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BUT NO ONE by Su Friedrich
"The visual material of But No One corresponds to the waking world of the filmmaker…
CHILDREN OF SRIKANDI A film by Children of Srikandi Collective
In CHILDREN OF SRIKANDI, participants collectively worked as crew members or actresses in each other’s film, with individual stories ranging from observational documentary and concept art to personal essay.
COOL HANDS, WARM HEART by Su Friedrich
"Filmed on the streets of New York's Lower East Side, Cool Hands, Warm Heart, creates a unusually original vision.
CRUEL AND UNUSUAL by Janet Baus, Dan Hunt and Reid Williams
Most states separate prisoners by genitalia alone, so pre-op, transgender women are placed in men’s correctional facilities, where they find themselves vulnerable and preyed upon.
DAMNED IF YOU DON’T by Su Friedrich
Damned If You Don’t is Friedrich’s subversive and ecstatic response to her Catholic upbringing.
FIRST COMES LOVE by Su Friedrich
Friedrich’s film is a sumptuous and deeply felt examination of the timeless ritual of marriage.
GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM by Su Friedrich
Gently Down the Stream can be described about as easily as you can hold on to a handful of water.
gr GENDER REDESIGNER by Johnny Bergman
Gender Redesigner reveals the true story of finding balance between family and between masculine and feminine living in a rural community.
GUT RENOVATION by Sue Friedrich
Gut Renovation tells the inside story of the rezoning, demolition and repurposing of Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
HEAD OF A PIN, THE by Su Friedrich
The Head of a Pin reveals the awkward ruminations of the filmmaker and her friends as they attempt to learn about nature.
HIDE AND SEEK by Su Friedrich
Hide and Seek tells the story of Lou, a twelve year old girl coming to terms with her budding sexuality in the mid 1960’s.
LESBIAN AVENGERS EAT FIRE TOO, THE by Su Friedrich and Janet Baus
This film documents the first year of actions by The Lesbian Avengers, a group of bold and brazen New York City activists fighting for recognition and equal rights for lesbians everywhere.
ODDS OF RECOVERY, THE by Su Friedrich
After a twenty year period of multiple illnesses and injuries, Friedrich turns the camera on herself as a way to analyze her chances for a happier, healthier life.
PILLS PROFITS PROTEST: CHRONICLE OF THE GLOBAL AIDS MOVEMENT by Anne-christine d’Adesky, Shanti Avirgan, Ann Rossetti
RIOT ACTS by Madsen Minax
is a 'trans-fabulous' rockumentary representing the multi-dimensional lives of transgender and gender variant musicians.
ROCK BOTTOM follows the journeys of seven gay men struggling with meth addiction and recovery against a backdrop of an emerging second wave of HIV infection.
RULES OF THE ROAD by Su Friedrich
Rules of the Road is the story of a love affair and its demise through one of the objects shared by the couple: an old beige station wagon with fake wood paneling.
SCAR TISSUE by Su Friedrich
"... powerful and economic. Setting out to film street activity, Friedrich ends up with basically two images - women's legs skittering in high heels, and men's midsections…
SHE'S A BOY I KNEW by Gwen Haworth
Finding self-empowerment through self-representation, SHE’S A BOY I KNEW is a comic, heartbreaking, and uplifting autobiography that focuses on the interpersonal relationships of a family who unexpectedly find their bonds strengthening as they overcome their preconceptions of gender and sexuality.
image SEX IN AN EPIDEMIC by Jean Carlomusto
This ground-breaking film places the history of safer sex education on a trajectory with current HIV prevention while exploring the personal, political and structural challenges that have continually hampered the best efforts of HIV educators and community groups to curb HIV infection rates in the United States.
SEEING RED by Su Friedrich
In Seeing Red, three elements run parallel, overlap, diverge, lock horns and in various other ways give voice to the notion that a color, a melody, or a person has multiple characteristics…
SINK OR SWIM by Su Friedrich
A contemporary classic and a landmark in autobiographical filmmaking, Sink or Swim is an unflinching account of the highly charged relationship between a daughter and her father.
STILL AROUND
STILL AROUND is a feature length compilation of 15 short films about HIV/AIDS that weaves a diverse slate of stories into one powerful video AIDS quilt of our times.
TIES THAT BIND, THE by Su Friedrich
The Ties That Bind is a powerful meditation on political responsibility and personal loss as seen through the story of the filmmaker’s mother, who grew up in Nazi Germany.
TYING THE KNOT by Jim de Seve
Three years in the making, Jim de Sève's powerful documentary on same-sex marriage provides a much needed historical and legal perspective to the political war being waged in the nation today.

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