DOC NYC Film Festival Review: A Constant Search For Love Turns Into A Journey Of Self Acceptance In “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me”

  In the 1980s, an Army wife-turned-glamorous party girl named Tish ruled New York City’s downtown nightlife, often out on the scene with the likes of Michael Musto. Just a few years later, after more than a decade as a woman, Tish transitioned back to being Brian. Now, in his sixties, Brian reflects on the …

2019 New York LGBTQ Film Festival Review: A Community Of Lesbian Women Begin Preserving Their History Through Archiving Their Stories In “The Archivettes”

  Led by local heroes Deb Edel and Joan Nestle in the 1970s, a group of young lesbians, frustrated by misogyny and homophobia within academia, huddled together and built an accessible archive of lesbian documents and artifacts for those conducting research, both professional and personal. The location: a bedroom in a modest apartment on Manhattan’s …

2019 New York LGBTQ Film Festival Review: “One Taxi Ride” Is A Powerful Story That Brings Much-Needed Awareness To Male Victims Of Sexual Assault

  Erick’s life changed forever when he got into a taxi. The driver and two accomplices sexually assaulted him. The then 17-year-old never went to the police, never saw a doctor and never told his family or friends. After feeling broken for 10 years, he goes on a journey to reclaim his life-changing world around …