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The Outfest Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Collection was established at the UCLA Film & Television Archive in 2005 as part of the Outfest Legacy Project for LGBT moving-image media preservation. Outfest, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to build bridges among audiences, filmmakers and the entertainment industry through the exhibition of LGBT themed films and videos, produces the annual Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival and Fusion: the LGBT People of Color Film Festival.
In collaboration with Outfest, the UCLA Film & Television Archive has
made over three thousand titles on videocassette and DVD accessible through
the Archive's Research and Study Center (ARSC). The Outfest material
represents the largest publicly accessible collection of LGBT films in
the world and is a vital resource for students, faculty, and researchers
interested in LGBT moving-images. The first of its kind and landmark
in its scope, the Outfest Collection contains a diverse range of LGBT
media, including rare titles (the Gay Girls Riding Club's Spy
on the Fly, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone and Always
on Sunday) to more well-known films (Jamie Babbit's But
I'm A Cheerleader) to seminal
independent works (Sankofa's
The Passion of Remembrance). In addition to establishing research access
to media materials, the Outfest Legacy Project aims to restore and
collect film prints and other material for permanent preservation,
strike new prints for exhibition, and educate filmmakers and the public
about LGBT film and video preservation.
For more information regarding the Legacy Project, please visit Outfest's
website: http://www.outfest.org/
RESEARCH ACCESS TO THE OUTFEST LEGACY COLLECTION AT UCLA
Titles held in the collection are primarily comprised of Outfest's library of preview screeners. Each year, Outfest will transfer new acquisitions to the Outfest Collection, expanding the amount of holdings available to researchers. Material available in the collection includes submitted and
accepted festival entries, exhibition prints of films,
television programs, public service announcements, commercials, music videos and
electronic press kits (EPKs) that provide a unique perspective on issues concerning gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex and gender variant identities and experiences.
To encourage research access to the
collection, ARSC and Outfest have produced a OUTFEST LEGACY COLLECTION
STUDY GUIDE which offers a sample list of significant titles held in
the collection. For a printed copy of the OUTFEST STUDY GUIDE, please
stop by ARSC in 46 Powell. The
guide is also available for download.
COLLECTION LIST: Download an informal listing of over 3,000 holdings
in the Outfest Legacy Collection at UCLA in .pdf format or an Excel
sheet.
For additional information related to material in this collection
or to arrange onsite viewing at UCLA, please contact the Archive Research
and Study Center (ARSC) at 310-206-5388, or via email arsc@ucla.edu.
COLLECTION AREAS
Outfest Television Holdings
In addition to feature films and shorts, the Outfest Legacy Collection
at UCLA includes television programs, public service announcements, commercials,
music videos and electronic press kits.
Download the Outfest
Television Study Guide.
Alexandra Juhasz: WOMEN OF VISION
Oral History Interviews
The Outfest Legacy Collection of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
(LGBT) moving image media at UCLA includes unedited oral history interviews
conducted by media scholar Alexandra Juhasz for her documentary WOMAN OF
VISION: 18 HISTORIES IN FEMINIST FILM & VIDEO (1998). These interviews with
independent and experimental film and video filmmakers offer a detailed history
of feminism and feminist film and video, from the 1950s to the present. Transcripts
of the interviews are also available for study. Download
a list of the interviews.
For a summary of each interview, and additional
information on the interviewees, search the title "Women of Vision" at
our online catalog at http://cinema.library.ucla.edu.
ONE Institute & Archives
The ONE Institute & Archives collection consists of film and video materials
from the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, the world’s largest
research library and archive devoted to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
(LGBT) concerns. This collection features film and video materials that reflect
the history of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, including
Interviews with pioneers of the LGBT movement such as Jim Kepner, Dorr Legg,
Morris Kight, Pat Rocco, Stewart Szidak, Bob Basker, Cliff Anchor, Sarah
Dreher, and Samuel Steward. Other notable materials included are mental hygiene
films, AIDS awareness videos from the Los Angeles County AIDS Office, Christopher
Street West parades in Los Angeles, gay protests in Washington D.C., and
the film and video collection of female impressionist Charles Pierce (1926-1999).
The collection also includes erotica and sexually explicit adult films and
video.
For additional information, consult the collection catalog
record.
