Bessie 2015

Films I've watched at Inside Out Film Festival over the years

Slate's Black Film Canon is two things: first, a reaction to #OscarsSoWhite and the exclusion of black filmmakers from most canonical film lists. Second, by challenging how film lovers think about which films matter in cinema history, the hope is Hollywood will encourage and honor black stories told by black filmmakers.

Slate asked "prominent filmmakers, critics, and scholars" (including Ava DuVernay, Robert Townsend, Charles Burnett, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Wesley Morris, and Henry Louis Gates Jr) and used their lists of favorite movies to develop a curated canon of fifty great films by black directors made in the Americas and Africa. The project excluded movies about black people but directed by non-blacks (A Raisin in the Sun, Coming to America). It is also not a poll: it’s an unranked list presented chronologically.

Source: http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/cover_story/2016/05/the_50_greatest_films_by_black_directors.html

Documentaries, biopics, and based on a true story.

Movies that caught my attention

True Stories Movies

Movies and shows taking place from 1920-1929.

Previous: https://trakt.tv/users/asterlea/lists/period-1910s
Next: https://trakt.tv/users/asterlea/lists/period-1930s

Films from the 1920s: https://trakt.tv/users/asterlea/lists/decade-1920s

My year on movies

List of movies with lesbians in it that I want to watch (or already watched). I decided to let all movies inside if someone needs inspiration for their own list.

The representation is not always well done so be careful if it is what you wanted. But for a good watching challenge, it works.

Films featuring gay and lesbian themes and/or characters

This is the Black Film Canon created by Slate.com. Located here - http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/cover_story/2016/05/the_50_greatest_films_by_black_directors.html

*These movies appear in Alphabetical order.

Lesbian romance and main characters.

Movies that must be watched.

A list of all the watchable movies about queer women.

Some are brilliant, some just solid, some passable. Only the ones that I actually watched till the end are included.