LGBTQ+ Stories

Browse these captivating programs exploring life and love in the LGBTQ+ communities of today and generations past.

The Therapy

The Therapy

Two gay men in Jerusalem who were taught that homosexuality is a fault that one could “cure” through “conversion therapy” emerge from their experiences with different views in this gripping documentary.

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Bernstein's Wall (Centerpiece Documentary)

Bernstein's Wall (Centerpiece Documentary)

Leonard Bernstein’s life journey defined his role as one of America’s most important musical figures, while fighting to create social change and inspire political activism.

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Perfect Strangers

Perfect Strangers

Seven longtime friends gather for dinner to watch a rare lunar eclipse but the evening takes an unexpected turn when they start playing a game that’ll change the course of their lives forever.

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Charm Circle

Charm Circle

Nira Burstein’s documentary is a love song to her eccentric and sometimes mentally challenged family, who live in the gracious chaos of their Charm Circle New York City home in Queens.

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Concerned Citizen

Concerned Citizen

Neve Sha’anan, Tel Aviv: Ben and Raz are well-to-do “concerned citizens” planning to have a baby in the refugee neighborhood they live in (and gentrify) in this thorny Israeli satire.

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Holding Moses

Holding Moses

After the birth of her profoundly disabled son, a butch queer woman taps into her experiences with Butoh dance and the off-Broadway show Stomp to find the somatic wisdom she needs to push through a traumatic version of motherhood she never expected.

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