Chosen Family
Maureen Bradley , 2001, Canada, 13 minutes
This humorous quirky drama follows the unexpected twists in a journey of 4 siblings on their way to a family wedding. One out lesbian, one closeted lesbian, one about-to-come-out gay man, and one straight brother.

Living With Pride: Ruth Ellis @ 100
Yvonne Welbon, 2000, USA, 60 minutes
This award-winning documentary is about Ruth Ellis, the oldest "out" African-American lesbian. Although Ellis once told a Boston Globe reporter "I'm just an ordinary little woman," nothing could be further from the truth. Born in 1899, Ellis survived race riots in Springfield Illinois in childhood, went on to start her own business and, at age 100, was still outlasting people half her age on the dance floor. Beginning in the 1940s, the Detroit home she shared with her partner Ceceline (Babe) Franklin became a centre of community for African- American lesbians. This is a rare opportunity to see the inspiring story of woman described by author Alice Walker as a woman of "power, audacity, and joy."

By Hook or By Crook
Harry Dodge and Silas Howard, 2002, USA, 90 minutes
A buddy movie for butches! Emotionally defeated since the death of her father, SHY heads to the big city to sink herself into a "life of crime". She is quickly distracted by VALENTINE, a deliriously expressive, wise-acre adoptee on a misguided search for her birthmother. The two freaky grifters join forces and learn the true meaning of "poise under pressure" in this visually stunning and wonderfully acted, anti-authoritarian tale of friendship, trust and redemption. BY HOOK OR BY CROOK opens a carnival peephole into a world almost never before captured in a narrative film: the lives of real, working class butches (and the ladies who love them). A lucid piece of cinema verité with fearless moments of magic realism, this film is as rowdy as it is tender in its groundbreaking gender exploration and treatment of human fallibility, resilience and dignity.

Unmapping Desire
Shelia James, 1999, Canada, 7 minutes
A sensual video poem maps geography on the female form, providing a haunting meditation on concepts of borders, race, love, sexuality from the point of view of two South Asian women.

A phone comes to Jammu
Nila Gupta, 1998, Canada, 7 minutes
When her relatives in India finally get a phone, a young woman contemplates how this "new technology" will narrow or widen the gap between her lesbian diasporic self and her relatives overseas.

Black Sheep
Louise Glover, 1999, Australia, 26 minutes
An aboriginal woman raised in a white Australia explores ancestry and secrets. Small town girl to lesbian cop, to Pride executive.

Nicky
Robert Kennedy, 2002, Canada, 9 minutes
"Nicky is a portrait of my big sister". A gay brother pays homage to the life and work of his lesbian sister. Through photographs and memories, we see her as she travels the road from stoned teenager to rape relief worker in Vancouver.

Aren't you Lucky to have Brought your own Chair
Marg Scott, 1999, Canada, 16 minutes
Disabled gays and lesbians have their say about exclusion from queer events, venues and communities, access, invisibility in disability community and perceptions of "asexuality". Don't miss the narration by "wheelchair Barbie"!

Interviews With My Next Girlfriend
Cassandra Nicolaou, Canada, 13 minutes
Haven't you always wanted to do this? What's wrong with resumes, interviews and letters of recommendation? Anne Marie MacDonald, Diane Flacks, Shoshana Sperling and others are asked very personal questions by an unseen interviewer to see if they measure up.

Ten Rules (A Lesbian Survival Guide)
Lee Friedlander, USA, 27 minutes
Laugh your way through the LA lesbian scene as you learn the ten rules of dating, and the configurations of ex-girlfriends that can be at one party, with ensuing mayhem.

Act Your Age!?
Meg Torwl, 2000, Canada, 42 minutes
10 Vancouver women aged 16 to 80 talk candidly about age, ageism, aging, friends, lovers, ex-lovers, dating, beauty, culture, coming out and much more.

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Aimee and Jaguar
Max Faberbocks, 1998, 125 minutes

Aimee and Jaguar (feature length drama) Based on a true story, Aimee and Jaguar, is an unforgettable film about love, passion, and triumph of the human spirit. In the darkest days of World War II, while the allies are bombing Berlin, and the Gestapo are purging the capital of Jews, a dangerous love affair blossoms between two women. For Lilly ("Aimee"), a married woman with 4 sons, and an exemplar of nazi motherhood, this affair will be the decisive experience of her life. For Felice ("Jaguar"), Jewish and a member of the underground resistance, their love fuels her hope for survival.