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
  • Reggie Davis: SIMULACRUM

    Movie

    A Virtual reality designed so the mind and body can’t differentiate virtual experiences from real.

  • Lipstick City
    Movie + 1 extra

    Lipstick 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 ...

  • 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 //

    WATCH THE FULL VIDEO: http://www.weareo.tv/presents/bsayf

    Apple: https://itunes.apple....

  • Dont @ Me (Please)

    Movie

    don’t @ me (please) is a SlamFam Ensemble digital show that explores the “unprecedented times” we have been living in by blending poetry and film. Together, our ensemble of poets will ask all the burning questions that we need the answers to right now: how do you measure growth and progress when ...

  • 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...

  • Pink & Blue
    Movie + 1 extra

    Pink & Blue

    Movie + 1 extra

    Creator, Executive Producer, Writer, and Actor: Kaydx. Director and Executive Producer: Carmen LoBue. Executive Producer: Silas Howard.
    Starring: Kaydx and Jojo Brown.

    Lenapehoking (Brooklyn). Present day. CREA MADDEN (Kaydx), a Genderfluid freelance artist and their partner of four years ARM...

  • The Return
    Movie + 1 extra

    The Return

    Movie + 1 extra

    A writer-director struggles with her profound sense of loss after the sudden death of her father, who dies while visiting his homeland of India. Hena wrestles with coming to terms with their strained relationship, by the only way she knows how: making a film.

    Dharamshala International Film Festi...

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • ELEMENTS

    Movie

    Five dancers, five styles, five expressions of masculinity conjured through an element of nature. Air, water, ether, fire and earth combine to impress the memory of an abandoned steel mill into the natural world it now resides.

  • Griffica
    Movie + 1 extra

    Griffica

    Movie + 1 extra

    In this 11-minute horror-thriller by C.J. Arellano, a man (James Dolbeare) suspects his perfect boyfriend (Ulysses Espinoza) is a demon in disguise.

  • 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).

  • Angela Townsend: I Said, No

    Movie + 1 extra

    Latin soul music video by Angela Townsend. A young woman and her friends teach a man to respect her "no".

  • AGENTS OF CHANGE, PROJECT: POLYMER

    Movie

    "AGENTS OF CHANGE, PROJECT: POLYMER" is a spy-genre film that centers a fully a queer and transgender cast while bringing issues facing the environment to the forefront. Rookie secret agent Guy Longani is on a take-along mission to expose the ringleader of an illegal plastic dumping scheme, but w...

  • Pilot, Artist Profiles, and Premieres

    7 Episodes

    "Vogua" is much more than a television pilot introducing new characters and worlds. Shot in Pilsen at Junio's apartment and studio, "Vogua" showcases artists with diverse talents and skills. In addition to featuring Junio's yoga practice, the story also shows their original artworks. Wallace chor...

  • Oríkì Oshun
    Movie + 1 extra

    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...

  • Stress Fracture

    Movie

    CONTENT WARNING: Nudity, Suicide

    Space and time distort within the splintering mind of a young transgender woman as her relationship slips away from her. Six months after a suicide attempt, Grace feels another psychotic break coming on. She tries to hide her mental instability from her trans par...

  • Rough River Lake
    Movie + 1 extra

    Rough River Lake

    Movie + 1 extra

    A weekend “Gaycation” is interrupted when a group of Queer best friends discover their lake house got double booked with a fratty bachelor party. An ensemble comedy about party fouls and Queerness in the South.

    Indianapolis LGBTQ Film Festival
    London International Short Film Festival
    Short Film ...

  • Prodigy
    Movie + 1 extra

    Prodigy

    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.

  • "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.

  • 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...

  • IS TOMORROW WEDNESDAY?

    Movie

    Directed by Queer, BIPOC Cavair Robinson, IS TOMORROW WEDNESDAY? is a nonlinear narrative, detailing the 24 hour period of events within the life of Peach Fuzz, a scrappy transient drifter who does whatever it takes to survive while living on the streets of a small Indiana town. After reconnectin...

  • 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 ...

  • 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.