alfie is a kindly bus conductor who dreams of mounting a production of "Salome" written by his idol Oscar Wilde. When the luminous Adele steps onto the bus and into his life, he sees her as his inspiration and begins transforming a rag-tag troupe of non-actors into a polished theatrical company. But first, he must battle his sister and his landlord, who conspire to halt this "blasphemous" production. 098 Min. VIDEO 1995

VH 6821 Matthew Shepard: Death in the High Desert
Summary: Video reviews the circumstances/events surrounding the murder of Mathew Wayne Shepard. 050 Min. VIDEO Subject: CRIMINOLOGY Series: AMERICAN JUSTICE

VH 7573 Maurice
Summary: Motion picture about the relationship of two young men who meet while at Cambridge during the pre- World War I era. Directed by James Ivory. 140 Min. VIDEO 1987

VH 0753 Michael, A Gay Son
Summary: Examines the experiences and emotions of homosexuals revealing to their families their chosen lifestyles. Follows Michael Collins as he faces this with a peer support group and as he deals with the surfacing issues in a tense family discussion. 027 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: SOCIOLOGY, SOCIAL WORK

VH 2506 My Own Private Idaho
Summary: River Phoenix is Mike, a narcoleptic street hustler haunted by his idyllic memories of childhood and obsessed with finding his estranged mother. Keanu Reeves is Scott, a runaway rich kid who's on a personal "crusade" to find the meaning of life, biding his time until he inherits his father's estate. Together they're lost in a bizarre world of wealthy strangers and stranger than life adventures. Director: Gus Van Sant. 105 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 3216 Not Just Passing Through
Summary: Photographs and oral history memorialize African-American Mabel Hampton (1902-1989), a catalyst for the founding of the Lesbian Herstory Archives. The rescue of Marge McDonald's collection of diaries, books and artifacts documenting her life in the Midwest in the 1950's is recorded in part two. Part three focuses on Asian Lesbians of the East Coast (ALOEC). Part four takes a backstage look at New York's WOW Café where The Five Lesbian Brothers and others show just how effectively theater and comedy can explode oppressive images. 051 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 7898 Of Men And Gods
Summary: Through interviews with several openly gay Haitian men, this film examines Haitian society's attitude toward homosexuality. 052 Min. VIDEO 2002

VH 4657 Off the Straight & Narrow
Summary: Casts a critical eye over the growth of gay images on television. Leading media scholars provide the historical and cultural context for exploring the social implications of these new representations. 063 Min. VIDEO 1998

VH 2187 On Hate Street-CBS News 48 Hours
Summary: An episode of the CBS News show that takes a look at the existence and continuance of hate in the United States of America. 060 Min. VIDEO 1992

VH 4390 One Nation Under God
Summary: Takes us into the strange world of "ex-gay" ministries and "conversion" therapies, revealing shocking techniques used to "straighten" out all those "twisted" souls. A funny and mysterious tour led by two former leaders of one of the biggest ex-gay ministries - who just happened to fall in love while preaching their message. 085 Min. VIDEO 1993

VH 4006 Oscar Wilde, Wit's End
Summary: A biographical sketch of the Irish born writer, from his days at Oxford to the revelation and trial that led to his incarceration in the Reading Jail. Oscar Wilde was famously flamboyant. His nonconformity was expressed in his works and his appearances. 050 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: WRITERS

VH 6692 Out in Suburbia
Summary: Interview with lesbian women, including women of color, older women and sisters, about their lifestyles, their feelings for their partners, views on marriage, children, relationships with their families, motherhood, discrimination, stereotypes, and female roles. 029 Min. VIDEO 1989

VH 3727 Out in Suburbia: The Stories of Eleven Lesbians
Summary: This remarkably honest and revealing documentary shatters the stereotypes held by many people unfamiliar with the gay community. Eleven women discuss with heartwarming frankness their lives in local neighborhoods, covering a wide range of issues including marriage, motherhood, discrimination, stereotypes and female roles. Shows us that many lesbians have mainstream values and lead conventional lives. This film reaches out to classes on human sexuality, psychology, women's issues and lifestyles. 028 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: PSYCHOLOGY

VH 5283 Out of the Past
Summary: This video addresses the problems faced by gays and lesbians in finding their voice. It also tells the story of a high school student in Salt Lake City, Utah, and her struggle to cope with being lesbian. 070 Min. VIDEO 1997

VH 4404 Out Rage '69
Summary: Revisiting key historical moments that sparked the formation of the gay and lesbian rights movement, Out Rage '69 explores the 1960's, when political and social unrest burst into the Stonewall riots of 1969. 055 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: COMMUNICATION Series: QUESTION OF EQUALITY, THE

