documentary

  • Mission To Lars

    Mission To Lars

    Tom Spicer is a 40 year old man who suffers from Fragile X.  This is a genetic condition you may not have heard off but it is apparently not that rare as it affects 1 in 4000 men (and 1 in every 6000 women).  In Tom’s particular case it manifests itself in serious impaired learning…

  • Jeffrey Schwarz talks Tab Hunter

    Amongst Emmy Award winning director Jeffrey Schwarz’s prolific output are four excellent documentaries on iconic gay figures : first it was activist & cinephile Vito Russo, then celebrated porn actor Jack Wrangler, followed by the definitive profile on John Water’s favorite actress Divine.  I get to talk to him now about his latest movie on…

  • Reel in the Closet: from the days when being gay was illegal

    Reel in the Closet: from the days when being gay was illegal

    Stu Maddux is a very determined gay activist and filmmaker whose passionate obsession with LGBT history has resulted in three excellent documentaries that deal with different aspects of gay communities in the past. This latest one ‘Reel in the Closet’ is a feature length movie that is comprised of a wealth of unseen footage  of…

  • A Ballerina’s Tale

    A Ballerina’s Tale

    Documentarians could not possibly wish for better luck than that which befell on Nelson George when he was recently finishing up his profile on the ballerina Misty Copeland and it was announced that she was to become the first African-American soloist with the prestigious American Ballet Theater in over two decades. It’s a perfect ending to…