Lucy Massie Phenix

Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives

Rob Epstein, Andrew Brown

More than two dozen men and women of various backgrounds, ages, and races talk to the camera about being gay or lesbian. Their stories are arranged in loose chronology: early years, fitting in (which for some meant marriage), coming out, establishing adult identities, and reflecting on how things have changed and how things should be.

You Got to Move

Veronica Selver, Lucy Massie Phenix

Myles Horton, May Justice

A documentary that follows people from communities in the Southern United States in their various processes of becoming involved in social change.

They Say I'm Your Teacher

Catherine Murphy, Lucy Massie Phenix

Bernice Johnson Reagon

Created from the 16mm archive of the groundbreaking "You Got to Move" (a 1985 film about educating activists in the civil rights and labor movements at the legendary Highlander Center), "They Say I'm Your Teacher" focuses on another agent of change, Bernice Robinson. This hairdresser from South Carolina sought to extend voter registration by teaching at Citizenship Education Schools.

Cancer in Two Voices

Lucy Massie Phenix

A lesbian couple’s eight-year relationship is put under strain when Barbara is diagnosed with breast cancer. Barbara is told she has three years to live, and so she and Sandy document their lives with courageand frankness. The two women talk about their identity as Jewish women and lesbians and speak openly about the difficult issues each is facing.