Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives (1977)

Directed by

Peter Adair

Genre

documentary film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 12m

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film presents interviews with 26 gay men and women who talk about their lives and experiences. It offers a range of personal stories from different people.

intimatecandidgentlereflectiveearnestconversationalpoignantgrounded

What happens

Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives is a 1977 documentary film featuring interviews with 26 gay men and women. It was directed by six people collectively known as the Mariposa Film Group. Peter Adair conceived and produced the film, and was one of the directors. The film premiered in November 1977 at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco and went into limited national release in 1978. It also aired on many PBS stations in 1978. The interviews from the film were transcribed into a book of the same title, which was published in October 1978. In 2022, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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