Celluloid Closet 1996  R, 102 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Cast: Stewart Stern, Tony Curtis, Whoopi Goldberg, Harvey Fierstein, Gore Vidal, Paul Rudnick, Shirley MacLaine, Quentin Crisp, Tom Hanks
This excellent documentary shows how images of homosexuality have appeared in the medium of film–in spite of cultural disapproval. Many guest stars.
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Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt 1989 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Cast: Dustin Hoffman
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary, this film tells the stories behind panels of the giant AIDS Memorial Quilt which was displayed at the Mall in Washington, D.C.
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Paragraph 175 1999 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Cast: Rupert Everett
Academy Award winning directors Robert Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman bring another interesting topic to the screen: persecution of gay men by the Nazi regime. Homosexuality (and sex with animals) was a crime in Germany since a 1871 Penal Code outlawed it in Paragraph 175, but it took the Nazis to turn the law into a living horror. Narrated by Rupert Everett.
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The Times of Harvey Milk 1984  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Robert Epstein
Cast: Harvey Fierstein
On 22 November 1978, a gay member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Harvey Milk, and Mayor George Moscone were assassinated. This Academy Award-winning documentary focuses on the life of Harvey Milk and provides an insightful perspective of the event as well as San Francisco culture.
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| 1. Celluloid Closet (1996)
2. Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989)
3. Paragraph 175 (1999)
4. The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
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