No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics (2021)
Een lange documentairefilm in uitvoering die de geboorte en ontwikkeling van LGBTQ-strips beschrijft door de ogen van verschillende pioniers. De film is geïnspireerd op het gelijknamige, bekroonde boek van Lambda, en duikt dieper in de persoonlijke verhalen die de kern vormen van deze unieke underground artistieke scene. Met Alison Bechdel (Fun Home), de onlangs overleden Howard Cruse (Stuck Rubber Baby, Gay Comix) en anderen wil deze film laten zien hoe doe-het-zelf-queer-cartoonisten de LGBTQ-levens en -ervaringen hebben vertegenwoordigd, belachelijk gemaakt en gevierd in uitdagende, humoristische en diepgaande manieren.
Regiseur: Vivian Kleiman
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Alison Bechdel as Self |
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Rupert Kinnard as Self |
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Howard Cruse as Self |
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Mary Wings as Self |
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Jennifer Camper as Self |
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Hillary Chute as Self |
| Production | Greg Sirota | Executive Producer |
| Production | Justin Hall | Producer |
| Production | Vivian Kleiman | Producer |
| Camera | Andrew Black | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Christiane Badgley | Editor |
| Editing | Linda Peckham | Editor |
| Art | Suzanne Slatcher | Art Direction |
| Production | Ellen Poss | Executive Producer |
| Production | Gerald Herman | Executive Producer |
| Production | Cort Lane | Executive Producer |
| Production | Vicky Funari | Consulting Producer |
| Production | Jason Cohn | Consulting Producer |
| Production | Jenni Olson | Consulting Producer |
| Production | Cassandra Dreher | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Kim Wetzel | Still Photographer |
| Editing | Hilary Brashear | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Barbara Oplinger | Graphic Designer |
| Sound | Brandon Proctor | Sound Editor |
| Directing | Vivian Kleiman | Director |
| Sound | René-Marc Bini | Original Music Composer |