Queer Essentials is a powerful survey of LGBTQIA+ experiences from award-winning directors in the United States and abroad and a must for educational media collections. Our ever-growing film catalog features more than 50 independent works from Richard Fung's influential Orientations (1985), to New Queer Cinema from the 90s, to documentary films about Black Lesbian writer Audre Lorde, and the work of prolific filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris. More recent films include portrayals of trans activists Mama Gloria from Chicago, Pauline Park from New York, and Hector Plascencia from California.