Vito Russo

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Vito Russo was an American LGBT activist, film historian, and author. He is best remembered as the author of the book The Celluloid Closet, described in The New York Times as "an essential reference book" on homosexuality in the US film industry.

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The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson Trailer (2017)

27 July 2017

Describing herself as a 'street queen,' Johnson was a legendary fixture in New York City’s gay ghetto and a tireless voice for LGBT pride since the days of Stonewall, who along with fellow trans icon Sylvia Rivera, founded Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (S.

An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends Trailer (1993)

22 January 1993

On January 22, 1993 at the historic Castro Theater in San Francisco, Lily Tomlin, Robin Williams, Harvey Fierstein, Marga Gomez, and Lypsinka performed a one-night only benefit for the making of the film The Celluloid Closet, both directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.

A Very Natural Thing Trailer (1974)

26 June 1974

When David, an ex-monk still in his twenties meets Mark, he falls hard; soon he's asked Mark if they can live together.

The Times of Harvey Milk Trailer (1984)

07 October 1984

Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his assassination in 1978, he continues to inspire disenfranchised people around the world.

The Fabulous Allan Carr Trailer (2017)

19 May 2017

Armed with a limitless Rolodex and a Benedict Canyon enclave with its own disco, Allan Carr threw the Hollywood parties that defined the 1970s.

The Celluloid Closet Trailer (1996)

15 March 1996

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.

Vito Trailer (2011)

14 October 2011

In the aftermath of Stonewall, a newly politicized Vito Russo found his voice as a gay activist and critic of LGBTQ+ representation in the media.

Larry Kramer In Love & Anger Trailer (2015)

29 June 2015

From the onset of the AIDS epidemic, author Larry Kramer emerged as a fiery activist, an Old Testament-style prophet full of righteous fury who denounced both the willful inaction of the government and the refusal of the gay community to curb potentially risky behaviors.

Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders Trailer (2026)

06 June 2026

“Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders" peels back the layers of controversy surrounding the making of the 1980 thriller, "Cruising.

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt Trailer (1989)

01 December 1989

On the eve of 1987's Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, surviving families and friends of people who have died of AIDS prepare panels to be added to a large-scale memorial quilt project.

One on One with Vito Russo Trailer (2001)

29 May 2001

Interview with Vito Russo featured on “The Celluloid Closet” DVD.

Voices from the Front Trailer (1992)

18 March 1992

In New York City, a distraught activist confronts the mayor with a story of a friend who languished on a cot in an emergency room hallway for nine days, only to die 48 hours after leaving the hospital.