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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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