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
  • Lee Baby
    Movie + 2 extras

    Lee Baby

    Movie + 2 extras

    Lee, a trans man, and his wife Charlie are smack dab in the middle of creating a family. Insecurities, hormone imbalances, and the exhaustion of new parenthood test the limits of this resilient queer couple.

  • 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.

  • Spies in Corsets

    Movie

    After three months of careful preparation, it’s finally the night to carry out their mission. Marcy and Odi ready themselves to attend the 18th century ball of an overtly rich prison owner. If riding the high stakes of disabling his plans were not enough, their unprofessional feelings for each ot...

  • The Exorcism of Mary Magdalene: A Divine Intervention

    Movie

    The Exorcism of Mary Magdalene: A Divine Intervention is an exploration of belonging, through a liminal state of placelessness. Through the iconography of Mary Magdalene and their narrative contextualities, I resurrect the archival yet contemporary transgenerational reckonings & beckoning's of di...

  • Darling Shear

    2 seasons

    Darling Shear: Season 2 is now streaming!

    Darling Shear, is a two-season 14-episode docu-series 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, Darli...

  • #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 ...

  • Is 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.

  • 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.

  • 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...

  • For Better

    1 season

    For Better is the romantic dramedy reinvented. An anthology series; each episode focuses on a different couple in their slice of life.

  • 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 ...

  • Hotline
    1 season

    Hotline

    1 season

    Hotline is a murder mystery about Attorney Hazel Clarke. She is a straitlaced perfectionist who only cares about winning court cases. That all changes when her estranged sister Chelsea shows up. Hazel wrestles Chelsea out of her house but not her life. Soon after their reunion, Chelsea's dead bod...

  • 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.

  • Hook Ups
    1 season

    Hook Ups

    1 season

    Black queers date and fall in lust.

  • Brown 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.

  • 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.

  • This Physical World

    Movie

    Experimental narrative by Leo Kinsler.

    When Sey wakes up for the first time as a fully formed adult, they venture out into the world in search of what it means to be a person.
    Through performance and play, this film examines how language, personal experiences, and gender expectations shape our ...

  • Country Love

    Movie

    Short film by Wapah Ezeigwe now streaming on OTV.

    A queer man returns home after 15 years only to discover that there is no reason for him to stay.

  • Black Joy
    Movie + 1 extra

    Black Joy

    Movie + 1 extra

    Directed by Kemi Fatoba, founder of DADDY Magazine.

    Produced by a team of BIPOC creatives, this film takes audiences on a journey across Berlin, NYC and London, challenging prevailing narratives by centering the Black gaze and offering a refreshing counterpoint to the pervasive portrayal of Blac...

  • Jake Speikers: Nostalgic

    Movie + 1 extra

    Still not over a past relationship, a singer looks back on his memories through a VHS tapes to reconcile his nostalgia over lost love.

    Production Company: Bouy Flms (@bouyfilms)
    Dir/Dp/Editor: Ricardo Bouyett (@ricbouy)
    Line Producer/Production Designer: Daisy Cardenas (@DaysDC)
    Set Designer/PA:...

  • Symbiotic
    1 season

    Symbiotic

    1 season

    Series created by Rachel Greenhoe about young queer people with invisible (and visible) disabilities trying to make their way in Chicago.

  • Lassai Presents: IMMORTAL ☥

    Movie + 2 extras

    IMMORTAL☥ : living forever; never dying or decaying.

    IMMORTAL☥ sinks into the perspective of Lassai, a black working class queer non binary person surviving in a pro-cishetero, homophobic, transphobic, and racist world. A world that has brutally demonized their body and lifestyle, ultimately for...

  • jaxwillbejax: Too Young

    Movie

    A wicked dessert is enjoyed in a dream world.

  • Serial Dreamer

    4 items

    In Hair Story, a pilot for Serial Dreamer, residents of an artsy Black co-op tell their wild stories to an out-of-work drag queen as she styles their hair to pay her rent.

    // MUSIC VIDEO / DREAM SEQUENCE //

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