First Stories: Two Spirited

Two adventurous women in love are desperate to have their own biological child. They take a chance on an experimental scientific process and make sperm from their own stem cells. Pregnant with humor and unexpected twists, their journey ultimately confirms that all life is a gift and all families are crazy.

Runtime

1h 22m

Cast

Angela Vint, Megan Fahlenbock, Rosemary Dunsmore

Exuberant, eye-opening movie that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Film contains fabulous footage from 120 films showing the changing face of cinema sexuality, from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist triumphs of the 1990s.

Runtime

1h 42m

Director

Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman

Cast

Lily Tomlin, Tony Curtis, Susan Sarandon

New York City's Stonewall Inn is regarded by many as the site of gay and lesbian liberation since it was at this bar that drag queens fought back against police June 27-28, 1969. This documentary uses extensive archival film, movie clips and personal recollections to construct an audiovisual history of the gay community before the Ston...

Runtime

1h 27m

Director

Greta Schiller, Robert Rosenberg

Cast

Rita Mae Brown, Red Jordan Arobateau, Ann Bannon

The film depicts the life at the Larissa Railway station in Athens in the spring of 1995. The camera focuses on the station’s ‘tenants’, Antonia, Florakis and George..

Runtime

38m

Director

Eva Stefani

This documentary let us to relive the challenge of the men behind the 1967 Universal Exposition in Montréal, Canada. By searching trough 80,000 archival documents at the national Archives, they managed to bring light on one of the biggest logistical and political challenges that were faced by organizers during the "Révolution Tranquill...

Runtime

1h 8m

Cast

Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien II, Yves Jasmin, Nan-B de Gaspé Beaubien