NO STRAIGHT LINES

QUALIFIED FOR AN OSCAR | WORLD PREMIERE - Tribeca Film Festival | GRAND JURY PRIZE - Outfest | EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM - DOCUMENTARY FILM - The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association Community • Art, Humor, and Activism • Zines & Graphic Memoirs • Self Representation • Queer History Date of Completion: 2021 | Run Time: 79 minutes | Language: English with Spanish subtitles available (French and German subtitles coming soon) | Captions: Yes | Includes: Transcript | Director: Vivian Kleiman | Producers: Vivian Kleiman & Justin Hall NO STRAIGHT LINES: THE RISE OF QUEER COMICS tells the story of five scrappy and pioneering LGBTQ cartoonists- Alison Bechdel, Jennifer Camper, Howard Cruse, Rupert Kinnard, and Mary Wings- who depicted everything from the AIDS crisis, coming out, same-sex marriage, and themes of race, gender, and disability. The film explores how these trailblazing LGBTQ artists resisted censorship and displayed tremendous courage and conviction in providi