LGBTI Documentaries
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1. Disclosure (II) (2020)
84 min | Drama
When a 4-year-old girl makes an allegation against the son of a politician, an attempt by the children's parents to resolve the situation soon degenerates into a vicious confrontation.
Director: Michael Bentham | Stars: Geraldine Hakewill, Mark Leonard Winter, Matilda Ridgway, Tom Wren
Votes: 356
2. A Secret Love (2020)
TV-MA | 81 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Falling in love in 1947, two women -- Pat Henschel and pro baseball player Terry Donahue -- begin a 65-year journey of love and overcoming prejudice.
Director: Chris Bolan | Stars: Terry Donahue, Pat Henschel, Diana Bolan, Kim Donahue
Votes: 4,928
3. Lemebel (2019)
96 min | Documentary, Biography
Writer, Visual Artist and pioneer of the Queer movement in Latin America, Pedro Lemebel shook up conservative Chilean society during Pinochet's dictatorship in the 1980s. Body, blood and ... See full summary »
Director: Joanna Reposi Garibaldi | Star: Pedro Lemebel
Votes: 339
4. A Year in Transition (2018)
70 min | Documentary
A Year in Transition follows a 21 year old Arab-American transman from the Midwest in his first year of transition.
Director: Lorne Clarkson | Star: Issa Ismail
Votes: 10
5. Love, Scott (2018)
76 min | Documentary
Scott Jones, a musician, was attacked outside of a Nova Scotia nightclub and left paralyzed from the waist down. "Love, Scott" follows him over the course of three years after this traumatic event.
Director: Laura Marie Wayne | Stars: Vox: A Choir for Social Change, Scott Jones, Scott Jones, Sherise Jones
Votes: 50
6. Leitis in Waiting (2018)
72 min | Documentary
The story of Joey Mataele and the Tonga Leitis, an intrepid group of transgender women fighting a rising tide of religious fundamentalism and intolerance in the South Pacific Kingdom.
Directors: Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu | Stars: Joey Joleen Mataele, Eva Baron, Hon. Frederica Tuita Filipe, Princess Salote Lupepau'u Tuita-Taione
Votes: 43
7. Of Love & Law (2017)
94 min | Documentary
Fumi and Kazu are life partners, both professionally and privately: they run the first and only law firm in Japan set up by an openly gay couple. The lawyers know all too well the realities... See full summary »
Director: Hikaru Toda
Votes: 50
8. Bayard & Me (2017)
16 min | Documentary, Short
Bayard Rustin was the organizer of the March on Washington and one of the leaders of the civil rights movement. In the 1980s Bayard adopted his younger boyfriend Walter Naegle to obtain the... See full summary »
Director: Matt Wolf | Star: Walter Naegle
Votes: 44
9. Kiki (2016)
Unrated | 94 min | Documentary
A group of LGBTQ youths of color unite to form a safe gathering space.
Director: Sara Jordenö | Stars: Loretta Coombs, Takima Coombs, Afrika Juicy Couture, Bootz Juicy Couture
Votes: 621
10. The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (2017)
TV-MA | 105 min | Documentary, Biography
Victoria Cruz investigates the mysterious 1992 death of black gay rights activist and Stonewall veteran, Marsha P. Johnson. Using archival interviews with Johnson, and new interviews with Johnson's family, friends and fellow activists.
Director: David France | Stars: Kurt Wolfe, Sue Yacka, Catherine Shugrue Dos Santos, Victoria Cruz
Votes: 3,202
11. Paris Is Burning (1990)
R | 78 min | Documentary
A chronicle of New York's drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality.
