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Queercore. by Leyser, Yony,film director.; Altered Innocence (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Altered Innocence in 2017.Started in the 1980s as a fabricated movement intended to punk the punk scene, Queercore quickly became a real-life cultural community of LGBTQ music and movie-making revolutionaries. From the start of the pseudo-movement to the widespread rise of pop artists who used queer identity to push back against gay assimilation and homophobic punk culture, QUEERCORE: HOW TO PUNK A REVOLUTION is just that: a how-to-do-it guide for the next generation of queer radicals. The extensive participant list includes Bruce LaBruce, G.B. Jones, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, John Waters, Justin Vivian Bond, Lynn Breedlove, Silas Howard, Pansy Division, Penny Arcade, Kathleen Hanna, Kim Gordon, Deke Elash, Tom Jennings, Team Dresch, and many more.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; Social sciences.; Music.; History, Modern.; Homosexuality.; Documentary films.; LGBTQ.; Artists.;
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Queen Tut. by Morsi, Reem,film director.; Billings, Alexandra,actor.; Stanton, Kiriana,actor.; Ali, Ryan,actor.; Vyle, Selena,actor.; Allison, Thom,actor.; V71 US Inc. (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Alexandra Billings, Kiriana Stanton, Ryan Ali, Selena Vyle, Thom AllisonOriginally produced by V71 US Inc. in 2023.Following the death of his mother, a young Egyptian newcomer, Nabil, relocates to Toronto to live with his estranged father. On his exploration of Toronto, he meets Malibu, a trans elder and drag queen, fighting alone against the demolition of her queer bar, Mandy's. Malibu and Nabil develop a friendship and Nabil is soon thrust into Malibu’s crusade to save Mandy's, which has a long history in Toronto's 2SLGBTQIA+ community. As Nabil comes into his own queer identity, he finally finds the home in Toronto that he couldn’t find with his father or at their Coptic Egyptian Church.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Queer cinema.; Coming of age.;
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Fruit Fly. by Mendoza, H.P.,film director.; Mendoza, H.P.,actor.; Renigen, L.A.,actor.; Curtis, Mike,actor.; Center for Asian American Media (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
H.P. Mendoza, L.A. Renigen, Mike CurtisOriginally produced by Center for Asian American Media in 2009.Bethesda, a Filipina performance artist moves into an artist commune in an attempt to workshop her latest piece which deals with finding her biological mother. In the process, she finds an artistic family, clues of her mother's whereabouts, and the startling possibility that she just might be a fag-hag.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Comedy.; Queer cinema.;
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Backspot. by Waterson, D.W.,film director.; Jacobs, Devery,actor.; Rachel, Evan,actor.; Rutendo, Kudakwashe,actor.; Sossamon, Shannyn,actor.; Antony, Thomas,actor.; Crewson, Wendy,actor.; levelFILM (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Devery Jacobs, Evan Rachel Wood, Kudakwashe Rutendo, Shannyn Sossamon, Thomas Antony Olajide, Wendy CrewsonOriginally produced by levelFILM in 2024.Riley, a mid-level cheerleader, is given an opportunity to cheer with the All-Star team Thunderhawks. With a competition looming, Riley must navigate her crippling anxiety, her relationship with her girlfriend, and her desperate need for approval from her new coach.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Queer cinema.; Sports.; Motion pictures--Canada.;
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Sebastian. by Mäkelä, Mikko,film director.; Quasem, Hiftu,actor.; Sigurdsson, Ingvar,actor.; Hyde, Jonathan,actor.; Rossi, Lara,actor.; Best, Leanne,actor.; Mollica, Ruaridh,actor.; Kino Lorber (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Hiftu Quasem, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Jonathan Hyde, Lara Rossi, Leanne Best, Ruaridh MollicaOriginally produced by Kino Lorber in 2024.WARNING: This film is not rated and may contain content that could be offensive to some viewers. Viewer discretion is advisedMax is a 25-year-old writer living in London and paying his dues working at a literary magazine. On the cusp of finding success in the local lit scene, by night Max moonlights as a sex worker in order to research his debut novel. What begins as a few furtive meetings soon becomes a secret nocturnal life as his alter ego “Sebastian.” In a fearless lead performance from newcomer Ruraridh Mollica, Max’s emotions cycle through ecstasy, shame, and exhilarating liberation. Far from simply informing his autobiographical fiction, Max’s experiences as Sebastian awaken a deeper sense of self, unshackled from societal expectations – all the while threatening his carefully-earned status in the literary community. This Sundance Film Festival selection from writer-director Mikko Mäkelä explores the transgressive power of queer sexuality and the transformative impact that can result from embracing a new identity.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Queer cinema.; Motion pictures, British.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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But I'm a Cheerleader. by Babbit, Jamie,film director.; DuVall, Clea,actor.; Spain, Douglas,actor.; Cibrian, Eddie,actor.; Lynskey, Melanie,actor.; Lyonne, Natasha,actor.; Moll, Richard,actor.; Charles, RuPaul,actor.; Mann, Wesley,actor.; Lionsgate (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Clea DuVall, Douglas Spain, Eddie Cibrian, Melanie Lynskey, Natasha Lyonne, Richard Moll, RuPaul Charles, Wesley MannOriginally produced by Lionsgate in 2000.Megan (Natasha Lyonne) is a teenager passionate about cheerleading. However her conservative parents suspect she is more interested in the other girls on the team, despite the fact she has a boyfriend - albeit one she refuses to be intimate with. Filled with horror at the thought of having a lesbian daughter, her straight-laced parents (Mink Stole and Bud Cort) ship her off to a summer school that aims to turn kids straight. Determined to get back the summer of fun she had planned, she decides to go along with the camp's rules, that is until she meets the beautiful Graham (Clea DuVall) and finds herself questioning her sexuality for the first time.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Teenagers.; Drama.; Comedy.; Motion pictures.; Romance.; Queer cinema.;
