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“This award-winning portrait of lesbian life in the 1940s, 50s and 60s incorporates interviews, archival footage and a pulp novel dramatization to illustrate this incredible time. With humor and grace, ten charming and fascinating women discuss what it was like being lesbians at a very different time in history. Their candid and riveting stories bring to life what it was like coming out (or being closeted) and finding community amidst the homophobic backdrop of the era. Interwoven with this real-life history is the aching romantic, pulp-novel inspired tale of star-crossed lovers Mitch and Laura. The film also features an interview with the acclaimed 1950s lesbian pulp author Ann Bannon (Beebo Brinker, Odd Girl Out).”

WE HAVE CURRENTLY RAISED 3,135$ OF OUR 12,500$ GOAL! 

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Outlast aims to increase minority representation in film and media by teaching minority students filmmaking skills so that they can tell their own stories. Outlast also aims to build relationships across minority communities, because together, we can “Outlast” anything.

This is our third year, and we are heading back to Pine Ridge Indian Reservation from July 3rd - July 12th. We’ll be holding a full short film production experience. The students will write, direct, film and edit a short film. We will then enter the film into festivals.

In addition, we are inviting speakers to Pine Ridge to hold performances, workshops and talks with the students. We are bringing in artist and filmmakers from a variety of multicultural and artistic backgrounds. So far, we have Native-American rapper Frank Waln, Native American poet Tanaya Winder, cinematographer Salvatore Totino and musicians Maimouna and Jabari Exum.

But we can’t do this without your help!

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Bonus: Outlast is run entirely by women and people of color. We are African-American, Native-American, Filipino, Native-Hawaiian, and the list continues! We are minority youth coming together to empower minority youth!

Also, check us out, we were featured on Afropunk! 

So I just completed a documentary title “Dancing in the Dark” which tells a story of the black and latino american gay experience and how it goes hand and hand with night culture and it would be super dope if you people were able to check out this film as it relate to current issues of today.

Movies To Stream Right Now For Transgender Day Of Visibility

Boy Meets Girl (dir. Eric Shaeffer)

A sweet romantic comedy starring trans actress Michelle Hendley as a trans woman who finds love in a small town in Kentucky, USA. (Netflix)

Tangerine (dir. Sean Baker)

Two trans sex workers, played by trans actresses Kitana Kiki Rodriguez and Mya Taylor, go on an adventure in Los Angeles on Christmas Eve to find the man who did one of them wrong. (Netflix)

Gun Hill Road (dir. Esai Morales)

Harmony Santana, who plays a young trans woman in the process of transitioning, was the first trans actress to be nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. (iTunes, Google Play)

Todo sobre mi madre/ All About My Mother (dir. Pedro Almodóvar)

This Spanish-language masterpiece by Pedro Almodóvar is the most-awarded movie featuring a trans actress: Antonia San Juan plays a trans woman named Agrado. (Amazon, iTunes, Hulu, Google Play)

Paris Is Burning (dir. Jennie Livingston)

The legendary documentary about the New York Ballroom scene showcases the brilliance of the many trans women of color who built a community there. (Netflix)

Kumu Hina (dir. Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson)

The story of Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, a Hawaiian teacher, activist, and māhū - an individual who embodies both male and female spirit. (Netflix)

Growing Up Coy (dir. Eric Juhola)

A documentary recently released by Netflix in 190 countries telling the story of Coy Mathis, a 6-year-old trans girl who was the focus of a landmark 2013 court ruling allowing her to use the girls’ bathroom at her school in Fountain, Colorado. (Netflix)

Pay It No Mind: The Life And Times Of Marsha P. Johnson (dir. Michael Kasino)

Marsha P. Johnson was a revolutionary trans activist, Stonewall instigator, Andy Warhol model, actress, and Saint. (YouTube)

Movies Directed By Trans People

The Matrix (dir. Lilly and Lana Wachowski)

Though directors Lilly and Lana Wachowski weren’t out at the time, their seminal film is fascinating to rewatch as a trans allegory. (Amazon, iTunes, Google Play)

Drunktowns’s Finest (dir. Sydney Freeland)

Black LGBT Films with Dark Skin Leads

Karmen Gei, dir. Joseph Gaï Ramaka (Senegal)

Young Soul Rebels, dir. Isaac Julien (UK)

Chocolate Babies, dir. Stephen Winter (USA)

Drool, dir. Nancy Kissam (USA)

Princesa, dir. Henrique Goldman (Italy)

The Watermelon Woman, dir. Cheryl Dunye (USA)

Noah’s Arc Jumping the Broom, dir. Patrik-Ian Polk (USA)

Brother to Brother, dir. Rodney Evans (USA)

Bessie, dir. Dee Rees (USA)

Tangerine, dir. Sean S. Baker (USA)

Pariah, dir. Dee Rees (USA)