The Celluloid Closet (1995)

Directed by

Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman

Genre

documentary film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

R

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 116 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary examines how Hollywood movies have depicted gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender characters throughout film history. It uses film clips and commentary to show changing portrayals and stereotypes.

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What happens

The Celluloid Closet is a 1996 American documentary film directed and co-written by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, and executive produced by Howard Rosenman. The film is based on Vito Russo's 1981 book The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies, and on lecture and film clip presentations he gave from 1972 to 1982. Russo had researched the history of how motion pictures, especially Hollywood films, had portrayed gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender characters. The Celluloid Closet was given a limited release in select theatres, including the Castro Theatre in San Francisco in April 1996, and then shown on cable channel HBO as part of its series America Undercover. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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