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THREAD OF LGBT MOVIES WITH POC/BLACK REP
Appropriate Behavior (2014)
A secretly bisexual Brooklynite from a traditional Persian family struggles with her identity and the disintegration of her relationship with her girlfriend.
A secretly bisexual Brooklynite from a traditional Persian family struggles with her identity and the disintegration of her relationship with her girlfriend.
Moonlight (2016)
A look at three defining chapters in the life of Chiron, a young black man growing up in Miami. His epic journey to manhood is guided by the kindness, support and love of the community that helps raise him.
A look at three defining chapters in the life of Chiron, a young black man growing up in Miami. His epic journey to manhood is guided by the kindness, support and love of the community that helps raise him.
Circumstance (2011)
An Iranian teenager enters a lesbian relationship, while her brother becomes dangerously obsessed with Islamic fundamentalism.
An Iranian teenager enters a lesbian relationship, while her brother becomes dangerously obsessed with Islamic fundamentalism.
Saving Face (2004)
Wil is a lesbian, but she not dare tell her widowed mother, Hwei-lan, or her very traditional grandparents.
Wil is a lesbian, but she not dare tell her widowed mother, Hwei-lan, or her very traditional grandparents.
Spider Lilies (2007)
A web-cam girl becomes fascinated and perhaps obsessed with a tattoo artist and her lily tattoo.
A web-cam girl becomes fascinated and perhaps obsessed with a tattoo artist and her lily tattoo.
Drifting Flowers (2008)
Jing falls in love with Diego, Lily and Yen form a bond, and Diego comes to grips with gender identity.
Jing falls in love with Diego, Lily and Yen form a bond, and Diego comes to grips with gender identity.
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
While pretending to be in love with Duan onstage, Cheng begins to develop actual romantic feelings for his co-star, which are not reciprocated. Over the next 50 years, the two men maintain a complicated friendship.
While pretending to be in love with Duan onstage, Cheng begins to develop actual romantic feelings for his co-star, which are not reciprocated. Over the next 50 years, the two men maintain a complicated friendship.
Children of God (2009)
The worlds of three individuals collide: Lena is a conservative, deeply religious wife of a secretly gay firebrand pastor and Romeo is a handsome young black man hiding his sexuality, while Jonny is the conflicted and creatively-blocked white artist.
The worlds of three individuals collide: Lena is a conservative, deeply religious wife of a secretly gay firebrand pastor and Romeo is a handsome young black man hiding his sexuality, while Jonny is the conflicted and creatively-blocked white artist.
Pariah (2011)
Alikeâs family dynamic as her mother slowly starts to disapprove of her daughter& #39;s burgeoning sexuality.
Alikeâs family dynamic as her mother slowly starts to disapprove of her daughter& #39;s burgeoning sexuality.
The Watermelon Woman (1996)
A young black lesbian who works at a video rental store. She is simultaneously trying to make a film about an actress known as the Watermelon Woman who played a mammy-type figure in an old movie she watched.
A young black lesbian who works at a video rental store. She is simultaneously trying to make a film about an actress known as the Watermelon Woman who played a mammy-type figure in an old movie she watched.
Naz & Maalik (2014)
Follows two young closeted black Muslim men who begin a secret relationship in Brooklyn. Their story soon becomes further complicated when they accidentally get involved in an FBI investigation.
Follows two young closeted black Muslim men who begin a secret relationship in Brooklyn. Their story soon becomes further complicated when they accidentally get involved in an FBI investigation.
Brother to Brother (2004)
Art student Perry befriends an elderly homeless man named Bruce and vicariously experiences Bruce& #39;s life as a black gay writer during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.
Art student Perry befriends an elderly homeless man named Bruce and vicariously experiences Bruce& #39;s life as a black gay writer during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.
The Handmaiden (2016)
With help from an orphaned pickpocket, a Korean con man devises an elaborate plot to seduce and bilk a Japanese woman out of her inheritance.
With help from an orphaned pickpocket, a Korean con man devises an elaborate plot to seduce and bilk a Japanese woman out of her inheritance.
End of thread, just because some of these movies aren& #39;t mainstream.. does not mean they do not exist!
