The
Adventure of Priscilla -Queen of the Desert
(Australia 1994)
Directed by Stephan Elliott
Featuring Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce
story:
A story of three drag-queens consist of a transsexual,
a bisexual and an ignorant of a real world. Through prejudices
and discriminations in journey to a resort in Alice Springs
where they perform a drag show, three people of different age,
character, and style of living discover themselves.
point:
This movie won the Best Costume Design at Academy
Award. Comical but all the more serious.
Serving
in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story(US
1995)
Directed by Jeff Bleckner
Featuring Glenn Close, Judy Davis
story:
During promotion interview, Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer
tells the investigator that she is a lesbian. Because of that,
she was discharged. A film that cast a problem at that time.
point:
Abuse of human rights of homosexuals is depicted
through a lesbian Army nurse.
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