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Over six parts, six different directors cram in a decade of LGBTQ+ history in this strangely muted series from Disney+

The 127 Year History of LGBTQ+ Representation in Film By Abby Monteil, Stacker News On 6/15/21 at 8:00 PM EDT Depictions of queer and trans people have been present in the film medium since its inception more than 100 years ago. But due to censorship and varying degrees of prejudice against the LGBTQ+ community at different points in time, representation onscreen has a long, complicated, and often coded history. While gay characters were frequently used for laughs or not explicitly stated to be queer in most early mainstream Hollywood films, a brief relaxation in Germany's film production ...

‘Pride’ offers snapshots in the battle for LGBTQ rights across the decades “Pride” offers an off-the-beaten-track history of LGBTQ experiences and activism in the US from the 1950s to the present, with different filmmakers undertaking each decade/episode. Even diced up that way it’s a lot to cover, most effective when it comes to highlighting key individuals and moments than connecting those dots. Indeed, the format of this FX project — which precedes Pride Month and coincides with the final season of the network’s Emmy-nominated drama “Pose” — ensures that the result will...

'Pride' review: FX's docuseries offers snapshots in the battle for LGBTQ rights across the decades CNN 2 hrs ago © FX Transgender activist Felicia "Flames" Elizondo is interviewed in the FX docuseries 'Pride' (FX). "Pride" offers an off-the-beaten-track history of LGBTQ experiences and activism in the US from the 1950s to the present, with different filmmakers undertaking each decade/episode. Even diced up that way it's a lot to cover, most effective when it comes to highlighting key individuals and moments than connecting those dots. Indeed, the format of this FX project -- which preced...

Satyajit Ray “Not to have seen the cinema of Satyajit Ray means existing in the world without seeing the sun or the moon,” observed Akira Kurosawa with regards to the Indian master who would have turned one hundred this May. Influenced by the poetic humanism of Jean Renoir and the Italian neorealist movement, Ray self-financed his landmark debut Pather Panchali—the first installment of his internationally celebrated Apu Trilogy, a cycle of richly humane masterworks that traces its title character’s journey from boyhood to maturity. Over the course of a long, remarkably varied career...