VH 5670 Out Takes
Summary: Shows different attitudes people have about gay people. 013 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 4065 Out: Stories Of Lesbian and Gay Youth
Summary: Out is an exploration of the struggles and victories of gay and lesbian youth in Canada. Delving into the emotional, societal and familial conflicts lesbian and gay youth often face, this film breaks the damaging silence surrounding sexual orientation and sexual differences. Through interviews with gay and lesbian youth from varied cultural and racial heritages, issues of discrimination as well as the compounding problems of confronting racism and sexism are addressed. Out provides awareness, understanding and hope to gay and lesbian youth, parents counselors and educators. 039 Min. VIDEO Subject: SOCIOLOGY

VH 2603 Paris is Burning
Summary: Documentary about the young men of Harlem who originated "voguing, " and turned these stylized dance competitions into glittering expressions of fierce personal pride. A story of street-wise urban survival, gay self-affirmation and the pursuit of a desperate dream. Director: Jennie Livingston. 076 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2505 Parting Glances
Summary: Michael is editing an S&M science fiction novel he can't stand, his friend and former lover Nick is dying of AIDS and his current lover Robert is about to leave for two years in Africa. And there begins a surprisingly funny, wonderfully acted love story set in the gay scene of Manhattan. Director: Bill Sherwood. 090 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 3420 Poison
Summary: It examines the motives behind a seven year old boys murder of his own father, relates the intriguing story of a scientist who isolates the sex drive in liquid form, and graphically explores the sexually obsessive relationship between two prison inmates. As the pieces snap into place, the tension intensifies, culminating in an explosive climax of unsettled emotions. Director: Todd Haynes. 085 Min. VIDEO 1990

VH 3626 Polyester
Summary: The Fishpaws are a typical nouveau riche family: pornographer/patriarch Elmer is the owner of the lucrative Charles Art Theatre, a home away from home for the local raincoat crowd, teenage daughter Lu-Lu go-go dances for the boys during lunch period, glue snorting son Dexter has a foot fetish; and poor obese Francine, loving wife and mother, can barely cope. The nosy neighbors hate Francine for being a smut king's spouse. Her ditsy daughter is pregnant. Her deranged son has been declared criminally insane. And her husband has left her for cheap sex with his slut/secretary Sandra. Its enough to drive one to drink. And it does. But just when things look their bleakest, Francine's life is about to change. Director: John Waters. 083 Min. VIDEO 1981

VH 6067 Pride Divide
Summary: A ground breaking exploration of the gender gap between gays and lesbians. Politically united against homophobia, they are poles apart on many life issues. Often their struggle of male versus female mirrors many traditional conflicts inherent to straight relationships. This film examines conflicts such as male domination versus female submission; promiscuousness versus commitment; exaltation of the body versus the spirit and AIDS versus breast cancer support. 057 Min. VIDEO 1997

VH 2657 Racial and Sexual Stereotyping
Summary: This specially adapted Phil Donahue program focuses on how the same old prejudices are handed on from generation to generation and how teens deal with them on a daily basis. Not all judgements are pejorative: an Asian is sick of being presumed to be the smartest in the class, but most prejudices are cruel and unjust. This program airs assumptions of African Americans about Hispanics, straight kids who believe homosexuality to be morally wrong. 028 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: SOCIOLOGY

VH 2871 Rock Hudson's Home Movies
Summary: An assortment of clips from Rock Hudson's Hollywood career. Employing a narrative commentary from beyond the grave the film invents an eclectic form of biography. The closer you look at Hudson's films the more you see the actor winking behind his eyes. From his days as an obscure contract player to the revelations about his "gay lifestyle, " the film provides an innovative and exciting look at the life of a legend. 063 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: COMMUNICATION, BIOGRAPHY

VH 3135 Rocky Horror Picture Show, The
Summary: It's the story of an "ordinary" couple and one unforgettable night at the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a mad-scientist from the planet transsexual. Brad and Janet have arrived on a special night, the night Dr. Furter's "beautiful creature", Rocky, the Adonis humanoid created for the release of Frank's "tension", was to be born. Director: Jim Sharman. 100 Min. VIDEO 1975

VH 0730 Silent Pioneers (Gay and Lesbian Elders)
Summary: Elderly homosexuals discuss the changed social conditions which have allowed them greater freedom in their relationships. 042 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY

VH 8163 Simon & I
Summary: Intimate and inspiring portrait of black South African gay rights activist Tseko Nkoli, who died of AIDS in 1998, and his fellow activist and protoge, Bev Ditsie. 054 Min. VIDEO 2001

