The 1920s saw a revolution in technology, the advent of the recording industry, that created the first class of African-American women to sing their way to fame and fortune. Blues divas such as Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, and Alberta Hunter created and promoted a working-class vision of blues life that provided an alternative to the Victorian gentility of middle-class manners. In their lives and music, blues women presented themselves as strong, independent women who lived hard lives and were unapologetic about their unconventional choices in clothes, recreational activities, and bed partners. Blues singers disseminated a Black feminism that celebrated emotional resilience and sexual pleasure, no matter the source.

A dance group rehearses for their latest performance Inabitáveis about black homosexuality. While th...

One of the world's greatest singer-songwriters, Joan Armatrading, does what she does best, accompani...

Four Spanish-language shorts about the importance and complexity of people's perception from award w...
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Performance artist Tasha Diamant is the first person in the world to stand naked on the street with ...

Documentary consisting of archival footage that depicts the evolving conditions of Italian women dur...

This film features unreleased concert footage of Elvis Presley's afternoon performance at the 'Missi...
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A wanna-be blues guitar virtuoso seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician, Robert Johnson.

The true story of the students of Brigham Young University's queer underground, as they lit the scho...

Arthur and Alexandre are childhood friends. While one feels pressured to give the first kiss, the ot...
A portrait of the leading female Bolshevik (and later Worker’s Opposition) revolutionary leader Alex...

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A 16mm anthology of experimental super 8 films by Derek Jarman, Michael Kostiff, Cerith Wyn Evans an...

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About the English musician, composer, record producer, singer, writer, and visual artist, Brian Pete...