#queer short

EATING PAPAW ON THE SEASHORE (2022) dir. Rae Wiltshire & Nickose Layne Two queer Guyanese boys, Hasan and Asim, navigate their feelings in a homophobic society. (link in title)

Sister Wives (2024) by Louisa Connolly-Burnham

QUEENS AT HEART (1967) A rare archival short, Queens at Heart follows four shockingly courageous pre-Stonewall trans women, Misty, Vicky, Sonja, and Simone. They go out as women at night, but live as men during the day, take hormones, and dream of “going for a change.” Subjected to a six-month psychological project, and cross-examined by dubious “experts” all four women are incredibly captivating subjects—whether being interrogated or partying at the ball. (link in title)

ACE (2022) dir. Jordan-Paige Sudduth When Summer and Phoebe meet, it’s practically love at first sight. But as their relationship progresses, Phoebe discovers a part of her identity that causes a roadblock between the two, and it’s up to them to find their way back to each other, or call it quits. (link in title)

CHANGES (1970) dir. Pat Rocco Directed by pioneering gay documentary and erotica filmmaker Pat Rocco, Changes is a profile of Jennifer Michaels, a trans woman living in Los Angeles. (link in title)

TERROR, SISTERS! (2019) dir. Alexis Langlois Today is a day like any other for Kalthoum and her girlfriends. They sip cocktails, look for sex on the Internet, impatiently wait for love and once again, endure the transphobic insults of strangers. But today it’s not going to be like that: the four friends will imagine their revenge. (link in title)

गुलाबी आइना | THE PINK MIRROR (2003) dir. Sridhar Rangayan Bibbo, a Bollywood fashion designer, and Shabbo, a dancer, have a strenuous and often volatile relationship with each other. Though they are known to quarrel often, they are always able to reconcile soon after an argument and prove to the other that they care about them. They both have an attraction to Samir, an aspiring actor whom Bibbo claims is her driver, despite her not owning a car. The situation is further complicated by Mandy, Shabbo's young Western apprentice, who is also interested in Samir. (link in title)

Sister Wives (2024) by Louisa Connolly-Burnham