Take Me to the Queers
Explore OTV's rich, intersectional content through these programs that center LGBTQ+ experiences.
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MovieWork
Movie
Short film created by April Maxey. Unable to move on from a breakup, Gabriela impulsively drops into an old job, where she unexpectedly runs into a friend from her past.
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Movie + 1 extraTHANDO
Movie + 1 extra
After Reza, a non-binary rising performing artist from a township in Soweto, begins to settle into Johannesburg when Mase, a writer struggling to understand his identity, unexpectedly arrives into his life. Through their brief introduction they suddenly begin to reveal intimate vulnerabilities th...
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MovieSleep'her
Movie
Short film created by and starring #OTVAtlas Ambassador Makeda M. Declet.
Diane is grieving. Her mom passed away and now she hates the world. After her car is towed, a down-on-her-luck Uber Eats driver signs up for a mysterious new gig App.
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1 season#OTVretrospective
1 season
OTV Retrospective is a reflection on the past five years of the organization’s journey. Co-founders Dr. Aymar Jean Christian and Elijah McKinnon take viewers on a cinematic tour of its humble beginnings as a research project answering the simple question “do intersectional stories matter?”
The ...
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10 items"Ki Change" Playlist
10 items
A collection of projects by musicians, filmmakers, and storytellers who are pushing boundaries and using music videos to redefine media-making and genre-defying art.
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1 seasonNight Night
1 season
A recovering alcoholic gets blackmailed into contract killing to save his family from scandal, shaking his hold over his sobriety and his life in general.
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7 items#BraveFuturesJOBURG
7 items
Brave Futures Film Race challenges creatives, filmmakers and storytellers of all skills levels to produce a film in 48 hours or less.
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Movie + 1 extraJasmin Taylor: Again
Movie + 1 extra
For all women in time. A visual love letter through eras—on silence, selfhood, and choosing again.
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1 seasonHER: a micro-série
1 season
Dramedy series now streaming on OTV.
HER: a micro-série is a Coming-of-Age Dramedy about a Black Bisexual Woman who struggles with high functioning depression as she navigates her late twenties. Imani finds escape through dance, dating apps, family, & friends.
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1 seasonThe T
1 season
Former-lovers-and-now-best-friends Jo and Carter are looking for love--it’s not going well. A young white trans woman and queer Black man living in their native Chicago, they may have the world’s bigotry and their own insecurities stacked against them, but at least they have each other.
Series c...
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2 seasonsBlaq In Bed
2 seasons
Come with questions and leave with answers. Blaq In Bed has been intentionally designed to provide folks with tips, resources and bravery needed to navigate complex spaces and discussions around intimacy, sex, disclosure and the fantasy.
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MovieYna NA: emma
Movie
*Starring:* Yna and Cee Pham
*Directed by:* Sophie Chevako and Yna
*Produced by:* Cee Pham
*Assistant Directors:*
Cee Pham & Mariana Belaval (Day One)
Teya Sainz de Aja (Day Two)
*Choreographer:* Emily Rivera De La Cruz
*Cinematographer: *Sophie Chevako
*Gaffer/AC: *Evan Thompson
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MovieAcross, Beyond, and Over
Movie
A hybrid documentary about two estranged trans men who used to date in middle school reconnecting over a long weekend to develop a film about their past. Through the pre-production process and writing exercises, they are forced to reconcile the differences in how they want to portray themselves, ...
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1 seasonHook Ups
1 season
Black queers date and fall in lust.
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MovieIs Anybody Out There?
Movie
In this stylized movement opera, our heroes navigate sexuality, gender, and isolation as they try to make contact with the outside world through dance, prose, & music.
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3 seasonsTwo Queens In a Kitchen
3 seasons
Two Queens In a Kitchen is a turn-to-relevance cooking series that features a rotating cast of guest-hosts from the #OTVcommunity.
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1 seasonBrown Girls
1 season
Brown Girls is an intimate story of the friendship between two women of color. While Leila and Patricia come from completely different backgrounds, their friendship is ultimately what they lean on to get through the messiness of their mid-twenties.
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Movie + 1 extraProdigy
Movie + 1 extra
A music film featuring two songs from Jude Grant's album "Protagony" exploring his journey in surrendering his expectations when it comes to love and romance.
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Assigned Female at Birth, a queer web series about some bodies
3 seasons
Assigned Female at Birth, originally fueled by the remote filming techniques and devised construction necessitated by the pandemic, blends mockumentary grid choruses with narrative storytelling in representing outlier identities in the queer community. The 35 characters, like their real-life coun...
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MovieMi Coro (My Crew)
Movie
Set in a surreal, hyperbolic reality, ‘Mi Coro’ features interviews with a variety of Latin American voguers fail to communicate with a new alien species known as the "cis-heterosexuals".
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Moviejaxwillbejax: Too Young
Movie
A wicked dessert is enjoyed in a dream world.
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Movie + 1 extraLipstick City
Movie + 1 extra
A visually sumptuous exploration of the drag persona of model Shea Couleé, this short film is an arresting display of dance, music, and fashion. When high end fashion model Miss Couleé discovers evidence that her powerful husband, Mr., isn't the faithful man she thought she married, she teams up ...
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2 seasonsThe Commons
2 seasons
"The Commons" is a feminist, public access-style, morning talk show crafted for witches, by witches.
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2 seasonsEasy Abby
2 seasons
Abby likes women. And sex. A lot. Abby can tune into the needs of her many lovers, but she’s full of anxiety otherwise. So she stays busy juggling affairs, friends, and her bipolar Mother. She dreams of
living in Costa Rica and studying coral reefs, but Abby has yet to leave the Midwest.
