Movies by Rob Epstein
As part of the cast:
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Vito (2011)
Cast: Vito Russo, Lily Tomlin, Armistead Maupin …
Directed by: Jeffrey Schwarz
This documentary explores the life and work of activist Vito Russo, who wrote &NFi;The Celluloid Closet&NFi_;, which examines movie portrayals of homosexuals. Russo was a powerful force in…
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Howl (2010)
Cast: James Franco, David Strathairn, Jon Hamm …
Directed by: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
James Franco steps into the shoes of famed Beat poet Allen Ginsberg in this star-studded biopic centered around Ginsberg's poem "Howl" and the widely publicized obscenity trial that…
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Paragraph 175 (2000)
Cast: Rupert Everett
Directed by: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Actor Rupert Everett narrates this disquieting documentary from filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman that exposes the Third Reich's vicious persecution of male homosexuals during…
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The Celluloid Closet (1995)
Cast: Lily Tomlin, Tony Curtis, Harvey Fierstein …
Directed by: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Narrated by Lily Tomlin, this acclaimed documentary takes its name from Vito Russo's groundbreaking book. The filmmakers examine the subtext of more than 100 Hollywood movies --…
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Where Are We? (1992)
Directed by: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Award-winning documentary filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman wanted to know how the American South would treat two openly gay travelers who make their way through that part of the…
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Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989)
Cast: Sara Lewinstein, David Mandell, Suzi Mandell …
Directed by: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Rob Epstein's searing Oscar-winning documentary profiles six people who died of AIDS, helping to put a human face to an illness that, when this movie first aired in 1989, was cloaked in…
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The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
Cast: Harvey Fierstein
Directed by: Rob Epstein
Harvey Fierstein narrates this documentary by Rob Epstein about San Francisco's most colorful -- and tragic -- political figure: Harvey Milk, a staunch fighter for gay rights who helped…
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Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives (1977)
Cast: John Burnside, Tom Fitzpatrick, Sally M. Gearhart …
Directed by: Nancy Adair, Andrew Brown, Rob Epstein …
First released in 1977, this landmark documentary chronicles the experiences of some two dozen gay and lesbian Americans living throughout the country during the early days of the gay rights…