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Aids Diva: The Legend Of Connie Norman

Seizing her power as she confronts her mortality, trailblazing trans activist Connie Norman evolves as an irrepressible, challenging and soulful voice for the AIDS and queer communities of early Nineties Los Angeles.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Dante Alencastre; Stars: Connie Norman)

Cured

A look at the campaign behind the American Psychiatric Association's 1973 decision to remove homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Patrick Sammon, Bennett Singer; Writer: Patrick Sammon, Bennett Singer)

Enfant Terrible

A portrait of Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2020; Director: Oskar Roehler; Writer: Klaus Richter, Oskar Roehler; Stars: Oliver Masucci, Hary Prinz, Katja Riemann, Felix Hellmann, Anton Rattinger, Erdal Yildiz, Markus Hering, Michael Klammer, Frida-Lovisa Hamann, Jochen Schropp, Lucas Gregorowicz, Simon Böer, Antoine Monot Jr., Désirée Nick, Michael Ostrowski)

Mama Gloria

A 73-year-old black trans woman reflects on her life and the history she has lived through.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Luchina Fisher; Writer: Luchina Fisher; Stars: Gloria Allen)

Poppy Field

Review preview for Poppy Field

Merricoffer's performance will keep you rivetted.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
The struggle of a closeted young genderme.

(Country: Romania; Year: 2020; Director: Eugen Jebeleanu; Writer: Ioana Moraru; Stars: Conrad Mericoffer, Alexandru Potocean, Radouan Leflahi, Cendana Trifan, Ionut Niculae, Alex Calin, Rolando Matsangos, George Pistereanu, Florin Caracala, Ela Ionescu, Mihaela Sirbu, Valentina Zaharia, Gabriel Rauta, Stefan Huluba, Bogdan Nechifor)

Full review See: Interview with Eugen Jebeleanu about Poppy Field

PS Burn This Letter Please (P.S. Burn This Letter Please)

A box found in an abandoned storage unit unearths a time capsule of correspondences from a forgotten era: the underground drag scene in 1950s New York City.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Michael Seligman, Jennifer Tiexiera; Writer: Michael Seligman, Jennifer Tiexiera)

Rebel Dykes

A documentary about lesbian London in the Eighties.

(Country: UK; Year: 2016; Director: Harri Shanahan, Sian Williams)