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Directed by Mariposa Film Group
Featuring John Burnside, Sally Gearheart, Elsa Gidlow
"...graceful, funny and often very moving...altogether disarming presentation of material that might have invited prejudice or misunderstanding...what could have been a titillating revelation is artfully molded into nothing more than a wry and tender little surprise...what really carries the film is its casual seductiveness. Even filmgoers who imagine they'd rather sit through root canal work than find out what it's like to be homosexual may wind up unexpectedly captivated by the film's friendly, even-handed approach to a potentially divisive subject."
— The New York Times
In 1978, Word is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives startled audiences across the country when it appeared in movie theaters and on television. The first feature-length documentary about lesbian and gay identity made by gay filmmakers, the film had a huge impact when it was released and became an icon of the emerging gay rights movement of the 1970s. It has since become a landmark in the history of documentaries.
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In honor of its place in our collective history, Word is Out was selected for restoration for the Legacy Project for GLBT Film Preservation by Outfest and the UCLA Film and Television Archive. The original film negative was recently restored, and the remastered thirty-five millimeter print will be shown around the world.
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"[An] extraordinary, groundbreaking documentary."
— The Village Voice
"This landmark American documentary is bracing in light of the foggy discourse, both pro and con, that accompanies a good many films with queer subject matter. Strangely enough, our knowledge of what's to come makes Word Is Out that much more affecting, because it shows that there were - and are - pockets of peace amid the brutality of an ongoing civil-rights struggle."
— Time Out New York
"[A] self-evidently groundbreaking film...Word Is Out is one of gay cinema's earliest reckonings with that universal question, "When did you realize you were gay?" It was a major first step to be sure, but it was up to other future films to deal with the obvious follow-up question, "When did you realize you needed to do something about it?" — Slant Magazine
DVD BONUS FEATURES - 30th ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE DVD
Word Is Out, Then and Now: Thirty Years Later - featuring the filmmakers and many of the film's participants
Afterthoughts - by the filmmakers and participants
A history of the Mariposa Film Group
Remembering Peter Adair, the film's producer and main force behind the collective.
DVD Executive Producer: David Bohnett - the man behind the film's restoration and DVD release.
Word Is Out Trailer
Outfest Legacy Project Public Service Announcement (PSA)
Subtitles - English SDH
FILM SPECIFICATIONS
Featuring: David Gillon, Sally Gearhart, Fred Gray, Dennis Chiu
Directors: Peter Adair, Nancy Adair, Andrew Brown, Rob Epstein, Lucy Massie Phenix
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Full Screen, Closed-captioned
Language: English
Region: All Regions
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Oscilloscope Laboratories/Milliarium Zero
DVD Release Date: June 8, 2010
Run Time: 132 minutes
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Read about Word Is Out on Internet Movie Database.
