Love Me Bait Me: The Power of Queer Representation
“When portrayed authentically on screen, LGBTQ+ representation saves lives.”
2025•1h 19m•Released
DocumentaryHistory
This feature documentary explores the historical relationship between Hollywood, television, and the authentic portrayal of diverse LGBTQ+ experiences over the course of more than a century. Interviews and archival footage provide a critique of the U.S. film industry that emphasizes the life-saving role storytelling plays in our collective imagination for a better future.
Director
Rachel van der Bie
Production
Producer
Bren Coombs
Producer
Margot van der Bie
Recommended
7.8
Disclosure
2020
7.3
The Celluloid Closet
1996
6.8
How to Survive a Plague
2012
6.8
Howard
2018
7.5
The Last Repair Shop
2024
6.9
Welcome to Chechnya
2020
7.5
The Red Pill
2016
6.9
Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?
2013
6.4
Fuck
2006
6.1
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me
2023
6.2
This Changes Everything
2019
7.5
28 Up
1985
6.4
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
2017
7.2
Come See Me in the Good Light
2025
6.4
American Teen
2008
6.9
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019
8.1
Shawn Mendes: In Wonder
2020
8.2
The Untold History Of The United States
2012
8
My Mom Jayne
2025
6.8
The War Room
1993
Similar Movies
Orgullo | Pride - Visión Zoo
2018
10
And My Soul Shall Be Healed
2025
6.6
P.S. Burn This Letter Please
2020
3.5
The Abominable Crime
2013
Bunny Decides to Go
2023
5.8
Peter de Rome: Grandfather of Gay Porn
2014
Schmetterlingskatze
2026
The Passionate Pursuits of Angela Bowen
2016
Queen's Land
2026
Kandyland: The Movie
2017
4
Transhood
2020
Spogliati
2026
House of Pride – Ballroom Boudoir
2021
Truth or Dare
2025
We Exist: Beyond the Binary
2018
4
The First Lady
2025
Here I Am...Here You Are
2017
Guyane, amours taboues
2026
3.3
Fated to Be Queer
1992
10
There Are People
2018