Sarah Schulman

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Sarah Miriam Schulman (born July 28, 1958) is an American novelist, playwright, nonfiction writer, screenwriter and AIDS historian. She is a Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at College of Staten Island (CSI) and a Fellow at the New York Institute for the Humanities.

Most Popular Sarah Schulman Trailers

Total trailers found: 14

The Watermelon Woman Trailer (1997)

05 March 1997

A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.

Jason and Shirley Trailer (2015)

18 June 2015

Based on a true story, Jason and Shirley recreates the 1966 power struggle between Jewish, Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Shirley Clarke and her subject, Jason Holiday, a fierce black gay queen over a 12-hour marathon filming session which gave rise to Clarke's iconic documentary Portrait of Jason.

Dykes, Camera, Action! Trailer (2018)

19 June 2018

The film examines the ways that women directors have contributed to this genre and emphasizes the role that the media play in representation of sexuality and gender, underscoring the power that film has to shape our perceptions of one another.

Hooters! Trailer (2010)

19 June 2010

“Hooters!” explores lesbian culture, with humor, insight, and artistry, through the collaborative film making process used in Cheryl Dunye’s new seminal film, “The Owls”.

Mommy Is Coming Trailer (2012)

08 March 2012

With things growing a bit stale in the bedroom, lesbian couple Claudia and Dylan agree to seek sexual experiences outside their relationship.

Lost Cause Trailer (2025)

27 July 2025

Actors workshop an allegorical and fictional new musical for an audience of one, who holds the fate of the play in her hands.

Jason and Shirley Revisited Trailer (2025)

10 October 2025

A radical revisitation. This updated version of Stephen Winter’s 2015 film unearths the ghosts of Jason and Shirley, restaging the volatile 12-hour shoot of the 1967 documentary Portrait of Jason—held at the Chelsea Hotel—which blurred the line between subject and storyteller.

The Owls Trailer (2010)

24 February 2010

Two middle-aged lesbian couples accidentally kill a younger girl and decide to cover it up. But their crime comes back to haunt them when an unexpected stranger appears in their lives, bringing tension and discord.

Queer Realities and Cultural Amnesia Trailer (2005)

01 January 2005

A documentary about queer realities and cultural amnesia.

United in Anger: A History of ACT UP Trailer (2012)

06 June 2012

United in Anger: A History of ACT UP is an inspiring documentary about the birth and life of the AIDS activist movement from the perspective of the people in the trenches fighting the epidemic.

Beyond Queer: Voices from Bohemia Trailer (2023)

28 September 2023

Former Warhol Superstar and creator of the seminal sexual politics performance spectacular Bitch!Dyke!Faghag!Whore!, Penny Arcade, washed up on the shores of the Lower East Side of New York as a teenager in 1967.

Thank God I'm a Lesbian Trailer (1992)

15 September 1992

An uplifting and entertaining documentary about the diversity of lesbian identities. Inclusive of various and often contradictory points of view, THANK GOD I'M A LESBIAN successfully proposes an alternate vision of self and community that is realistic and positive.

Memento Mori Trailer (1995)

28 June 1995

Winner of the Best Short Film at the Hamburg Lesbian & Gay Film Festival in 1995, Hubbard’s highly personal experimental work, Memento Mori, is a moving, queer meditation that individualizes the immeasurable collective trauma left in the wake of the AIDS epidemic.

The Prince of Homburg Trailer (2019)

22 June 2019

Through an unconventional narrative structure, Staff’s video cuts together a narration of Heinrich von Kleist’s play The Prince of Homburg with interviews, conversation, found footage, hand painted animation and song.