The Celluloid Closet
R · 1995 ‧ Documentary/Thriller ‧ 1h 47m
This documentary highlights the historical contexts that gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders have occupied in cinema history, and shows the evolution of the entertainment industry's role in shaping perceptions of LGBT figures. The issues...
Release date: March 15, 1996 (USA)
Directors: Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
Story by: Vito Russo, Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, and more
Distributed by: TriStar Pictures and Sony Pictures Classics
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A documentary surveying the various Hollywood screen depictions of homosexuals and the attitudes behind them throughout the history of North American film.
The Celluloid Closet may refer to: The Celluloid Closet (book), a 1981 book by Vito Russo. The Celluloid Closet (film), a 1995 American documentary film ...
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Narrated by Lily Tomlin, this exuberant, eye-opening movie serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of gay men and women on the silver screen.
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This documentary highlights the historical contexts that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals have occupied in cinema history, and shows the ...
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A seminal work . Vito Russo's impassioned and insightful survey of how homosexuality was depicted in the movies in the twentieth century. A complete delight.
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The Celluloid Closet is a famous book for many reasons: for one, Vito Russo is a queer elder/figure that every LGBT person should know, as he founded the Gay ...
The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies is a non-fiction book by film historian and LGBT activist Vito Russo, first published in 1981 by Harper & Row.
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This documentary highlights the historical contexts that gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders have occupied in cinema history, and shows the evolution ...