Macdonald-Kelce Library Blog

Films to watch for Pride Month

Did you know that the Macdonald-Kelce Library offers streaming films for you to watch anywhere? Celebrate Pride this month by taking advantage of all the great films we have in the collection!

Make sure to log into MyUTampa to view these films. Happy Pride UT!

"Oscar-winner for Best Picture, MOONLIGHT is a moving and transcendent look at three defining chapters in the life of Chiron, a young man growing up in Miami. His epic journey to adulthood, as a shy outsider dealing with difficult circumstances, is guided by support, empathy and love from the most unexpected places."

https://www.kanopy.com/en/tampa/video/5324546

"Marianne is hired to paint the wedding portrait of Héloïse. As the women orbit each other, intimacy and attraction grow as they share Héloïse's first moments of freedom."

https://www.kanopy.com/en/tampa/video/11347308

"Profiling the life and times of one of the gay community's most visible and tenacious advocates for change, Rev. Troy Perry, Call Me Troy is a truly inspirational story about a remarkable and dynamic individual whose activism was decades ahead of its time."

https://www.kanopy.com/en/tampa/video/174895

"Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City’s African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene. Made over seven years, PARIS IS BURNING offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion “houses,” from fierce contests for trophies to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia, transphobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty."

https://www.kanopy.com/en/tampa/video/10910624

"In Paris in the early 1990s, members of the activist group ACT UP battle for those stricken with HIV/AIDS, taking on sluggish government agencies and major pharmaceutical companies in bold, invasive actions. Amid rallies, protests, fierce debates and ecstatic dance parties, newcomer to the group Nathan falls in love with Sean, the ACT UP’s radical firebrand, and their passion sparks against the shadow of mortality as the activists fight for a breakthrough."

https://www.kanopy.com/en/tampa/video/3882430