lgbt movie about a black man waking up floating in the water

A gay-themed short film that takes audiences on a journey back to the early ’80s, exploring the repressed desires and closeted homosexuality of the protagonist, Marsh. In a time marked by homophobia, Marsh becomes enamored with Rivers, played by Roby Attal, sparking a poignant battle between desire, fear, and burgeoning hormones.

A Black Briton whose fears and anxiety of not being able to swim and drowning is dramatized as he battles with the stereotypes set by society.

A chilling spoken word film, inspired by the old negro spiritual 'Wade in the Water', told through the eyes of three men unveiling their struggle and fear of being a black man in America.

Explores subtle modes of refusal through the lens of a Black queer swimmer in a hostile environment.

A group of swim-crazy men in Frankfurt don't want to swim straight ahead any longer. A documentary dealing with a group of gay men who cannot be stopped by anything from realizing their dream of floating. Europe's only male synchronized swimming group performs striking supporting shows at swimming championships and is a constant part - not only - of the gay world of sports.

In the wake of Black Lives Matter, filmmaker Michael Rice addresses the trans/homophobia within the Black community by magnifying the stories of Black LGBTQ+ people and their contributions to the Black liberation movement.

A black and white, fantasy-like recreation of high-society gay men during the Harlem Renaissance, with archival footage and photographs intercut with a story. A wake is going on, with mourners gathered around a coffin. Downstairs is an elegant bar where tuxedoed men dance and talk. One of them has a dream in which he comes upon Beauty, who seems to reject him, although when he awakes, Beauty is sleeping beside him. His story and his visits to the jazz and dance club are framed by voices reading from the poetry and essays of Hughes and others. The text is rarely explicit, but the freedom of gay Black men in the 1920s in Harlem is suggested and celebrated visually.

A narrative LGBQT film.

A homosexual movie about two strangers in quarantine.

A young man wondering about his sexuality after an erotic dream gets help from a friend to realize the truth of what he can and will be.