Archive General Collection: LGBT Films and Television Programs
In addition to the Outfest Legacy Collection, the Archive's general
collection includes extensive holdings relevant to LGBT studies. To search
for titles in the Archive's collection, please visit our online catalog
at: http://cinema.library.ucla.edu/.
For assistance, please e-mail the Archive Research and Study Center at: arsc@ucla.edu
Examples of available LGBT materials include:
Motion Pictures.
Stereotypical gay characters
and gay subtexts can be discerned in older Hollywood films such as Tillie's
Punctured Romance (1914), Turnabout (1941), and Red
River (1948); the works of gay filmmakers such as George Cukor and Dorothy
Arzner can also be studied for evidence of a gay sensibility interpreting
heterosexual subject matter.
A franker portrayal of gay characters and themes
emerges in films beginning with Tea and Sympathy (1956) and continuing through The
Killing of Sister George (1968), Making Love (1982), Torch
Song Trilogy (1988), Stonewall (1995), The Talented
Mr. Ripley (1999),
etc. Documentary features about the gay rights movement and gays in American
life include The Times
of Harvey Milk (1984)
and The Celluloid Closet (1995).
Short films include many examples
of gay erotica produced in the late 1960s by Pat Rocco and extensive footage
of early Gay Pride celebrations (1970-5), also shot by Mr. Rocco.
Television.
Television comedy and dramatic series with significant
gay characters include Soap (1977-81), Brothers (1984-9), Ellen (1994-8), Will
and Grace (1998- 2006), Queer As Folk (2000-2005), and
The
L Word (2004 -).
Single programs include Out of the Shadows (1970), What
If I'm Gay (a CBS Schoolbreak Special, 1987), The
Truth About Jane (2000), and a rare program about transsexuals, Changing
Gender (2001).
Download the LGBT Episodic Television Programming Study Guide.
News & Public Affairs.
National and local news broadcasts collected
by the Archive occasionally feature public figures who are gay and stories
on topics such as gays in the military and gay rights. Gay-themed public
affairs programs include Gay Power, Gay Politics (1980) and the
West Hollywood Citychannel 10 series Get Used to It (1995- ). Gay-themed
stories have also been broadcast on more general public affairs programs
such as Larry
King Live, Dateline
NBC, CNN Today, and 20/20.
The AIDS crisis has been dramatized in TV movies and mini-series such as
An Early Frost (1985), And the Band Played
On (1993), and Angels in America (2003). Non-fiction coverage
includes the specials Remember
My Name and An
Epidemic in Fear.
Lifestyle Update
The UCLA Film & Television Archive holds over 70 installments
of Lifestyle Update, a Los Angeles-based cable access public affairs program
which examined a wide-range of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)
issues. In programs from 1986-89, health, science, and sociopolitical concerns
relevant to the emerging AIDS crisis are extensively explored. The series
also covered important political and activist events, such as the National
March on Washington for Lesbian & Gay Rights, and the first benefit for
the Minority AIDS Project. Prominent guests featured on the program included
Randy Shilts, author of And the Band Played On and Gay Liberation movement
pioneer, Harry Hay. Entertainment and lifestyle features included segments
with the performer Divine and film director John Waters and coverage of regional
and national events such as the 2nd Annual California Gay Rodeo and the 16th
Annual Gay Pride parade.
Download the Lifestyle Update collection profile.
Get Used to It
Produced by the City of West Hollywood and airing on cable stations
throughout the country, the public affairs talk show Get Used To It addresses
national and local issues of interest to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
(LGBT) community as well as allies. Hosted by California Senator Sheila
James Kuehl, the first openly gay or lesbian person to be elected to the California
Legislature, the program also highlights individuals whose lives and work have
left a lasting legacy in the LGBT community. Issues examined by the series
cover such topics as the gay civil rights movement, domestic violence, gay
marriage and hate crimes. Interviewees have included activist Jean O'Leary,
a founder of the Lesbian Feminist Liberation group, and Phill Wilson, founder
and Executive Director of the Black AIDS Institute. The UCLA Film & Television
Archive holds over 100 installments of this groundbreaking series from the
year 1995 to the present, which are available for onsite research viewing.
Installments of Get Used To It are added to the collection on a periodic
basis. Please check with the Archive Research and Study Center (ARSC) for additional
listings.
Download the Get Used To It collection
profile.
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