Dee Mosbacher

Birth : 1949-01-13, Houston, Texas, USA

History

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Diane "Dee" Mosbacher, MD, PhD, (born January 13, 1949 in Houston, Texas) is an American filmmaker, lesbian feminist activist, and psychiatrist. In 1993, Mosbacher founded Woman Vision, a nonprofit organization to promote tolerance and equal treatment of all people through the production and use of educational media, including video. To date, Mosbacher has directed or produced nine documentary films through Woman Vision, each having to do with LGBTQ or Women’s Rights issues. In 1994, Mosbacher directed and produced Straight From the Heart, which was nominated for an Academy Award. Mosbacher is also a practicing psychiatrist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dee Mosbacher, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies

Training Rules

Director

Rene Portland had three training rules during her 26 years coaching basketball at Pennsylvania State University - no drinking, no drugs and no lesbians. Training Rules, examines how a wealthy athletic department, enabled by the silence of a complacent university, allowed talented athletes, thought to be gay, to be dismissed from their college team. The film follows the lawsuit filed in 2006 against Portland and Penn State by student athlete Jennifer Harris. This high profile case ignited the world of women’s collegiate sports. It inspired the discussions so sorely needed to end discrimination based on sexual orientation that pervades all organized sport.

Radical Harmonies

Director

Interviews and performance footage are used to provide an overview of the women's music scene.

All God's Children

Director

Shows how the Black Church has embraced African-American lesbians and gay men as dedicated members of its spiritual family. Prominent religious, intellectual and political leaders, family members, and activists speak out about the role of the church and the importance of a commitment to equal rights and social justice for all people, including lesbians and gay men.

Out for a Change

Director

The award-winning short documentary features interviews with student athletes, coaches (including Stanford’s Tara Van Deveer), athletic directors, academics, and prominent professional athletes including Martina Navratilova and Zina Garrison-Jackson as they describe how the fear of being labeled a lesbian or “dyke” hinders the performance of all female athletes, and even prevents many women from participating in sports at all. The personal tales are contextualized within a larger narrative that illustrates how sexism and homophobia are wielded as political tools to retain male control over the multi-billion dollar women’s sports industry.

Straight from the Heart

Director

Parents talk about their gay and lesbian children, and how they came to accept their lifestyle.