Matt Wolf

The history of New York’s Meatpacking District, told from the perspective of transgender sex workers who lived and worked there. Filmmaker Kristen Lovell, who walked “The Stroll” for a decade, reunites her community to recount the violence, policing, homelessness, and gentrification they overcame to build a movement for transgender rights.

As the AIDS epidemic took hold in the early 1980s, self-help guru Louise Hay created a space for healing called the Hayride. Drawing hundreds of gay men confronting a deadly and stigmatized disease, Louise promised that they could overcome AIDS through self-love. Some said this early new age wellness movement was unscientific and harmful. Others who were suffering said that Louise healed them. In the face of a deadly pandemic and government neglect, resilience takes unusual forms, and for Louise Hay’s circle, intimate forms of reckoning were transformative.

1991년, 대항문화계의 선지자들이 바이오스피어2라 불리는 거대한 구조물을 창조한다. '두 번째 지구'라는 의미를 가진 바이오스피어2는 지구 생태계를 복제한 닫힌 시스템의 실험장이었다. 여덟 명의 ‘바이오스피어인’이 외부와 단절된 이곳에서 2년 동안 사는 실험에 들어가자 미디어의 집중 조명을 받는 센세이션이 일어난다. 하지만 곧 실험의 목적과 과정에 대한 의문이 제기되고 생태학적 재앙과 종교적 비난까지 맞닥뜨리게 된다. 대서사시 같은 이들의 모험은 현 생태계에 대한 일종의 경고이자 새로운 세상을 꿈꾸는 사람들이 가진 힘을 조명한다. (2021년 제18회 서울환경영화제)

1991년, 대항문화계의 선지자들이 바이오스피어2라 불리는 거대한 구조물을 창조한다. '두 번째 지구'라는 의미를 가진 바이오스피어2는 지구 생태계를 복제한 닫힌 시스템의 실험장이었다. 여덟 명의 ‘바이오스피어인’이 외부와 단절된 이곳에서 2년 동안 사는 실험에 들어가자 미디어의 집중 조명을 받는 센세이션이 일어난다. 하지만 곧 실험의 목적과 과정에 대한 의문이 제기되고 생태학적 재앙과 종교적 비난까지 맞닥뜨리게 된다. 대서사시 같은 이들의 모험은 현 생태계에 대한 일종의 경고이자 새로운 세상을 꿈꾸는 사람들이 가진 힘을 조명한다. (2021년 제18회 서울환경영화제)

Marion Stokes secretly recorded television 24 hours a day for 30 years from 1975 until her death in 2012. For Marion taping was a form of activism to seek the truth, and she believed that a comprehensive archive of the media would be invaluable for future generations. Her visionary and maddening project nearly tore her family apart, but now her 70,000 VHS tapes are being digitized and they'll be searchable online.

In L.A.’s Boyle Heights neighborhood, local activists and members of the art community clash over the fate of a beloved neighborhood.

Bayard Rustin was the organizer of the The Great March on Washington and one of the leaders of the civil rights movement. In the 1980s, Bayard adopted his younger boyfriend Walter Naegle to obtain the legal protections of marriage. In this intimate love story, Walter remembers Bayard and a time when gay marriage was inconceivable. He reflects on the little known phenomena of intergenerational gay adoption and its connection to the civil rights movement.

Therese Frare's photograph of the AIDS activist David Kirby on his deathbed incited international controversy when it was used in a United Colors of Benetton advertisement in 1992. This short documentary, commissioned by TIME Magazine for their series 100 Photos about the most influential photographs of all time, features photographer Therese Frare, former Benetton Creative Director Oliviero Toscani, and the artists and AIDS activists Tom Kalin and Marlene McCarthy.

This portrait of Hilary Knight, the artist behind the iconic Eloise books, sees him reflecting on his life as an illustrator and his relationship to his most successful work.

Teenagers did not exist before the 20th century. Not until the early 1950s did the term gain widespread recognition, but "Teenage" offers compelling evidence that teenagers had a tumultuous effect on the previous half-decade.

Teenagers did not exist before the 20th century. Not until the early 1950s did the term gain widespread recognition, but "Teenage" offers compelling evidence that teenagers had a tumultuous effect on the previous half-decade.

Archival montage combines audio recordings of Joe Brainard reading from the poem, "I Remember," as well as an interview with his lifelong friend and collaborator, the poet Ron Padgett. The result is an inventive biography of Joe Brainard, and an elliptical dialog about friendship, nostalgia, and the strange wonders of memory.

Wild Combination is a visually absorbing portrait of the seminal avant-garde composer, singer-songwriter, cellist, and disco producer Arthur Russell. Before his death in 1992, Arthur prolifically created music that spanned both pop and the transcendent possibilities of abstract art. Now, over fifteen years since his passing, Arthur's work is finally finding its audience. Wolf incorporates rare archival footage and commentary from Arthur's family, friends, and closest collaborators to tell this poignant and important story.

Wild Combination is a visually absorbing portrait of the seminal avant-garde composer, singer-songwriter, cellist, and disco producer Arthur Russell. Before his death in 1992, Arthur prolifically created music that spanned both pop and the transcendent possibilities of abstract art. Now, over fifteen years since his passing, Arthur's work is finally finding its audience. Wolf incorporates rare archival footage and commentary from Arthur's family, friends, and closest collaborators to tell this poignant and important story.