LGBT Of Color
LGBT films with main characters of color
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- DirectorCheryl DunyeStarsCheryl DunyeGuinevere TurnerValarie WalkerA young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
- DirectorMaurice JamalStarsRockmond DunbarLoretta DevineJenifer LewisA modern-day prodigal son story with a twist. It follows Patrick, a magazine writer, who seems to have the "perfect life," until one day, there is a knock at the door. On the other side stands a secret that brings him face to face with the traditional southern family he hasn't seen in over 10 years.
- DirectorHenrique GoldmanStarsIngrid de SouzaCesare BocciLulu PecorariFernando, a.k.a. Fernanda, a 19-year-old Brazilian transgender woman, travels to Milan and becomes a prostitute to finance sex-change surgery. Fernanda dreams of becoming a "real" woman, but in Milan is instead transformed into Princesa, a mysterious figure of allure. When she meets Gianni, a straight-laced, married businessman who falls in love with her. It all seems too good to be true...and it is.
- DirectorOlaf de Fleur JohannessonStarsRaquela RiosStefan C. SchaeferOlivia GaludoRaquela, a transsexual from the Philippines, dreams of escaping the streets of Cebu City for a fairy tale life in Paris.
- DirectorJennie LivingstonStarsBrooke XtravaganzaAndré ChristianDorian CoreyA chronicle of New York's drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality.
- DirectorPeter BergStarsNikolaj Coster-WaldauKerry BishéJoy BryantSpaceship crew members start dying because of an unknown defect in a virtual-reality device.
- DirectorBuddy GiovinazzoStarsEvan RossStephanie LugoMaurice BlakeVarious stories of how crack cocaine has infiltrated the inner-city streets.
- DirectorRodney EvansStarsAnthony MackieRoger RobinsonAlex BurnsA drama that looks back on the Harlem Renaissance from the perspective of an elderly, black writer who meets a gay teenager in a New York homeless shelter.
- CreatorPatrik-Ian PolkJon SechristStarsDarryl StephensRodney ChesterChristian VincentExplore the daily lives of Noah, Alex, Ricky, and Chance, four African-American gay men in Los Angeles, through their relationships with their friends and lovers.
- DirectorAlex ChuStarsDerek LuiJim LauElijah RockA traditional Chinese father struggles to cope with his son's homosexuality, which then takes an absurd and comical turn for the worse.
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsAnthony MackieKerry WashingtonEllen BarkinFired from his job for exposing corrupt business practices, a former biotech executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDanny GloverWhoopi GoldbergOprah WinfreyA tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.
- DirectorShin Jae MyungKim Su-Jin-IHa YooStarsZo In-sungJu Jin-moSong Ji-hyoA historical drama set in the Koryo dynasty and focused on the relationship between a king and his bodyguard.
- DirectorAgnieszka HollandStarsMercedes RuehlJD PardoLupe OntiverosThe true story of Gwen Araujo, a young trans woman who was brutally murdered by four men in 2002.
- DirectorEkachai UekrongthamStarsAsanee SuwanSorapong ChatreeOrn Anong PanyawongBiopic of transgender Muay Thai boxer Parinya Charoenphol who pursued the sport to pay for her gender reassignment surgery.
- DirectorSimon PearceChristian MartinStarsWayne VirgoMarc LaurentTom BottA closeted teenage street punk takes up with the latest roughed-up gay victim of his bullying gang, which does not set well with the gang's drugged-up, brotherly leader.
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsSaeed JaffreyRoshan SethDaniel Day-LewisAn ambitious Pakistani Briton and his white boyfriend strive for success and hope when they open a glamorous laundromat.
- DirectorMuhammad CamaraStarsCécile BoisMamady Mory CamaraMuhammad CamaraTwo young high school boys, Manga and Sory, are gay and in love in Guinea. This is their story.
- DirectorDee ReesStarsAdepero OduyeKim WayansAasha DavisA Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.
- DirectorAuraeus SolitoStarsNathan LopezSoliman CruzJR ValentinA young boy falls in love with a handsome policeman who is investigating his family's criminal activities.
- DirectorCheryl DunyeStarsYolonda RossDavenia McFaddenRain PhoenixA mother daughter reunion set in the harsh reality of a women's correctional facility
- DirectorRashaad Ernesto GreenStarsEsai MoralesRobert SalzmanTy JonesAn ex-con returns home to the Bronx after three years in prison to discover his wife estranged and his child exploring a gender transformation that will test the fragile bonds of their family.
- DirectorDee ReesStarsQueen LatifahKamryn JohnsonRikki McKinneyThe story of legendary blues performer Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.
- CreatorTanya SarachoStarsMelissa BarreraMishel PradaSer AnzoateguiTwo sisters, who could not be more different or distanced from each other, are forced to move back to their childhood neighborhood, after the death of their mother, only to discover her past and the shocking truth about her identity.
- CreatorSam LevinsonStarsZendayaHunter SchaferJacob ElordiA look at life for a group of high school students as they grapple with issues of drugs, sex, and violence.