LGBTSoc DVD Library - Your suggestions!

[Akasha]

Rightio,

LGBT Society has set aside a nice little pot of £££'s to buy ourselves a DVD library.

We want them to have a welfare function as well as a social one - i.e. send a positive message about being LGB or T. Or, perhaps they would help someone who is curious/questioning to understand more about themselves? Perhaps they are biographical and examine the life of a famous person who was LGB or T?

So, if you want to suggest any films/books that you think would be a good addition to our library let us know.


I'll start:

' The L Word' boxsets
'Queer as Folk' [UK Version!] boxsets
Brokeback Mountain
But I'm a Cheerleader
TransAmerica

[Insight]

My Beautiful Laundrette
A Beautiful Thing (though is a tad hilarious in its low-budgetry)
Angels In America (not necessarily positive, but a very moving portrayal of the AIDS crisis in the 80s)


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[Marco Biagi]

Laramie Project.
Priscilla.

Someone like LGBTYouth Scotland might be able to give good ideas for documentaries or whatnot, but I don't think it's something anyone will know off the top of their head. And specific educational videos... *shudder*


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[Midget]

Hedwig and The Angry Inch
Maurice


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[grousefanatic]

You have my list already, Akasha.

And we already have A Beautiful Thing, I think.

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[grousefanatic]

Quoting Marco Biagi from 19:16, 28th Jun 2006
And specific educational videos... *shudder*

And we got a couple of them too.

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[Mister Frodo]

Don't want to come across all arthousey but there's a beautiful little German film I saw last year, as part of the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, called Summerstorm. Everyone I've shown it to has loved it.

[OhhMy]

'Get Real'

A great british gay film. I think you can only get it on video. Its well worth it if you can get hold of it.

Quoting Mister Frodo from 13:00, 29th Jun 2006
Don't want to come across all arthousey but there's a beautiful little German film I saw last year, as part of the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, called Summerstorm. Everyone I've shown it to has loved it.

[kitty]

Better Than Chocolate, But I'm a Cheerleader, Fingersmith, Tipping the Velvet, Lost and Delirious, Bound.....that's all I can currently think of for lesbian films. Get Real is quite good.

[Insight]

Get Real is the one with the scene where one of the characters cries because the other one is drying him off with a towel or something? I was delirious with lack of sleep when I saw it...it confused me greatly.

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[grousefanatic]

Quoting ohhmy from 16:26, 29th Jun 2006
'Get Real'

A great british gay film. I think you can only get it on video. Its well worth it if you can get hold of it.

It's annoying, you can get it on Region 1 DVD but not Region 2, pointful.

Oh, and Kitty, Better Than Chocolate - my eyes, my eyes!!! Though I would watch it again for the drag queen song alone.

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[grousefanatic]

Actually, this might just save us sometime hehe.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_le ... ated_films

Some of the LGBTness of these films is subtle / very hidden. I have also seen more than I care to acknowledge, but I blame my parents' video and DVD collection.

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[grousefanatic]

Actually, this might just save us sometime hehe.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_le ... ated_films

Some of the LGBTness of these films is subtle / very hidden. I have also seen more than I care to acknowledge, but I blame my parents' video and DVD collection.

EDIT:

OMG the hilarity, I remember this!!!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 6422516795

Watch in private and don't be too offended.


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[lgbtfilmlover]

Boys don't cry
Lost and delirious
Gia
High Art
1st season of sugar rush
Tipping the velvet

[Akasha]

Quoting grousefanatic from 20:00, 5th Jul 2006

Oh, and Kitty, Better Than Chocolate - my eyes, my eyes!!! Though I would watch it again for the drag queen song alone.

"I'm not a f*cking drag queen...."

That song is the best!

How evil was the woman who was like "Get out of the ladies... " and then beat her with a handbag tho

[grousefanatic]

Quoting Akasha from 22:33, 5th Jul 2006

How evil was the woman who was like "Get out of the ladies... " and then beat her with a handbag tho

I was well upset. I think my friend Caz was a little taken aback by how mad I got at the film.

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[Wooly]

School Ties

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[grousefanatic]

For those of you who fancy a simple night of wine and DVD frolics, I also have a disturbing amount of Will & Grace to share (will hopefully be up to season 7 by my return to St Andrews), so we could have some extra-LGBT nights of that...

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[grousefanatic]

Oh and QAF:USA (yeh so we'd have to buy mostly region 1, but I have a mutliregion DVD player so they can live with me )

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[Wooly]

Quoting grousefanatic from 23:36, 11th Aug 2006
Oh and QAF:USA (yeh so we'd have to buy mostly region 1, but I have a mutliregion DVD player so they can live with me )

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I have Seasons 1 & 2. I have a special edition of Season 3, but some of the discs don't work for some reason. I;ll be getting Season 4 soon too.

I love QAF USA with all my heart...

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