Masculinity
Artist A film collaboration between Tracey Moffatt and Gary Hillberg, 1999, 10 min., Color Internationally acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Tracey Moffatt takes the viewer on a fast-paced journey through Hollywood's depiction of the arti...
Boy I Am A film by Sam Feder & Julie Hollar, 2006, 72 min., Color An important exploration of issues rarely touched upon by most films portraying female-to-male (FTM) transgender experiences, this feature-length docu...
A Boy Named Sue A film by Julie Wyman, 2000, 56 min., Color Julie Wyman's compelling documentary chronicles the transformation of a transsexual named Theo from a woman to a man over the course of six years. The...
Dream Girls A film by Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams, 1993, 50 min., Color This fascinating documentary, produced for the BBC, opens a door into the spectacular world of the Takarazuka Revue, a highly successful musical theat...
Ella es el Matador (She is the Matador) A film by Gemma Cubero and Celeste Carrasco, 2009, 62 min., Color For Spaniards—and for the world—nothing has expressed their country’s traditionally rigid gender roles more powerfully than the image of the male mata...
Ever Shot Anyone? A film by Michal Aviad, 1996, 57 min., Color Israeli filmmaker Michal Aviad provides a woman's take on how national culture is informed by male identity through the military experience that bonds...
Filming Desire: A film by Marie Mandy, 2000, 60 min., Color “In this bold documentary Marie Mandy asks the question: how do women directors film love, desire, and, especially, sexuality? In rare interviews wit...
The Germans and Their Men A film by Helke Sander, 1989, 96 min., Color "If a woman doesn't have equal rights, is she equally responsible for the crimes of a nation?" Helke Sander's quasi-documentary turns a wry and reveal...
Macho A film by Lucinda Broadbent, 2000, 26 min., Color In 1998, Managua, Nicaragua became host to one of the most publicized and controversial cases of sexual abuse to hit modern day Latin America. At the...
A Man, When He Is a Man A film by Valeria Sarmiento, 1982, 66 min., Color Set in Costa Rica and touched with dark humor, this stylistically imaginative documentary illuminates the social climate and cultural traditions which...
Rate It X Directed by Lucy Winer and Paula De Koenigsberg, 1986, 93 min., Color What do men really think of women? This provocative, highly acclaimed documentary provides an unflinching look at sexism in America. A series of distu...
Shinjuku Boys A film by Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams, 1995, 53 min., Color From the makers of DREAM GIRLS, SHINJUKU BOYS introduces three onnabes who work as hosts at the New Marilyn Club in Tokyo. Onnabes are women who live...
Sir: Just a Normal Guy A film by Melanie La Rosa, 2001, 57 min., Color Screened to acclaim at Gay & Lesbian Film Festivals worldwide and LBGT events across the nation, this candid and courageous portrait of more than 15-m...
A Spy in the House that Ruth Built A film by Vanalyne Green, 1989, 29 min., Color Vanalyne Green appropriates the all-male arena of professional baseball to create a visual essay about family, loss, and sexuality. Confronted with su...
Tomboys! A film by Julie Akeret and Christian McEwen, 2004, 28 min., Color Are tomboys tamed once they grow up? This lively and inspiring documentary explodes that archaic myth with the stories of proud tomboys of all ages: A...
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