Veneno s01 e04 (2020)
1h | Biography, Drama | Episode aired 27 September 2020
Storyline:
A biographical story of La Veneno, transgender icon and TV personality, and those who surrounded her.
Variações: Guardian Angel 2019
Variações (original title)
1h 49min | Biography, Drama, Music | 22 August 2019 (Portugal)
Storyline:
António Variações was a unique man. He was born in a small village in Amares, in the north of Portugal. At an early age, unhappy with his life working at a local factory, he came to Lisbon to stay with some relatives. But he was different and he wanted more. He wanted to travel and see the world and he emigrated, starting to work as a barber. But his love for music and performance was so strong that he came back so he could sing in his own language, even if with his looks and outfits he was a victim of prejudice. And even without knowing anything about music he fought for his right to do it the way he believed it was best.
Thirsty 2016
TV-MA | 1h 37min | Biography, Drama, Musical | 15 June 2016 (USA)
Storyline:
The post-queer, musical biopic Thirsty tells the story of girly-boy Scott Townsend, who turns to the world of drag as a safe respite from his bullied upbringing in the Cambridge, MA projects, becoming Thirsty Burlington, Provincetown’s beloved Cher impersonator. Within a dynamic, non-linear structure, the film visits significant events in Scott/Thirsty’s life, spanning the 1970s to the present, to illuminate the dangers and the joys of living life with a slippery gender. Culminating on an upbeat note, Thirsty’s message champions acceptance, outside and in.
Never Look Away 2018
Werk ohne Autor (original title)
R | 3h 9min | Biography, Drama, Romance | 4 September 2018 (Italy)
Storyline:
Young artist Kurt Barnert (Tom Schilling) has fled to West-Germany, but he continues to be tormented by the experiences he made in his childhood and youth in the Nazi years and during the DDR-regime. When he meets the student Ellie (Paula Beer), he is convinced that he has met the love of his life and begins to create paintings that mirror not only his own fate, but also the traumas of an entire generation.
Kathapurushan 1996
1h 47min | Biography, Drama | 6 September 1996 (Canada)
Storyline:
Against the history of Kerala, we see a young man grow up without a father, relate to the working class people employed in his feudal household, become an intellectual, land in prison, and find a cure for the stuttering that afflicts him.
Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine 2014
Not Rated | 1h 29min | Documentary, Biography, History | 6 February 2015 (USA)
Storyline:
MATT SHEPARD IS A FRIEND OF MINE is a film about the Matthew Shepard behind the headlines. An honest and intimate portrait of Matt as he is remembered by those who knew him, it is the story of loss, love, and grief that does not go away. As such, the film will provide a proxy for a wide variety of people and communities to experience first hand the devastation of intolerance, the power of love, and the beauty of compassion.
A Bigger Splash 1974
Not Rated | 1h 46min | Documentary, Biography, Drama | 10 April 1975 (Netherlands)
Storyline:
When David Hockney’s beautiful lover, Peter Schlesinger, breaks up with him, it leaves David a complete emotional wreck. An artist, he suddenly finds himself unable to create anything, and is awash in depression and loneliness. After a time, David is able to find inspiration in his backyard swimming pool, and he begins a portrait of it. This unique docudrama presents a semi-fictionalized account of the story behind one of Hockney’s most popular paintings.
My Way Home 1978
Not Rated | 1h 11min | Biography, Drama | 1 October 1982 (Sweden)
Storyline:
Jamie leaves the children’s home to live with his paternal grandmother. After working in a mine and in a tailor’s shop, he is conscripted into the RAF, and goes to Egypt, where he is befriended by Robert, whose undemanding companionship releases Jamie from self-pity.