Take Me to the Queers

Take Me to the Queers

Explore OTV's rich, intersectional content through these programs that center LGBTQ+ experiences.

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Take Me to the Queers
  • ManicMan!
    1 season

    ManicMan!

    1 season

    Series by #OTVFellow Marlo Abril-Viriña to the #OTVApp September 1st.

    Stuck in a job he hates and still living with his parents, Malcolm goes on a journey of self discovery and independence. When an artist from the city moves to Twin Falls, everything seems to fall into Malcolm’s lap. The only ...

  • Yna 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
    *Grips/Acs: *Osc...

  • How to L0ve

    1 season

    How to L0ve is a comedic web series following a group of teenagers who reunite to work as ball people at their community’s local tennis tournament.

  • Low Strung
    2 seasons

    Low Strung

    2 seasons

    Season 2 now streaming on OTV.

    Shervin and Victoria experience a number of mini-adventures smattered with elements of the surreal, often blurring the lines themselves using mind-altering drugs. This lends a fresh, satirical, and often perplexing way for the viewer to vicariously experience tind...

  • Abjad Hawaz (أبجد هوز)

    Movie + 3 extras

    Short film created by Lebanese-born, Paris-based filmmaker and visual artist Hadi Moussally as a part of #BraveFutures Barcelona with the film prompt: "Cultivating a Protopia — Imagining and creating a future where technology serves the collective good, not just the privileged few."

    Abjad Ḥawaz...

  • Reckless Spirits

    Movie

    A gender-fluid Latine performance artist and a neurotic Asian American therapist are led by a series of uncanny circumstances into a world of ancestor spirits, psychics, and a cult leader who is threatening to tear their friendship apart.

    Created by 2022 #OTVFellow Vee Hua.

  • Sleep'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.

  • Kissing Walls

    2 seasons

    Kissing Walls is a romantic comedy that follows two friends as they struggle to build their careers while simultaneously navigating the ever-evolving and often complicated “new rules” of 21st century dating as queer men of color.

  • Across, 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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    Movie + 1 extra

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    Movie + 1 extra

    CONTENT WARNING: sexual content, vulgar/oppressive language, blood/gore

    A disillusioned human/vampire hybrid, takes on escorting to survive a changing society.

    Horror drama short by Kyle Hinton.

    Kyle is an unapologetically Black nonbinary screenwriter from the suburbs of Chicago, who aspires...

  • Damaged Goods

    1 season

    Barely surviving the city of Chicago, Damaged Goods centers around four messy young adults will experience a complete loss of self-identity, which propels them onto a path of uncertainty.

  • jaxwillbejax: Too Young

    Movie

    A wicked dessert is enjoyed in a dream world.

  • Queer Khalifa

    Movie

    Inayat, a hijab-wearing cis woman, and Abdullah, a trans man, meet after ten years and try to make their teenage romance sustain cultural pressures. They have little time to address their differences- she's getting married to Musa this weekend.

  • These Thems - Season 1

    7 Episodes

    "These Thems" is an award-winning comedy series following the lives of four friends as they navigate gender, sexuality, and the delightful messiness of New York City's queer community.

  • TRANSFINITE

    Movie

    TRANSFINITE is a sci-fi omnibus feature film composed of seven standalone short stories where supernatural trans and queer people from various cultures use their powers to protect, love, teach, fight and thrive.

    Award-winning TRANSFINITE (2019) has screened worldwide in 80+ festivals and educati...

  • THANDO
    Movie + 1 extra

    THANDO

    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...

  • #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.

  • Oríkì Oshun

    Movie + 1 extra

    Oríkì Oshun is an experimental short film that honors the Orisha Oshun, a central figure in Yoruba cosmology and spirituality. Rooted in the Yoruba tradition of oríkì—a performative act of praise that invokes the essence, attributes, and destiny of a person, place, or deity—this film reimagines t...

  • 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...

  • Inertia

    Movie

    Inertia is a visual musical experience by Brandon Markell Holmes. An exploration of black thought, existence & trauma ; through the lens of [MODERN Technological Narcissism]&[The Civil Rights Movement] - into the premature journey of Black JOY , acceptance, Existential tyranny , Religion , Binary...

  • Two 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.

  • Forked Tongue
    Movie + 1 extra

    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.

  • Sexuality Out Loud - The Dating Edition

    1 season

    Four classmates find themselves on deep dive game show -- equal parts educational and pleasurable for the sake of pleasure. Meanwhile, another student, Kaia, gets some life-changing news. Enter an interactive environment where young people have deeper conversations about sex, sexuality, and repro...

  • Just Call Me Ripley

    1 season

    Just Call Me Ripley is a coming out story where nobody cries! This comedic web series centers on ripley who’s group of diverse, queer, wacky friends will support her no matter what she decides about her sexuality - but that doesn’t always make things easier... (Ok maybe there’s a little crying).