Outfest Legacy Project Program
May 18, 2012
(Various directors)
Los Angeles’s Outfest Legacy Project, which is dedicated to rescuing and preserving films about LGBTQ culture and its social significance and impact, is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2012! This year, Outfest brings you three newly rescued films, landmarks in the history of LGBTQ community and individual consciousness, all presented in color 35mm.
Queens at Heart
(Director Unknown, 1967, 35mm, color, 22 min)
Four male-to-female transsexuals from Nw York City candidly discuss their lives and identities with an onscreen interviewer.
Mona's Candle Light
(Director Unknown, 1950, 35mm, color, 28 min)
This rare short is among the small number of films depicting gay people before gay liberation: a snapshot of queer life on its own turf and its own terms.
Choosing Children
(Director: Debra Chasnoff, Kim Klausner, 35mm, color, 45 min)
Debra Chasnoff and Kim Klausner's groundbreaking documentary broke the barrier of discussing gay parenting with grace and towering authority, presenting portraits of several lesbian mothers who were among the first to make the historic choice to become parents.