Jun 20, 1997
70 min
Full-HD

A Bit Of Scarlet (1997)

A Bit of Scarlet excavates clips from Britain's cinema archives to create a moving and humorous testament to the closeted gay and lesbian images from filmmaking's earliest days.

Category

Documentary

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

Maya Vision International

Ian McKellen

Narrator

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