queer activism movies

Madonna: The Celebration Tour in Rio (2024)
10 / 10

Music, TV Movie

Madonna celebrates her four-decade career in a special concert for over 1.6 million people at the Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro.

Love & Revolution (2023)
6.9 / 10

Drama, Comedy

Seville, 1977. At a time when homosexuality is a crime, Reme, a traditional mother moved by the love of her son, an adolescent aspiring artist, will...

Happy Birthday, Marsha! (2018)
1 / 10

Drama, History

It's a hot summer day in June, 1969. Marsha throws herself a birthday party and dreams of performing at a club in town, but no one shows up. Sylvia,...

Queer Japan (2020)
5 / 10

Documentary

Trailblazing artists, activists, and everyday people from across the spectrum of gender and sexuality defy social norms and dare to live...

A Queer City (2020)
7 / 10

Documentary

A documentary following three young nascent drag artists as they navigate a rising queer scene in Norwich City - a place wherein they express their...

Homosexual (2013)
3.5 / 10

Documentary, Comedy

In this funny and erotic mockumentary, director Toby Ross takes an out of the box look at homosexuals - dividing them into two major groups: those...

Quearborn & Perversion: An Early History of Lesbian & Gay Chicago (2007)
0 / 10

Documentary, History

Quearborn & Perversion: An Early History of Lesbian & Gay Chicago (2009, 109 min) is a documentary on LGBTQ life in Chicago from 1934 to 1974. Moving...

Gay Positive (2014)
5.5 / 10

Documentary

Gay Positive is the story of one man trying to bring to attention the outdated ban on gay men donating blood in the United States of America. This...

Trans*BUT — Fragments of Identity (2015)
0 / 10

Documentary

Fragmentary perspectives on Human Rights and transgender (trans*) People in Turkey. What remains at the place where a murder happened? What...

a small island (1969)
0 / 10

Documentary

Dolores guapa! (2022)
4.7 / 10

Documentary

Religious-based images and traditions permeate the lives of all the people who inhabit Seville. Historically, the city's mariquitas ("sissies") have...

İris (2020)
9.5 / 10

Documentary

Biographical trans documentary film in which Iris Mozalar, a young artist, shares her diversity of being a bisexual transgender woman, the process of...

Our Bodies Our Business (2016)
0 / 10

A documentary collage of sex worker activist interventions created from footage captured by HIV/AIDS activist at the Fifth International AIDS...

Outliers: Calgary's Queer History (2018)
0 / 10

Documentary

A deep dive into the historical, social and political forces which shaped the development of the queer community in Calgary. Featuring extensive...

Pink Motherland (2009)
0 / 10

Documentary

A documentary about Néstor Perlongher. His life, his poems, and his activism in Argentina's Frente de Liberación Homosexual (homosexual liberation...

Queer Artivism (2013)
0 / 10

Documentary

An insight into 5 queer film festivals accompanied with the discussion about the importance of queer film festivals, queer film and people's...

There Will Be Glitter (2009)
0 / 10

Documentary

A story about the GLBTQ community at Gettysburg College: students and faculty, past and present. Enjoy a glimpse of their lives as they discuss...

black enuf* (2017)
0 / 10

Documentary, Animation

A queer oddball seeks approval from Black peers despite a serious lack of Hip-Hop credentials. This short animated documentary takes you on a quest...

The Beauty President (2021)
6 / 10

Documentary

In 1992, at the height of the AIDS pandemic, activist Terence Alan Smith made a historic bid for president of the United States as his drag queen...

Ana Rúbia (2022)
0 / 10

Documentary

Deep Brazil. Between drifting through a city in the interior of Mato Grosso on the banks of the BR-163, we follow moments of the routine of Ana...