A documentary about the man who brought us all out of the 'Celluloid Closet', Vito Russo changed the face of queer film theory forever. Now, director, Jeffrey Schwarz looks back at the man and the ways in which LGBT representation has changed over time. In the aftermath of Stonewall, a newly politicised Vito Russo found his voice as a gay activist and critic of LGBT representation in the media. This documentary is about his life as an activist, an academic and a cinephile.
Model artist porn star legend...he was his own work of art. With his trademark Dutchboy haircut and oh-so-tight trousers Peter Berlin was the gay poster boy for the hedonistic sexually liberated 1970s. Jim Tushinski's fascinating documentary traces Berlin's story from his childhood in wartime Germany to his current life in San Francisco. A talented artist photographer and filmmaker Peter Berlin was his own biggest creation a carefully constructed unattainable icon awash in eroticism. Berlin's fans and friends including John Waters Armistead Maupin Jack Wrangler and Wakefield Poole offer their comments and stories but Berlin himself still looking remarkably boyish in his early 60s provides the most illuminating commentary. Co-produced by Lawrence Helman and packed with an astonishing archive of photos and film clips many never before seen That Man: Peter Berlin is an entertaining and revelatory look at the man behind the famous image.
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