Ahead of the Curve

Ahead of the Curve (2021)

May 28th, 20211h 38min

Documentary
73%

Overview

With a fist full of credit cards, a lucky run at the horse track, and a title that called to mind a certain French film star, Franco Stevens launched the best-selling lesbian lifestyle magazine ever published, connecting her community in an unprecedented way. AHEAD OF THE CURVE is a new feature documentary about the extraordinary woman who started Curve magazine, and by doing so helped accelerate the political and social evolution of the nation.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Les Scandales de « La Religieuse »

Les Scandales de « La Religieuse »


Released on: 2023-11-08
Documentary

Released in 1796 posthumously, The Nun, a novel that Diderot did not dream of publishing during his ...

Sœur Sourire: Who Killed the Voice of God?

Sœur Sourire: Who Killed the Voice of God?


Released on: 2021-06-11
Documentary, Music, Drama

1962. A crystalline voice becomes a planetary tube. A Belgian nun jostles Elvis and the Beatles on t...

Radical Harmonies

Radical Harmonies


Released on: 2002-06-28
Documentary

Interviews and performance footage are used to provide an overview of the women's music scene.

Hold on Tight

Hold on Tight


Released on: 2011-07-28
Documentary

A short documentary exploring the ways LGBT couples show affection, and how small interactions like ...

Novena

Novena


Released on: 2013-08-14
Documentary

In 2012, Stephen Vaughan and Kay Ferreter are invited to address the congregation at St. Joseph's Re...

Lesvia

Lesvia


Released on: 2025-04-01
Documentary

Since the 1970s, lesbians from around the world have been drawn to the island of Lesvos, the birthpl...

Women 50 Minutes

Women 50 Minutes


Released on: 2007-12-02
Documentary

A representation of queer and feminist imagery that was mainly shot in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, ...

Prognosis: Notes on Living

Prognosis: Notes on Living


Released on: 2021-06-19
Documentary

When filmmaker Debra Chasnoff faces stage-4 cancer, she turns her lens on herself and the disease. W...

Choosing Children: The Back Story

Choosing Children: The Back Story


Released on:
Documentary

GroundSpark creates visionary films and dynamic educational campaigns that move individuals and comm...

No Secret Anymore: The Times of Del Martin & Phyllis Lyon

No Secret Anymore: The Times of Del Martin & Phyllis Lyon


Released on: 2003-02-13
Documentary

Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon have been partners in love and political struggle for fifty years. With ...

Chained Girls

Chained Girls


Released on: 1965-03-25
Documentary

This exploitation classic purports to expose the secrets of the 1960s lesbian underworld.

A Secret Love

A Secret Love


Released on: 2020-04-06
Documentary

Amid shifting times, two women kept their decades-long love a secret. But coming out later in life c...

Loving Highsmith

Loving Highsmith


Released on: 2022-04-07
Documentary

The story of the life, loves and work of US writer Patricia Highsmith (1921-95), told through her un...

Lesbian Custody

Lesbian Custody


Released on: 2025-06-25
Documentary

A video essay about the personal and political context of a landmark lesbian feminist documentary fi...

Swoopes

Swoopes


Released on: 2013-07-30
Documentary

Sheryl Swoopes famously has been labeled as the female Michael Jordan, but that's only part of the s...

Telling Schoolgirl Tales: The Making of 'The Getting of Wisdom’

Telling Schoolgirl Tales: The Making of 'The Getting of Wisdom’


Released on: 2006-03-06
Documentary

First there was ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’, then ‘My Brilliant Career’, and now best of all ‘The Getti...

Kiss/Kiss

Kiss/Kiss


Released on: 2025-05-27
Documentary

Hosted by Micaella Raz and Zsara Laxamana. Your favorite VMX crushes kiss, lick, and tease each othe...

Playboy's No Boys Allowed 3: Sweet Sensations

Playboy's No Boys Allowed 3: Sweet Sensations


Released on: 2005-01-01
Documentary

Just when you thought you'd witnessed every satisfying moment, Playboy went back into the film vault...

Illegal Love

Illegal Love


Released on: 2011-03-03
Documentary, History

In 2008 French filmmaker Julie Gali traveled to the US to film the election of Barack Obama. In spit...

The Passionate Pursuits of Angela Bowen

The Passionate Pursuits of Angela Bowen


Released on: 2016-03-07
Documentary

For six decades Angela Bowen, classical dancer and teacher, black lesbian feminist activist, and pro...