Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives
“26 Gay Americans”
1977•2h 12m•5.0•Released
Documentary
More than two dozen men and women of various backgrounds, ages, and races talk to the camera about being gay or lesbian. Their stories are arranged in loose chronology: early years, fitting in (which for some meant marriage), coming out, establishing adult identities, and reflecting on how things have changed and how things should be.
Director
Rob Epstein
Languages
English
Studio
New Yorker Films
Cast
Sally M. Gearhart
Self
Pat Bond
Self
John Burnside
Self
Elsa Gidlow
Self
Donald Hackett
Self
Harry Hay
Self
Pam Jackson
Self
Rusty Millington
Self
Trish Nugent
Self
Mark Pinney
Self
Rick Stokes
Self
George Mendenhall
Self
Nadine Armijo
Self
Dennis Chiu
Self
Nathaniel Dorsky
Self
Production
Company
New Yorker Films
Producer
Peter Adair
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