Vito Russo
Birthday: 1946-07-11
Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York, USA
Biography: Vito Russo was an American LGBT activist, film historian, and author. He is best remembered as the author of the book The Celluloid Closet, described in The New York Times as "an essential reference book" on homosexuality in the US film industry.
Movies
Vito
In the aftermath of Stonewall, a newly politicized Vito Russo found his voice as a gay activist and ...
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An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends
On January 22, 1993 at the historic Castro Theater in San Francisco, Lily Tomlin, Robin Williams, Ha...
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Voices from the Front
In New York City, a distraught activist confronts the mayor with a story of a friend who languished ...
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Larry Kramer In Love & Anger
From the onset of the AIDS epidemic, author Larry Kramer emerged as a fiery activist, an Old Testame...
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The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Describing herself as a 'street queen,' Johnson was a legendary fixture in New York City’s gay ghett...
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Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
On the eve of 1987's Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, surviving famil...
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A Very Natural Thing
When David, an ex-monk still in his twenties meets Mark, he falls hard; soon he's asked Mark if they...
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