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Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin
	Long before Martin Luther King, Jr. became a national figure, 
	Bayard Rustin routinely put his body – and his life – on the 
	line as a crusader for racial justice. Rustin’s commitment to pacifism 
	and his visionary advocacy of Gandhian nonviolence made him a 
	pioneer in the 1940s, and captured King’s imagination in the 1950s. 
	In 1963, with more than 20 years of organizing experience behind him, 
	Rustin brought his unique skills to the crowning glory of his civil 
	rights career: organizing the historic March on Washington, the 
	biggest protest America had ever witnessed. 

	This documentary captures the full extent of Rustin’s complex, 60-year 
	career as an activist. The film contains rare archival footage, including 
	impassioned debates between Rustin and Malcolm X as well as Rustin and 
	Stokely Carmichael. In later years, Rustin continued to champion human 
	rights – including gay rights – in campaigns around the globe.



Laughing Matters
	Hilarious performance footage from four women who have been 
	out lesbians for their entire careers, an average of 20 years per 
	comic, is expertly blended with rare behind-the-scenes interviews. 
	The gals wax poetic both on and off stage about politics, girlfriends, 
	ex-girlfriends, religion, Christmas presents, first jobs, 
	aging, sex, the gay mafia, Martha Stewart, and airport security.

I Exist: Voices From the Lesbian & Gay Middle Eastern Community in the U.S.
	Currently over 4 million Middle Eastern immigrants 
	live in the U.S., and approximately 400,000 of them 
	are gay. Growing up in a culture which places huge 
	importance on family bonds and traditional gender roles 
	makes coming out as gay Arab-Americans especially difficult.

	I Exist puts a human face on this situation, using interviews 
	of a variety of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Arab Americans. 
	Some, like Iranian-American Mazdak, have found loving acceptance; 
	others, like Lina, have lost their families. All of them search 
	through the traditions and histories of the Middle East to make 
	sense of their heritage and their identity. 

Dangerous Living: Coming Out In The Developing World
	At a time of increasing acceptance for LGBT people 
	in Western nations, it’s easy to forget that gay is 
	global. Award-winning filmmaker John Scagliotti (Before Stonewall 
	and television series In The Life) takes us around the world to 
	meet lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered activists 
	in Africa, Asia, and South America, all striving to obtain 
	the basic rights of visibility and safety in their societies.

	
Madame Satã
	A colorful film that is loosely based on the life of 
	João Francisco dos Santos, who was born to slave parents 
	in Northern Brazil in 1900, much of the film takes place 
	in an impoverished, bohemian neighborhood in Rio de Janiero. 
	Thief, cook, dresser, hustler, homosexual, father, fighter, 
	lover, singer and dancer, Francisco invented his stage alter 
	egos as a means of escape and a way to pay homage to the 
	movies he loved. His obsession with Josephine Baker inspired 
	his act, while the name Madame Satã pays tribute to Cecil DeMille’s 
	Madame Satan. For a time in the 1930s, Francisco ruled Rio’s cabarets. 



You’ll Get Over It (Tu verras, ça te passera) (In French with English subtitles)
	Vincent is a popular, attractive high school student 
	and a star swimmer. His hunky best friend Stephane and 
	girlfriend Noemie are his closest friends in the world. 
	But there is one thing that these two don’t know: he’s 
	been having secret trysts with other men. Although he’s 
	happy keeping his two lives separate, things soon become more 
	complicated for Vincent. 

	Rather than focusing entirely on Vincent’s sexual awakening 
	(which so many coming out films do), You’ll Get Over It is much 
	more interested in the relationships that Vincent has with the 
	people closest to him. Vincent, like many modern queer youths, 
	already knows exactly what is going on with his sexual identity, 
	and he is quite comfortable with his desires, though telling others 
	about it is another story. 

Yossi & Jagger (In Hebrew with English subtitles)
	Examination of the passionate relationship of two young men serving 
	together in the Israeli military. Based on a true story.