Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

82 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 2006

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?

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

82 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 2006

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
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?
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers
Original title Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
Directors Lesli Klainberg, Lisa Ades
Writers

Cast

B. Ruby Rich

as Self

John Waters

as Self

Jane Lynch

as Self

Alan Cumming

as Self

Todd Haynes

as Self

Rose Troche

as Self

Ang Lee

as Self

Marga Gómez

as Self

Gus Van Sant

as Self

Dan Bucatinsky

as Self

Angela Robinson

as Self

Ash Christian

as Self

Nina Landey

as Self

Peter Paige

as Self

Jenni Olson

as Self

Billy Porter

as Self

Alice Wu

as Self

Wilson Cruz

as Self

Donna Deitch

as Self

Don Roos

as Self

Patrik-Ian Polk

as Self

James Schamus

as Self

Alonso Duralde

as Self

Tommy O'Haver

as Self

Randy Barbato

as Self

Arthur Dong

as Self

Marcus Hu

as Self

Michael Musto

as Self

Stephen Winter

as Self