Megan Rossman

This film focuses on the friendship between Mabel Hampton, an African American, lesbian, and activist, and Joan Nestle, a white, lesbian and Jewish professor who is 40 years her junior. Ms. Hampton cared for Joan as a child, and roles reversed when Joan cared for Ms. Hampton at the end of her life.

This inspiring film profiles the Lesbian Herstory Archives, a non-hierarchical, collectively-run archive that preserves the various expressions of lesbian identity, love, and solidarity. Scrappy and determined, a cross-generational team of women steward the collection from a cramped Manhattan apartment to a building of its own. As memory fades and members depart, the volunteer archivists contemplate the safeguarding and transmission of these invaluable materials — and the stories they document — to future generations.

Renowned poet Naomi Replansky reflects on her life and career at 100 years old as a young lesbian making poetry.

GIRLS ON FILM returns with eight award-winning short films from around the world. Inspirational short stories made by women, for women, explore female desire, empowerment and the realities of being a woman, a lesbian and a feminist today.

Growing up in the Mormon church, Kristyn Michele was told that their voice was a gift from God and that they should share it with the world. But when a friend from church discovered Kristyn in a same-sex relationship and reported them, they were publicly kicked out of the church and their relationship to music fractured. It wasn't until years later that they recognized themselves as non-binary and began to transition.

"Our history was disappearing as quickly as we were making it." With that realization, Deborah Edel and Joan Nestle co-founded the Lesbian Herstory Archives, the world's largest collection of materials by and about lesbians. More than 40 years later, Deb must consider the future of the collection.

Lesbian Herstory Archives: A Brief Herstory The Lesbian Herstory Archives was founded in the 1970’s when a group of women involved in the Gay Academic Union realized that lesbian history was “disappearing as quickly as it was being made.” The group’s mission is to gather and preserve records of lesbian lives and activities so that future generations will have ready access to materials relevant to their lives.

A generation of lesbians who’ve had to rely on chosen family reflect on the work their community has done to age in place on the North Fork of Long Island.