Director: Jennie Livingston | Stars: Brooke Xtravaganza, André Christian, Dorian Corey, Paris Duprée
Votes: 17,617 | Gross: $3.78M
12. Muxes (2016)
10 min | Documentary, Short
The latest documentary by Ivan Olita is a piece documenting the far reaches of the southern state of Oaxaca where, in the indigenous communities around the town of Juchitán, the world is ... See full summary »
Director: Ivan Olita | Stars: Sofia, Rubitch, Victoria, Arlette
Votes: 59
13. #Resistayol (2016)
60 min | Documentary
#direnayol accompanies trans* activist Sevval Kilic during the 21st Istanbul LGBTI Pride caught up in the reflexions of carnivalesque Gezi Park Uprising. #direnayol is a turbulent ... See full summary »
Director: Rüzgâr Buski | Stars: Sevval Kiliç, Elif Keskinkiliç, Yesim Basaran, Ali Arikan
Votes: 27
14. Beautiful by Night (2014)
29 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy
A documentary following three older drag entertainers at Aunt Charlie's Lounge in the Tenderloin area of San Francisco. The film explores the rituals of these performers' transformations, ... See full summary »
Director: James Hosking | Stars: Olivia Hart, Collette Legrande, Donna Personna
Votes: 13
15. Not Broken Not Alone (2012)
17 min | Documentary, Short, Biography | Completed
'Not Broken Not Alone' follows a group of asexuals in London as they prepare for their biggest international meet-up, World Pride 2012. The film explores not only the complexities asexuals ... See full summary »
Director: Rodney Uhler
16. My Prairie Home (2013)
76 min | Documentary, Music
Alberta singer/songwriter Rae Spoon reflects on gender identity, faith, and the challenges of family through songs and stories.
Director: Chelsea McMullan | Stars: Chase Constantino, Rae Spoon
Votes: 81
17. The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (2011)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A documentary on artist Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and his wife and collaborator, Lady Jaye, centered around the transformations the pair underwent for their Pandrogyne project.
Director: Marie Losier | Stars: Genesis P-Orridge, Lady Jaye Breyer P'Orridge, Big Boy Breyer P'Orridge, Edley Odowd
Votes: 687
18. United in Anger: A History of ACT UP (2012 Video)
93 min | Documentary
United in Anger: A History of ACT UP is an inspiring documentary about the birth and life of the AIDS activist movement from the perspective of the people in the trenches fighting the ... See full summary »
Director: Jim Hubbard | Stars: David Barr, Ken Bing, Gregg Bordowitz, Jim Eigo
Votes: 156
19. My Child (2013)
83 min | Documentary, Family
What happens when your child comes out to you? In this feature documentary, parents of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-gender individuals in Turkey intimately share their experiences with the... See full summary »
Director: Can Candan | Stars: Mehmet Yilmaz Ak, Yunus Albayrak, Mehmet Aslantug, Zehra Bilgin
Votes: 703
20. Dzi Croquettes (2009)
110 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
A Brazilian Theater group that through talent, irony and humor confronted the Brazilian violent dictatorship in the 1970's revolutionizing the gay movement worldwide and changing theater and dance language to an entire generation.
Directors: Raphael Alvarez, Tatiana Issa | Stars: Josephine Baker, Ciro Barcelos, Norma Bengell, Maria Zilda Bethlem
Votes: 384
21. Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria (2005)
57 min | Documentary
Documentary about transgender women and drag queens who fought police harassment at Compton's Cafeteria in San Francisco's Tenderloin in 1966, three years before the famous riot at Stonewall Inn bar in NYC.
Directors: Victor Silverman, Susan Stryker | Stars: Ray Baxter, Elliot Blackstone, Aleshia Brevard, Felicia Elizondo
Votes: 199
22. Beyaz atli prens bosuna gelme (2009)
30 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Aykut Atasay, Izlem Aybasti, Zeliha Deniz | Stars: Jason Croot, Tuna Erdem, Hande Ögüt, Yasemin Öz
Votes: 8
23. Southern Comfort (2001)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
Southern Comfort documents the final year in the life of Robert Eads, a transgender man. Eads, diagnosed with ovarian cancer, was turned down for treatment by two dozen doctors out of fear ... See full summary »
Director: Kate Davis | Stars: Robert Eads, Lola Cola, Maxwell Scott Anderson, Cas Piotrowski
Votes: 988
24. Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World (2003)
Not Rated | 62 min | Documentary
Documentary presenting the realities of coming out in lesser developed countries.
