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99% Woman
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produced by Worldview Pictures Production (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 51 mins
In October, 1998, forty-five year old Benjy Nelson - former high school athlete and United States Air Force airman - had a sex-change operation. During his air force career, he began to dress as a woman - first at home, and then in public. For the last five years before his operation, Benjy dressed as a woman full...
produced by Worldview Pictures Production (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 51 mins
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Family Values
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directed by Pam Walton; produced by Pam Walton (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1996), 1 hour 1 mins
This intensely personal film documents lesbian videomaker Pam Walton's attempt to reconcile with her long estranged father. It is also her search for what "family" means to her. After her mother's death and her father's remarriage, her father Rus Walton broke off ties with his daughters. He evolved into a right wi...
directed by Pam Walton; produced by Pam Walton (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1996), 1 hour 1 mins
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Metamorphosis: Man into Woman
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directed by Lisa Leeman, fl. 1985; produced by Claudia Hoover (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1990), 58 mins
As many as 60,000 people are uncomfortable with the sex they were born into (gender dysphoria). Gary, a 39-year-old transsexual, has been convinced since childhood that he is a woman trapped in a male body. At age 36, Gary decided to begin the extraordinary process of changing his sex. Shot over three years, this...
directed by Lisa Leeman, fl. 1985; produced by Claudia Hoover (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1990), 58 mins
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Our Mom's A Dyke
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produced by Juliette Olavarria (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1996), 35 mins
This is a charming documentary about adolescent girls who had to deal with an unexpected complication in their suburban life. Their mother suddenly dissolved her marriage and then told the girls in strictest confidence that she was a lesbian. This secret made them feel isolated from their friends and especially fr...
produced by Juliette Olavarria (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1996), 35 mins
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Out in Suburbia: The Stories of Eleven Lesbians
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produced by Pam Walton (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1990), 29 mins
This remarkably honest and revealing documentary shatters the stereotypes held by many people unfamiliar with the gay community. Eleven women discuss with heartwarming frankness their lives in local neighborhoods, covering a wide range of issues including marriage, motherhood, discrimination, stereotypes and femal...
produced by Pam Walton (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1990), 29 mins
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Pride Divide
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directed by Paris Poirier; produced by Paris Poirier and Karen Kiss (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1999), 57 mins
From the producers of the award-winning Last Call at Maud's, comes this ground breaking exploration of the gender gap between gays and lesbians. Politically united against global homophobia, they are poles apart on many life issues. Oddly enough, their struggle of male versus female mirrors many traditional confli...
directed by Paris Poirier; produced by Paris Poirier and Karen Kiss (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1999), 57 mins
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Sex and Money: Dr. John Money on Sexual Identity
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produced by Humanist League (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1991), 53 mins
In this fascinating documentary on transsexuality, Dr. John Money shares his ideas on gender identity. Dr. Money is well known for his research on what makes a person become heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual or transsexual. In this film he presents his ideas on the anatomical and biological factors that steer one...
produced by Humanist League (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1991), 53 mins
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Sworn Virgins
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directed by Elvira Dones; produced by Elvira Dones, Radiotelevisione Svizzera and Dones Media LLC (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2008), 52 mins
Why would a girl swear to stay a virgin? What kind of tradition sanctions this form of self-denial? In a mountainous area of Albania, an ancestral code of laws -- observed to this day -- placed women in the bottom rank of society. It dictates that "a woman is a sack, made to endure." A woman cannot choose her husb...
directed by Elvira Dones; produced by Elvira Dones, Radiotelevisione Svizzera and Dones Media LLC (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2008), 52 mins
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We Are Family
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produced by Aimee Sands, WGBH Boston (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1988), 59 mins
One of the underlying objections to gay marriages is the concern about them raising children. Will the children be raised to be gay themselves? Is there a risk of sexual abuse? What about gender role models? We Are Family takes a look at what life is really like in homosexual families, with the focus on parenting...
produced by Aimee Sands, WGBH Boston (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1988), 59 mins
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