Coming Out Under Fire (1994)

Directed by

Arthur Dong

Genre

documentary film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 12m

Rating

4.2 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of gay and lesbian soldiers who served in the U.S. military during World War II. It uses interviews and archival material to show how the war both opened up opportunities for these individuals and led to new policies of exclusion.

educationalhistoricalsoberreflectivepersonalrevealingmeasuredrespectful

What happens

Coming Out Under Fire is a 1994 documentary film directed and produced by Arthur Dong and narrated by actress Salome Jens. Based on Allan Bérubé's book of the same title, the film examines the attitudes toward homosexuality in the United States Armed Forces during World War II. Dong and Bérubé co-wrote the screenplay. It was funded with grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting 1994). Other credits include: Director of photography, Stephen Lighthill; edited by Veronica Selver; music by Mark Adler. It was released by Zeitgeist Films and had a running time of 71 minutes. The film aired nationally on PBS in June 1995. It was released on home video in 1996 and on DVD in 2003. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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