Southern Comfort (2001)
This moving documentary chronicles the last year in the life of Robert Eads, a female-to-male transsexual dying of ovarian cancer. We’re introduced to several prominent figures in Robert’s life — most importantly, his life partner, Lola Cola. Lola is a transsexual who’s become Robert’s life partner and caretaker. The two prepare to lead a panel at the annual Southern Comfort conference, a yearly event created for transgendered individuals.
Genre: Documentary, Romance
Director: Kate Davis
The United States of America (1975)
A conceptual bicentennial film dealing with spatial and temporal relationships between two travelers, their car, and the geographic, political, and social changes from NY to Los Angeles.
Some Kind of Heaven (2020)
Behind the gates of a palm-tree-lined fantasyland, three residents and one interloper at America’s largest retirement community strive to find happiness.
Bisbee ’17 (2018)
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28 Up (1984)
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Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope (2011)
A behind-the-scenes look at San Diego Comic-Con, the world’s largest comic book convention, and the fans who attend every year.
Imelda (2003)
A “beyond the shoes” documentary on the former first lady of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos.
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2012)
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Fed Up (2014)
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Letters from Baghdad (2016)
Gertrude Bell, the most powerful woman in the British Empire in her day, shaped the destiny of Iraq after WWI in ways that still reverberate today.