VH 2438 Some American Feminists
Summary: Explores one of the most significant social histories of this century--the second wave of the women's movement--and is a fascinating flashback on the women's liberation agenda in the light of the 1990's backlash. Interviews with Ti-Grace Atkinson, Rita Mae Brown, Betty Freidan, Margo Jefferson, Lila Karp and Kate Millett are intercut with newsreel footage of the tumultuous sixties and the early seventies. 056 Min. VIDEO 1980 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIE

VH 4411 Strawberry & Chocolate
Summary: David, a young college kid out on his own for the first time, with the help of two new friends learns everything he wants to know about things not taught in school. Spanish with English subtitles. 104 Min. VIDEO 1993

VH 1015 Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951)
Summary: Tennessee Williams' play about a neurotic southern belle with a hidden past who comes to visit her sister and is abused and is driven mad by her brutal brother-in-law. Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Williams. Directed by Elia Kazan; Written by Tennessee Williams; Music by Alex North. 122 Min. VIDEO 1951

VH 4408 Times of Harvey Milk
Summary: A portrait of Harvey Milk, a charismatic grass-roots activist, and one of the first avowed homosexuals elected to political office. Through television news footage and interviews, follows him from his early days as a Castro Street businessman to his murder, along with San Francisco Mayor George Moscone, in 1978. relates these events to the ongoing movement for gay rights in the United States. Directed by: Rob Epstein. 087 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 1907 Tongues Untied
Summary: Derogatory accusations, judgements, and jokes in our culture are met head on by this video about black, male, and gay identity. Poetry, personal testimony, and drama unite to oppose the homophobia and racism that attempt to split a person into opposing loyalties. 055 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: COMMUNICATION, AFRICAN AMERICAN

VH 7797 Totally F___ed Up
Summary: A fictional version of the troubled world of gay and lesbian teenagers who agonize about drugs, sex, dating, suicide, violence, family and gay identity. Presented as a documentary made by one character about himself and five friends. Directed by Gregg Araki. 080 Min. VIDEO 1999

VH 7442 Trick
Summary: Motion picture comedy about two frustrated guys trying to find a place for a simple one night stand. Directed by Jim Fall. 090 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: DRAMA

VH 8261 Venus Boyz
Summary: The film takes place within the framework of a Drag King night at the New York club Slipper Room. It explores a world where women become men, some for a night, some for their whole lives. Restrictive sexual and social definitions are cast aside as these people candidly discuss masculinity and metamorphosis as performance, subversion, or existential necessity. 104 Min. VIDEO 2001

VH 5657 Videos of Sadie Benning, The
Summary: Eighteen year-old Sadie Benning recorded thoughts and images of her nascent lesbianism with the help of a Fisher Price Pixievision camera. 086 Min. VIDEO 1992

VH 3930 Watermelon Woman, The
Summary: The story of Cheryl Dunye, a twenty something black lesbian struggling to make a documentary about Fae Richards, a beautiful and elusive 1930's black film actress, popularly known as "The Watermelon Woman." While uncovering the meaning of the Watermelon Woman's life, Cheryl experiences a total upheaval in her personal life. Her love affair with Diana, a beautiful white woman, and her interactions with the gay and black communities are subject to the comic yet biting criticism of her best friend Tamara. Meanwhile, each answer Cheryl discovers about the Watermelon Woman evokes a flurry of new questions about herself and her future. At the film's conclusion, The Watermelon Woman is clearly a metaphor for Cheryl's search for identity, community, and love. 080 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: AFRICAN AMERICAN, GAYS & LESBIANS, WOMEN STUDIES

VH 3957 We Are Family: Parenting and Foster Parenting in Gay ...
Summary: Takes a look at what life is really like in homosexual families, with the focus on parenting and the well being of the children. We meet three different families - one foster, one biological and one adoptive. In one family, two gay fathers tell of their efforts to create a secure environment for their 16 year-old foster son who was on the road to delinquency. In another household, two lesbian mothers have helped their adopted 11 year old boy overcome the emotional trauma of disability and early neglect. In the third family, we hear how two adolescent daughters have accepted their father's homosexuality. By seeing how much these gay and lesbian parents have to offer their children, we realize that good parenting is independent of sexual orientation. 057 Min. VIDEO 1987

VH 7439 Wedding Banquet, The
Summary: Comedy about the age old conflict between parents and their children. In New York, The Taiwanese half of a gay couple hopes to end his parents' match-making by announcing that he's engaged. What he doesn't count on is that they'll fly in to meet the bride and plan the nuptials! Directed by Ang Lee. 108 Min. VIDEO 1993

VH 3531 Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown
Summary: Surreal and hilarious romp through the lives of film dubber Maura, her ex-lover, his crazed ex-mistress, his new lover, his son, and his son's girlfriend. They meet in a comedy of errors, missed phone calls, and rental notices, while discovering the truth and necessity of love. Director: Pedro Almodovar. 088 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: COMMUNICATION