Movies and TvShows featuring "del-martin-and-phyllis-lyon" theme.

By issuing marriage licenses to same gender couples, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom uproots the status quo and attempts to change the way the nation looks at life, love, and marriage.

Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon have been partners in love and political struggle for fifty years. With incisive interviews, rare archival images and warmhearted humor, Joan Biren's 2003 film reveals their inspiring public work, as well as their charming private relationship. When they courageously launched the Daughters of Bilitis in 1955, it became the first public organization for lesbians in America. Today, these tireless activists are educating both the LGBT and aging movements on the needs of older lesbians.

One Wedding and a Revolution is a documentary short that chronicles the historic wedding of Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, a lesbian couple who were the first to be married in San Francisco in 2004. The film explores the political and social implications of their marriage and the impact it had on the gay rights movement.

A cross-section of Bay Area youth take viewers on a quest for the very history that has no name in their schools. Together, they open archival closets and talk with LGBTQ artists, activists, and pioneers. In a world where their queer history is still regularly erased, what will they discover?