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Growing up in the Mormon church, Kristyn Michele was told that their voice was a gift from God and that they should share it with the world. But when a friend from church discovered Kristyn in a same-sex relationship and reported them, they were publicly kicked out of the church and their relationship to music fractured. It wasn't until years later that they recognized themselves as non-binary and began to transition.
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Renowned poet Naomi Replansky reflects on her life and career at 100 years old as a young lesbian making poetry.
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This inspiring film profiles the Lesbian Herstory Archives, a non-hierarchical, collectively-run archive that preserves the various expressions of lesbian identity, love, and solidarity. Scrappy and determined, a cross-generational team of women steward the collection from a cramped Manhattan apartment to a building of its own. As memory fades and members depart, the volunteer archivists contemplate the safeguarding and transmission of these invaluable materials — and the stories they document — to future generations.
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GIRLS ON FILM returns with eight award-winning short films from around the world. Inspirational short stories made by women, for women, explore female desire, empowerment and the realities of being a woman, a lesbian and a feminist today.
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"Our history was disappearing as quickly as we were making it." With that realization, Deborah Edel and Joan Nestle co-founded the Lesbian Herstory Archives, the world's largest collection of materials by and about lesbians. More than 40 years later, Deb must consider the future of the collection.
