Tracy Turnblad, una chica cuya única pasión es el baile, sueña con participar en "El Show de Corny Collins", el programa de baile más importante de Baltimore. El único problema de Tracy es que tiene una figura más bien generosa, cosa que le recuerdan siempre su novio y su dominante madre. Pero nada detendrá a Tracy, pues está segura de que ha nacido para bailar... Remake del musical "underground" de John Waters.
Basada en la historia real de Laurel Hester (Julianne Moore) y Stacie Andrée (Ellen Page) y su lucha por la justicia. A Laurel, una condecorada policía de Nueva Jersey, le diagnostican un cáncer terminal y quiere dejar su pensión ganada durante años a su pareja de hecho, Stacie. Sin embargo, los funcionarios del condado, que no ven con buenos ojos la pareja homosexual, conspiran para evitarlo.
Una joven adolescente que vive en Baltimore en los años 60, sueña con aparecer en un programa de baile en televisión.
“Bridegroom” narra el viaje emocional de Shane y Tom, dos hombres jóvenes en una relación amorosa y comprometida, una relación que fue cortada trágicamente por un paso en falso en una ala del techo. La historia de lo que pasó después de esta muerte accidental, de cómo la gente sin las protecciones legales del matrimonio pueden encontrarse totalmente excluidas y condenadas al ostracismo, es conmovedora, indignante y abre una ventana al tema del matrimonio.
Narra el viaje del cineasta Cassie Jaye tras el misterioso y polarizado Movimiento por los Derechos de los Hombres y explora la guerra de género de hoy y hace la pregunta "¿cuál es el futuro de la igualdad de género?
Tennis star and women’s rights activist Billie Jean King won a total of 12 Grand Slam titles, but the biggest match of her career took place in 1973 against former men’s champion Bobby Riggs, a self-proclaimed male chauvinist pig who declared that, even at the age of 55, he could beat any woman in the world.
On a volcanic island near the Kingdom of Hetvia rules Count Dakkar, a benevolent leader and scientist who has eliminated class distinction among the island's inhabitants. Dakkar, his sister Sonia and her fiance, engineer Nicolai Roget have designed a submarine which Roget pilots on its initial voyage just before the island is overrun by Baron Falon, despotic ruler of Hetvia. Falon sets out after Roget in a second submarine and the two craft, diving to the ocean's floor, discover a strange land populated by dragons, giant squid and an eerie undiscovered humanoid race.
The true story of Leonard Matlovich, a U.S. Air Force sergeant who, in 1975, publicly divulged his homosexuality and fought to remain in service.
Cortometraje en clave de western, que pone en jaque temas como la prostitución, el deseo sexual, la pareja abierta, el derecho de las mujeres a ser dueñas de sus vidas y sus carreras, el derecho a ser.
In the spotlight of global media coverage, the first transgender woman ever to perform as Don Giovanni in a professional opera, makes her historic debut in one of the reddest states in the U.S.
When a renowned film director, clashes with the young son of a house she's using as a filming location, a power struggle ensues, forcing the director to confront her own arrogance.
The animated story of the Hardibars and Mushamels—whimsical clay creatures who discover that gender stereotypes are not always accurate or useful.
A powerful documentary starring Morgan Freeman about the genesis of The Blues in the South and the music spreading around the world. Morgan Freeman shares his story of his experience of growing up in Clarksdale, Mississippi and his love for the Blues.
A state topper from a lower caste goes missing after an upper caste cop picks him up for questioning. What has happened to him?
Right at the heart of the debates on the discrimination of women in the film industry, this documentary raises questions, while offering a voice to women and their cinema. Catherine Breillat, Claire Denis, Mira Nair, Margarethe Von Trotta, Ulrike Ottinger, Micheline Lanctot, Rakshnan Bani-Etemad, María Novaro but also the names of the less visible directors of the general public. Joining the filmmakers are the voices and comments of producers, film specialists and archivists through whom our images are meticulously preserved.
What is possible when we have guaranteed money to meet our basic needs? No requirements. No stipulations. No paybacks. We look to the village of Busibi to discover what’s possible when we give money directly to people. No strings attached. The answer lies in the residents’ personal stories. Their successes and tribulations illustrate the impact of one of the most daring projects in contemporary development cooperation. Their life stories unexpectedly prove to be all too familiar. They make us laugh. They move us. Blending in together, they create a colorful and poetic reality portrait, illustrating the big consequences of a small sum of money …
The Daughters of Equality want everybody to be like them...
An unflinching look at how women are treated in the USA today examining issues such as workplace harassment, domestic violence, rape and sexual assault. It shows how discriminatory attitudes still prevail and influence society and argues for the need to improve laws that claim to protect women.
Follow the 2021 Queensland State of Origin Women's team as they strive to achieve the extraordinary in one of the most physically demanding professional sports in Australia.
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP is the love story between Filipino-American Richard Adams and Australian Tony Sullivan, who, in 1975, became one of the first same-sex couples in the world to be legally married. After applying for a green card for Tony based on their marriage, the couple received a denial letter from the Immigration and Naturalization Service stating, 'You have failed to establish that a bona fide marital relationship can exist between two faggots.' Outraged at this letter, and to prevent Tony's impending deportation, the couple sued the U.S. government, filing the first federal lawsuit seeking equal treatment for a same-sex marriage in U.S. history. This tenacious story of love, marriage and immigration equality is as precedent setting as it is little known... until now.