Films for Pride Month
Celebrate Pride Month with these recent films by and/or about LGBTQIA folks. From comedies to documentaries to dramas and more, these films cover the multi-faceted nature of LGBTQIA communities and experiences. (Updated May 2022)
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Little girl
This poignant documentary, which The New Yorker described as "an immersive, experiential film, a work of creative nonfiction," sensitively portrays Sasha, a young trans French girl, and her family, as they struggle to gain recognition of her gender.
Format: DVD
Availability: Available
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Ma Belle, My Beauty
In Southern France, Bertie and Lane, ex-lovers who were once part of a polyamorous triad, meet again after a long separation.
Format: Streaming Video
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The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Based on the teen novel of the same name, this skillfully told coming-of-age story follows Cameron, a young lesbian growing up in a conservative Montana town who is sent to gay "conversion" therapy when she's caught with another girl on prom night.
Format: Streaming Video
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Moffie
In this military drama, Nicholas, a young man coming to terms with his sexuality, is conscripted into the notorious South African Defence Force, where homosexuality is a punishable crime.
Format: DVD
Availability: Available
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Monsoon
Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians) stars as Kit, a British-Vietnamese man returning to his homeland for the first time in decades, who is grappling with his family history when he makes an unexpected connection with Lewis (Parker Sawyers).
Format: Streaming Video
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Moonlight
Winner of the 2016 Oscar for Best Picture, Moonlight is the arresting coming-of-age story of a young gay black man in the South, loosely based on Tarell Alvin McCraney's unpublished semi-autobiographical play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue.
Format: Streaming Video
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No Ordinary Man
Co-directed by trans director Chase Joynt, this meta-biographical film re-examines the legacy and representation of jazz musician Billy Tipton, whose identity as a transgender man was publicly revealed after his death in 1989.
Format: DVD
Availability: Available
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The Pearl
Set in the rural Pacific Northwest, this short documentary follows the lives of four trans women who come out in their communities later in life.
Format: Streaming Video
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Portrait de la jeune fille en feu
In this acclaimed historical romantic drama from French director Céline Sciamma, a French noblewoman and the woman commissioned to paint her portrait embark on a passionate but doomed love affair.
Format: DVD
Availability: Available
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Rafiki
Daughters of rival politicians in their conservative Kenyan community, Kena and Ziki somehow manage to maintain a close friendship. But when they fall in love, they are forced to make a difficult choice between safety and personal happiness.
Format: Streaming Video