Jennifer Kroot brings a background in underground filmmaking to her documentaries and uses that sensibility to create surprises within her stories. The San Francisco-based filmmaker first caught the eye of writer Armistead Maupin when he saw her documentary To Be Takei, about actor and activist George Takei, and, as Maupin said affectionately and humorously in …
Filmmaker Yoruba Richen spoke with us about her film The New Black, including how the idea came to her on election day, 2008, how she got African American pastors opposed to marriage equality to open up, and where the conversation is going within black communities.
June is LGBT Pride Month and we honor the occasion by asking a few filmmakers who’ve made documentaries for Independent Lens to contribute their own picks for the gay-themed films (features or docs) that affected them most profoundly.
June is LGBT Pride Month, and once again, we’re giving in to the temptation to make a list! This year our LGBT feature film is We Were Here, a film about the AIDS years in San Francisco, when a community was decimated by a mysterious and deadly disease about which little was known. For those of …
It’s LGBT Pride Month, and with celebrations cropping up across the country, we thought we’d have a look at documentaries dealing with LGBT issues are. Here’s my personal Top 10 … feel free to suggest your own favorites in the comments section. 10. Two Spirits The story of the murder of Fred Martinez, this documentary …