Director: John Scagliotti | Stars: Janeane Garofalo, Maher Sabry
Votes: 164
25. BloodSisters: Leather, Dykes and Sadomasochism (1995)
Unrated | 69 min | Documentary
From pushy bottoms to macho femmes, Bloodsisters is an A-Z documentary guide that takes an in-depth look at the San Francisco Leatherdyke scene during the mid-nineties.
Director: Michelle Handelman | Stars: Skeeter, Rainbeau, Pat Califia, Peggy Sue
Votes: 55
26. Dragtime (1997)
75 min | Documentary
The documentary narrates a giggle of female impersonators on visits to New York City, New Orleans at Mardi Gras, a Gay Pride parade in Philadelphia and clubs here and there that are generously described as becoming ''mainstream culture.''
Director: Patti Kaplan | Stars: Joey Arias, Billy B., Charles Busch, Candis Cayne
Votes: 62
27. Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identities (1999)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary
Monika Treut explores the worlds and thoughts of several transgender individuals. As with Treuts first film, Jungfrauenmaschine, Gendernauts, enters a minority sector of San Fransisco ... See full summary »
Director: Monika Treut | Stars: Susan Stryker, Texas Tomboy, Annie Sprinkle, Jordi Jones
Votes: 189 | Gross: $0.01M
28. Before Stonewall (1984)
Unrated | 87 min | Documentary, History
The history of the Gay and Lesbian community before the Stonewall riots began the major gay rights movement.
Directors: Greta Schiller, Robert Rosenberg | Stars: Rita Mae Brown, Bruce Nugent, Henry Otis, Donna Smith
Votes: 1,190 | Gross: $0.02M
29. The Homecoming: A Short Film About Ajamu (1996)
Short, Family
Director: Topher Campbell | Stars: Ajamu Ikwe-Tyehimba, Michael Cadette, Kobena Mercer, Stuart Hall
Votes: 7
30. Wigstock: The Movie (1995)
R | 85 min | Documentary
Documentary/Concert film covering the annual Drag festival in New York City. Highlights include a performance by drag diva, Ru Paul, and the infamous Lypsinka.
Director: Barry Shils | Stars: RuPaul, John Epperson, Debbie Harry, Alexis Arquette
Votes: 719 | Gross: $0.69M
31. Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives (1992)
85 min | Documentary
Ten women, most of them in Vancouver or Toronto, talk about being lesbian in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s: discovering the pulp fiction of the day about women in love, their own first ... See full summary »
Directors: Lynne Fernie, Aerlyn Weissman | Stars: Keely Moll, Stephanie Ozard, Ann Bannon, Reva Hutkin
Votes: 320
32. Tongues Untied (1989)
Not Rated | 55 min | Documentary
A documentary about the experiences of black homosexual men living in the United States of America.
Director: Marlon Riggs | Stars: Marlon Riggs, Michael Bell, Kerrigan Black, Blackberri
Votes: 1,851
34. Indianara (2019)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary
Indianara fights for the survival of transgender people in Brazil and braces up for one last battle.
Directors: Marcelo Barbosa, Aude Chevalier-Beaumel | Stars: Indianara Siqueira, Wescla Vasconcelos, Biancka Fernandes, Jair Bolsonaro
Votes: 345
35. 120 BPM (2017)
Not Rated | 143 min | Drama
Members of the advocacy group ACT UP Paris demand action by the government and pharmaceutical companies to combat the AIDS epidemic in the early 1990s.
Director: Robin Campillo | Stars: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel, Antoine Reinartz
Votes: 16,744 | Gross: $0.13M
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