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Anticipating the present-day practice of up-to-the-minute political satire as seen on SNL, The Daily Show, and Last Week Tonight, the world-famous Cockettes — including disco superstar Sylvester — orchestrated a decidedly queer, hysterically funny send-up of the televised wedding of First Daughter Tricia Nixon on June 11, 1971. Come revel in psychedelic debauchery as you've never seen it before with a new pristine 4K remaster of Tricia’s Wedding. Restoration commissioned by Frameline and the OutFest UCLA Legacy Project and facilitated by the UCLA Film & Television Archive for the 50th anniversary of this queer cinema landmark.

In their fight for the Gender Evolution Revolution, the Genderbusters drive around resolving the gender-binary dilemmas of folks all over San Francisco! Genderbusters is a short 16mm film written and directed by Sam Berliner, a genderqueer trans graduate film student at SF State University working towards his MFA. His goal as a filmmaker is to provide a positive voice for the trans, genderqueer, androgynous & gender-fluid folks not yet represented on screen, documenting our history, serving as a call to action to be recognized and respected by society at large. The film has screened at over 50 film festivals around the world from Melbourne to Mumbai, Osaka to London, Tel Aviv to Rio de Janeiro, is distributed by the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre, and won Best Short Film at Translations 2011: Seattle’s Transgender Film Festival.

This feature-length documentary focuses on revolutionary trans-activist, Marsha "Pay it No Mind" Johnson, a Stonewall instigator, Andy Warhol model, trans person, sex worker, starving actress, and Saint. "Pay It" captures the legendary gay/human rights activist as she recounts her life at the forefront of The Stonewall Riots in the 1960s, the creation of S.T.A.R. (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries) with Sylvia Rivera in the '70s, and a New York City activist throughout the '80s and early '90s. Through her own words, as well as in-depth interviews with gay activist Randy Wicker, former Cockettes performer Agosto Machado, author Michael Musto, Hot Peaches founder/performer, Jimmy Camicia, and Stonewall activists Bob Kohler, Danny Garvin, Tommy Lanigan-Schmidt, and Martin Boyce, Marsha's story lives on.

A chronicle of the extraordinary life of transgender activist and porn pioneer, Buck Angel. He survived addiction, prostitution, and suicide and now tells a moving story of a man's search for acceptance from his family & the world. Following six years in his life, MR. ANGEL is an inspirational story of an unlikely hero.

Two 4 One is a bittersweet comedic drama that sees a transgender hero in an unimaginable predicament. When transgendered Adam helps his baby-crazy ex-girlfriend Miriam artificially inseminate, they wind up in bed together— and they both get pregnant. Now Adam must reconcile his identity and gender with his biological reality, grapple with his feelings for Miriam, and try to figure out what it means to be a man. Maureen Bradley’s award-winning debut feature stars Gavin Crawford (This Hour Has 22 Minutes), Naomi Snieckus (Mr. D), Andrea Menard (Moccasin Flats), Matt Baram (Seed), and Gabrielle Rose (The Sweet Hereafter). Produced with participation from Telefilm Canada, Women in the Director’s Chair, and Super Channel, with assistance from the BC Arts Council. Developed through NSI Features First in association with Presenting Sponsor Telefilm Canada; Program Partners The Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation and Shaw Media.

A hooker tears through Tinseltown on Christmas Eve searching for the pimp who broke her heart.

Long before the settlers arrived to Turtle Island (aka North America), there existed a Two Spirit Society in many tribal communities. The Two Spirited people were revered and treated with respect and equality. They were sought for their wisdom, healing and visions. Once a child had reached the age of puberty, a special ceremony was held. The child would enter a lodge, and pick either a basket or a bow. The item chosen helped to provide guidance on whether the feminine or masculine role would be the path followed. The Two Spirit Society was quickly abolished with the arrival of settlers. The Two Spirit Society has been revived… Niish Manidoowag speaks to the real issues that transgender youth encounter in their life’s journey. We honour all LGBQT peoples everywhere. Directed by Debbie Mishibinijima, an Odawa/Potawatomi woman from Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory (Manitoulin Island, Ontario). The name of this film is in Anishinaabemowin, translated to English, it means Two-Spirited Beings.

LEITIS IN WAITING is the story of Joey Mataele and the Tonga leitis, an intrepid group of native transgender women fighting a rising tide of religious fundamentalism and intolerance in their South Pacific Kingdom. The film follows Joey, a devout Catholic of noble descent, as she organizes an exuberant beauty pageant presided over by a princess, provides shelter and training for a young contestant rejected by her family, and spars with American-financed evangelicals threatening to resurrect colonial-era laws that would criminalize the leitis' lives. With unexpected humor and extraordinary access to the Kingdom's royals and religious leaders, Joey's emotional journey reveals what it means to be different in a society ruled by tradition, and what it takes to be accepted without forsaking who you are.

With Liz at the helm, the 20th Century Motor Car Company launches The Dale, which soon takes on a life of its own. Investigative reporters question the operation and its leader, leading to government attempts to reign in Liz's sales practices, upheaval at the company, and a fatal shooting.