Direction: Jeffrey Friedman

Direction Rob Epstein · Jeffrey Friedman

Cast Lily Tomlin · Tony Curtis · Whoopi Goldberg · Harvey Fierstein

Plot Author Armistead Maupin (Tales of the City) wrote Lily Tomlin's narration for this superb documentary, based on a book by the late Vito Russo, about Hollywood's treatment of homosexual characters...

Direction Rob Epstein · Jeffrey Friedman

Plot Historian Klaus Müller interviews survivors of the Nazi persecution of homosexuals because of the German Penal Code of 1871, Paragraph 175. PARAGRAPH 175 is a documentary about the 10-15,000 German...

Direction Rob Epstein · Jeffrey Friedman

Plot A documentary tracing the history of the Academy Awards. The documentary is one of a series of programming events leading up to the TCM 20th anniversary in April 2014. In...

Direction Rob Epstein · Jeffrey Friedman

Plot Filmed and edited in intimate vérité style, this movie follows visionary medical practitioners who are working on the cutting edge of life and death and are dedicated to changing our...

Direction Rob Epstein · Jeffrey Friedman

Cast James Franco · David Strathairn · Jon Hamm · Jeff Daniels

Plot A drama centered on the obscenity trial Allen Ginsberg (Franco) faced after the publication of his poem, Howl.

Direction Rob Epstein · Jeffrey Friedman

Cast Amanda Seyfried · Peter Sarsgaard · Sharon Stone · Juno Temple

Plot Story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her life.

Direction Rob Epstein · Jeffrey Friedman

Plot Accomplished documentarians Rob Epstein and Jeff Friedman ("Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt", "The Celluloid Closet") take a trip across the American South and Southwest, asking people about their hopes...

Direction Rob Epstein · Jeffrey Friedman

Cast Mathilde Krim · Elizabeth Taylor

Plot When AIDS struck in the early 1980s, a scientist and a movie star did not have to respond - but they did. Dr. Mathilde Krim and Elizabeth Taylor joined forces...

Direction Rob Epstein · Jeffrey Friedman

Cast Troye Sivan · Raymond Braun

Plot A look at the history and meaning of the the pride movement featuring a diverse range of LGBTQ+ perspectives.

Direction Rob Epstein · Jeffrey Friedman

Plot This film recounts the lives and deaths of various victims of AIDS who are commemorated in the AIDS quilt. It is a massive cloth collecting each piece as a memorial...

Direction Frazer Bradshaw · Eva Ilona Brzeski · Norman Cowie · David Driver

Direction Rob Epstein · Jeffrey Friedman

Cast Linda Ronstadt

Plot With one of the most memorably stunning voices that has ever hit the airwaves, Linda Ronstadt burst onto the 1960s folk rock music scene in her early twenties.

Direction Rob Epstein · Jeffrey Friedman

Cast Matt Ray · Nigel Smith · Anastasia Durasova · Machine Dazzle

Plot Captures Taylor Mac's exuberant, blatantly gay 24-hour musical performance in New York City, featuring skilled musicians, creative costumes, and the American myth as recounted through sailor's ditties, disco, and sugary...