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Behind you : a novel / by Hernandez, Catherine,1977-author.;
"Alma, a Filipina woman, is a film editor working on Infamous, a cheesy true crime series about the twentieth century's most notorious killers. On the surface she seems to live a good life with her wife, Nira, and teenage son, Mateo. But there is so much left unsaid. It's not until the series' last episode, which features the Scarborough Stalker, that Alma remembers coming of age while the serial rapist and killer was attacking women and girls in Scarborough in the late 80s and early 90s. Two storylines unfold. In the past, young Alma watches as an entire city becomes consumed with the manhunt for an elusive, terrifying suspect, while she herself faces jeopardy from closer corners. In the present, adult Alma must come to terms with her own ideas of consent in order to stop her son's dangerous behaviour toward his girlfriend. Weaving back and forth in time, Behind You is a moving story of one girl's resilience as she enters adulthood and a chilling portrayal of the insidiousness of rape culture. It daringly turns the whodunit genre on its head by asking "Who hasn't done it?" As in, who hasn't been complicit in sexual harm?"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Lesbian fiction.; Queer fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Lesbians; Mothers and sons; Motion picture editors; Rape culture; Rapists; Sex crimes;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Because fat girl / by Fleming, Lauren Marie,author.;
Hollywood isn't nice to women like Diana Smith, but that hasn't stopped her from being unabashedly queer, plus-sized, and determined to make award-winning movies that showcase the diversity of her community. She was so close to her goal, appearing at festivals and gaining attention for her short films, when grief came and shattered Diana's directorial dreams. Forced to move to the suburbs with her sister and kids, the closest thing Diana gets to the movies these days is dressing the stars of them at her high-end department store job. Until one day, she gets a pity invite to a gala full of Hollywood's most elite, where she unwittingly attracts the attention of a famous action star. The unexpected pairing shocks their friends-and the tabloids-forcing Diana to choose between the status quo and the silver screen. For the first time in her life, doors open for Diana and the possibilities seem endless. The chance to create unforgettable films. To shake up the industry. To inspire everyone who's ever felt like they didn't belong. But fame always comes with a cost...and to get her Hollywood ending, Diana's going to have to go completely off-script.
Subjects: Bisexual fiction.; Queer fiction.; Romance fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Novels.; Actors; Bisexual women; Man-woman relationships; Women motion picture producers and directors;
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Plain bad heroines : a novel / by Danforth, Emily M.,author.;
Our story begins in 1902, at the Brookhants School for Girls. Flo and Clara, two impressionable students, are obsessed with each other and with a daring young writer named Mary MacLane, the author of a scandalous bestselling memoir. To show their devotion to Mary, the girls establish their own private club and call it the Plain Bad Heroine Society. They meet in secret in a nearby apple orchard, the setting of their wildest happiness and, ultimately, of their macabre deaths. This is where their bodies are later discovered with a copy of Mary's book splayed beside them, the victims of a swarm of stinging, angry yellow jackets. Less than five years later, the Brookhants School for Girls closes its doors forever-but not before three more people mysteriously die on the property, each in a most troubling way. Over a century later, the now abandoned and crumbling Brookhants is back in the news when wunderkind writer Merritt Emmons publishes a breakout book celebrating the queer, feminist history surrounding the "haunted and cursed" Gilded Age institution. Her bestselling book inspires a controversial horror film adaptation starring celebrity actor and lesbian it girl Harper Harper playing the ill-fated heroine Flo, opposite B-list actress and former child star Audrey Wells as Clara. But as Brookhants opens its gates once again, and our three modern heroines arrive on set to begin filming, past and present become grimly entangled-or perhaps just grimly exploited-and soon it's impossible to tell where the curse leaves off and Hollywood begins.
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Gothic fiction.; Lesbian fiction.; Girls' schools; Horror films;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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We could be heroes : a novel / by Ellis, Philip(Philip J.),author.;
Patrick's acting career is on the rise, and the superhero movie he's filming might put him on the map ... if the endless reshoots ever stop. Meanwhile, Will, a secondhand bookseller and part-time drag queen, is just trying to live his best life. After a chance encounter on a particularly chaotic night, a curious friendship sparks between the two men. At least, that's what they tell each other. Sure, Patrick finds Will captivatingly hilarious, and Will can't help but keep thinking about who is really behind the perfect mask Patrick shows the rest of the world, but nothing could ever really happen, right? Superheroes don't date drag queens, after all. When reality crashes into the fantasy world they've built together, Will has to make a choice between the man of his dreams and being true to himself. Can Patrick be the hero Will's been waiting for, or will Will be the one to save Patrick after all? Uproarious and touching, We Could Be Heroes is an ode to queer joy and a romance that just might save the world.
Subjects: Gay fiction.; Queer fiction.; Romance fiction.; Novels.; Actors; Booksellers and bookselling; Gay men; Interpersonal relations;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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