Movies and TvShows featuring "sisters-of-perpetual-indulgence" theme.

Yesterday he was a traditionalist Catholic activist, a royalist, a permanent member of Philippe de Villiers' Mouvement pour la France, a scout leader, a future monk at the monastery of Le Barroux, and a petitioner against the gay bar down the street. Today he is gay and proud of it, involved in the fight against AIDS, pro-choice sympathizer and even Sister of Perpetual Indulgence (a movement of gay activists dressing up as nuns classified as heretical by Pope John Paul II). After a confusing beginning, the film plunges you into the heart of a long and passionate confession during which Sister Innocenta comes back on these years of extreme right-wing militancy to finally open up and assume herself as a gay man.

Still Around is a powerful documentary that delves into the lives of several individuals who have managed to survive the AIDS epidemic in San Francisco. The film follows their journey as they navigate through the challenges of living with HIV/AIDS, highlighting their courage, resilience, and determination to persevere. Through personal stories and interviews, Still Around offers a poignant and honest portrayal of the impact of the epidemic on the LGBTQ+ community.

Filmmaker Monet Allard-Wilcox followed a contingent of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to Shanghai Pride to document their participation in the week long event. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, an order of drag nuns started in San Francisco, are a now global organization with a history of activism and a penchant for humor and dazzling costumes. Stilettos for Shanghai discusses the status of LGBTQ people internationally. The film explains the origin of the Sisters with interviews and archival footage never seen before on the big screen, and it follows the Sisters to Shanghai to chronicle their participation and reactions to Chinese culture. With interviews from prominent gay San Francisco based leaders and the human rights organization ORAM, Organization for Asylum and Migration, the film shares with the world the critical issue of international LGBTQ Rights and the serious work being done by a group of dedicated, glamorous and often flamboyant drag nuns.