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Streaming Film Collections by Subject

This guide is designed to help faculty and students identify streaming films for use in classes, projects, or even as secondary sources.

LGBTQ+ Featured Film

Chocolate Babies

color photo of six people from the film with Chocolate Babies across the frame.

An underground band of HIV-positive, queer, urban, transvestite, activists of color is making headlines in New York. In an effort to expose political corruption surrounding the AIDS epidemic, these urban guerrillas stage a series of surprise attacks against conservative politicians whom they believe are collecting secret lists of HIV-positive individuals

 

Streaming Service Videos

Avon

  • LGBT studies videos
    • This link has already set the videos to include those from 2010 to the present with almost 300 videos ranging from a few minutes to full documentaries.  
  • Frameline (1972-2013)
    • Established in 1981, Frameline Distribution is the only nonprofit distributor that solely caters to LGBTQ+ film. Frameline's collection has over 250 award winning films that we distribute globally to universities, public libraries, film festivals, and community organizations. 

Kanopy

Films on Demand

  • LGBT Videos
  • Over 100 videos that allows for easy filtering of topic, ex. the media, feminism, etc. Majority of videos are episodes, documentaries or TED Talks. 

Frameline (specifically curated for LGBTQ).  

ALICE search for films from Frameline available streaming.  More films on DVD. 

LGBT MONTH - DVDs CRITERION COLLECTION

CRITERION COLLECTION TITLES ON DVD

Akerman, Chantal, et al. Je tu il elle: I you he she. The Criterion Collection, 2009.

Dearden, Basil, et al. Victim. The Criterion Collection, 2010.

Deitch, Donna, et al. Desert Hearts. Director-Approved DVD special edition, The Criterion Collection, 2017.

Fassbinder, Rainer Werner, et al. Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant: ein Krankheitsfall gewidmet dem, der hier Marlene wurde. Two-DVD special edition, The Criterion Collection, 2015.

Frears, Stephen, et al. My Beautiful Laundrette. Director-Approved DVD special edition, The Criterion Collection, 2015.

Haigh, Andrew, et al. Weekend. [Special ed.]; Widescreen, Criterion Collection, 2012.

Hohoff, Christian, et al. Fox and his friends. The Criterion Collection, 2017.

Kechiche, Abdellatif, et al. Blue is the warmest color =: La vie d’Adèle - chapitres 1 et 2. DVD edition, Criterion Collection, 2014.

Livingston, Jennie, et al. Paris Is Burning. Director-Approved two-DVD special edition, The Criterion Collection, 2020.

Merchant, Ismail, et al. Maurice. Criterion Collection : Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment, 2004.

Poiret, Jean, et al. La cage aux folles. English subtitled version, Criterion Collection, 2013.

Schlesinger, John, et al. Midnight Cowboy. Two-DVD special edition, The Criterion Collection, 2018.

Schmiechen, Richard, et al. The Times of Harvey Milk. Criterion collection ed., New Yorker Video, 2011.

Smith, Kevin, et al. Chasing Amy. Criterion Collection ; Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video, 2000.

Streeter, Tim, et al. Mala Noche: Bad Night. The Criterion Collection, 2007.

Visconti, Luchino, et al. Death in Venice. Criterion Collection, 2019.