Take Me to the Queers
Explore OTV's rich, intersectional content through these programs that center LGBTQ+ experiences.
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MANIFOLD
Movie + 5 extras
Manifold is an experimental anthology docuseries exploring the nuances of Black and Queer identity. This collaborative production platforms the creative works and visions of poets, performers, organizers, musicians, and more -- to express the real life experiences of Chicago’s Black LGBTQ+ commun...
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By a Thread
Movie
By A Thread is a film that chronicles our nonbinary hero’s frustrating journey through a new, bustling city. Characterized by short interactions with a variety of characters and a soaring moment of release, the piece juxtaposes the harsh reality of the world with the magical expanse of the main c...
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BRUJOS
2 seasons
BRUJOS is a queer-of-color, radically politicized web series following four gay Latino doctoral candidates--that are also witches. They navigate magic, sexuality, and surviving a witch-hunt led by a secret society of white heteronormative male descendants of the first New World colonizers.
Serie...
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Darling Shear - Season 2
9 Episodes
Darling Shear, is a docuseries by Diana Quiñones Rivera, that follows Darling Shear as she choreographs a piece for 6 dancers rooted in the tradition of Hollywood musicals. Through rehearsals, everyday life, and performances, Darling Shear presents a hilarious perspective to the world of dance ma...
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Noodles & Incense
Movie
“Noodles represent our lives. The longer they are, the more years we have. They separate and tangle, only to come together once more in the broth… The smoke rises to the heavens, and blurs the lines between life and death.”
When Amy finds out that her girlfriend Megan is moving across the countr...
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Prodigal Sun
Movie
Soon after Evelyn realizes she is transgender, her parents sense she is simultaneously experiencing mental illness. As Evelyn struggles for independence, afraid of losing herself to her role in her nuclear family, her parents must fight to keep her safe. Prodigal Sun explores this conflict from b...
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Anthology
1 season
Series by Nuanse Entertainment now streaming on OTV.
Anthology is a narrative series that follows the life-altering events of 6 twenty-somethings during one summer in New York City.
CONTENT WARNING: profanity, excessive alcohol use, self-harm, recreational marijuana use, adult themes, death/gri...
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Mooncake
Movie
Mooncake is an experimental meditation on gender queerness and the blurred lines between influence, desire and obsession. The docu-fictional film revisits an unnamed subject’s childhood memory, resurfacing the nascent fantasies that once captured their imagination. What can we learn from our form...
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CCTV - Season 1
3 Episodes
Club Chicago Television, or CCTV
a network where you can tune into a different queer club night every week.
Over the summer of 2020, CCTV aimed to broadcast Chicago parties, DJs, performers, and organizations that are leading and shaping the way to a brighter future in Chicago. Each broadcast f...
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Quare Life
1 season
Four queer women of color negotiate professional and personal relationships on Chicago's south side.
//CAST AND CREW//
M Shelly Conner (Creator/Producer/Writer)
Myra Boone (Pilot Producer/AD)
Jessica King (Director)
Christian Mejia (Cinematographer)
Alistair Slaughter (Sound Engineer)
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FORCE! Presents Cadenza Screening with Open Panel Discussion
Movie
Recording of the livestream is available on-demand until 3/16/22.
Cadenza is a musical film about Black women and femmes in the visitors' waiting rooms of a prison. Directed by Anna Martine Whitehead and Wills Glasspiegel, the film extends and documents FORCE!, an opera-in-progress by Whitehead,...
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The Lisa B. Experience
Movie
Lisa B offerS a rare alternative of her incredibly popular, Unpolitical Woman Comedy Show, called the VERY POLITICAL WOMAN Comedy Show. The live show was during Black History Month, 2023.
Powered by lululemon and #blkcreatives, Lisa Beasley, brings her comedic prowess to Tribe Supper Club to ma...
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Forked Tongue
Movie + 1 extra
Short film by Melanie Ojwang now streaming.
After moving back in with her overbearing mom, a recently unemployed 20-something starts creating juicy audio erotica under a male pseudonym and struggles to keep her identity and her hobby a secret when her fanbase explodes.
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If I Was Your Girl - Collection
2 seasons
A collection of films and series in the If I Was Your Girl universe by Coquie Hughes.
IF I WAS YOUR GIRL is an intense pressure cooker drama centered on the chaotic affair between two interrelated lesbian couples. The story first chronicles the mentally draining relationship between Lynn and St...