Lesbian History Movies

An archive-driven exploration of the life, work, and legacy of iconic, pioneering lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer.

Janine and Sandy are a lesbian couple who decide to have a baby, but after a few years Sandy dies. This tragedy is exploited by Sandy's parents to...

Angie and Pat are a couple living in Hong Kong who have been together for over four decades. After Pat's unexpected death, Angie finds herself at the...

With a fist full of credit cards, a lucky run at the horse track, and a title that called to mind a certain French film star, Franco Stevens launched...

Ten women in Canada talk about being lesbian in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s: discovering the pulp fiction of the day about women in love, their own...

This short film reveals the inspiration, motivation and political challenges at San Francisco City Hall during the frantic days leading up to the...

Thread: My Rose is the 1st part of the Sequel: Thread

From her personal experience, Marie Labory sets out on the trail of the lesbians who lived in Europe in the twentieth century. One hundred years of...

Two young women narrate their stories of recent love relationships. Living in the metropolis of São Paulo, their experiences are permeated by...

It begins with footage from a stylish old potboiler about an isolated convent, whose tale of passions leashed and unleashed provides the leitmotif...

During the women's demonstration on March 8, 1972, Mariasilvia SPOLATO was there with a placard: Liberazione omosessuale. A month later, Simone de...

Sam shoots a documentary about her aunt, Danièle, a family icon. Danièle is a lesbian. In the ’70s, she was part of a...

Before Mayor Giuliani sanitized New York City. Before smart phones and selfies. Before being gay was mainstream. When the specter of AIDS was all...

GroundSpark creates visionary films and dynamic educational campaigns that move individuals and communities to take action for a more just world....

Black women had extremely limited options during Jim Crow. Odessa’s story explores how an African American woman born in a time with limited...

In 1931, a ragtag group of goofballs must face Contessa Dracula, a seductive sapphic pseudo-fascist who lives on a magical submarine.

A film that sets a magnifying glass on the representation of lesbians in fiction products that were broadcasted on Argentine television from 1992 to...