Category Archives: GLBT documentary
“THIS IS NOT A DREAM”— Queer Artists with Video Cameras
“This Is Not a Dream” Queer Artists with Video Cameras Amos Lassen “This is Not a Dream” is a documentary film fresh off of the LGBT Film Festival circuit that looks at how queer artists and video cameras have transformed their world. All of us are aware of how much the video camera changed our …
“PINK TRIANGLES”— Homophobia and Oppression
“Pink Triangles” Homophobia and Oppression Amos Lassen I probably would have never known about “Pink Triangles”, a documentary about homophobia and oppression had I not met someone who worked on the film which is part of Cambridge Documentary Films. This is an educational film that was produced by nine men and women, health workers, social …
“HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE”— A Painful Reminder of a Time when Life was Too Short for Too Many
“How to Survive a Plague” Activism and Innovation—A Painful Reminder of a Time when Life was Too Short for Too Many Amos Lassen I first heard about “How to Survive a Plague” about a year ago and wrote that this was going to be a film to watch for and I just received word that …
“LIFESTYLES: A CULTURAL LOOK AT GAY SEXUALITY” Volume 1— How We Live
“Lifestyles: A Cultural Look at Gay Sexuality Vol. 1” How We Live Amos Lassen Breaking Glass Pictures brings us a limited edition box set includes three films that explore different cultural aspects of gay sexuality: “Taxi zum Klo” is the 1981 masterpiece of queer cinema that follows a gay Berlin schoolteacher’s double life of …
“BOYS FOR SALE”, Volume 1— A New Compilation
“Boys for Sale Vol. 1” A New Compilation Amos Lassen Breaking Glass Pictures brings us three documentaries about the male sex trade for the price of one under the “Boys For Sale” title. Included as “Rent Boys” from Rosa von Praunheim, “All Boys” about the porn industry in the Czech Republic and “Men for Sale”, …
“THE ADVOCATE FOR FAGDOM”— Meeting Bruce LaBruce
The Advocate for Fagdom Meeting Bruce LaBruce Amos Lassen I am a huge fan of Bruce LaBruce and if asked why, my answer would be that I don’t know aside from the fact that his films appeal to me. To me , he represented the new queer cinema before that term even existed. LaBruce is …
“THE BEAT HOTEL”— Paris, 1957
“The Beat Hotel” Paris, 1957 Amos Lassen A cheap Paris hotel in the Latin Quarter in 1957 became a shelter for the new kind of artists who left American conformity and censorship. This same hotel became the center of the writing that characterized the Bear Generation and it was from there that some of the …
“POSITIVE YOUTH”— AIDS and the Young
“Positive Youth” AIDS and the Young Amos Lassen Sometimes I think that we in the gay community have forgotten about AIDS. I am not saying that we have forgotten about those people that we have loved and lost to the terrible disease. I think that we have forgotten that there is no cure and AIDS …
“I AM WOMAN NOW”— The Older Woman
“I Am a Woman Now” The Older Woman Amos Lassen If ageism is a problem in the gay community and we know that it is, we can just imagine how it affects members of the trans community. Director Michiel van Erp takes a look at a group of trans women who are in their seventies. …
“VITO”— A Must-See
“Vito” A Must-See, Debuts July 23 on HBO Amos Lassen “Vito” is a new documentary that is the story of Vito Russo, one of the founding fathers of the gay liberation movement, author of “The Celluloid Closet” and an early AIDS activist. Vito was politicized by Stonewall and he became a staunch gay activist and …
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