When this watershed film came out, it shattered stereotypes of the gay experience for audiences around the world, publicizing positive images of gay Americans for the first time. WORD IS OUT, the first feature-length documentary about lesbian and gay identity made by gay filmmakers, is a record of 26 people, ages 18 to 77, talking articulately about their lives. From housewives to drag queens, they demonstrate self-doubt and self-respect, repression and realization, isolation and community. Some of the stories are sad: one man talks about how his parents considered castrating him when they found out he was gay. Others are funny: a woman describes the two salad-a-day lesbian-cure diet that her doctor put her on. While much has changed in the 30 years since this ground-breaking movie was made, you will recognize yourself or someone you know in these stories.
This film is the second to be restored by the Outfest Legacy Project, a collaboration with the UCLA Film & Television Archive. The Legacy Project is the only program in the world devoted to saving and preserving LGBT film and their work has made this rare 35mm screening possible.
co-presented by Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives
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