The Celluloid Closet- Anu Keita

 The Celluloid Closet is a documentary about the history of LGBTQ+ representation in the media. There was little to no representation earlier on in the century for homosexuals and if and when they were represented, it was always in a negative light, or put in a situation where they have to be the villain or seen publicly as the "bad guy," to be made expendable. Films used this in order to have subtext that says the bad guy was defeated, but so was homosexuality. Positive representation was never something that was equally represented. A lot of times it was just negative stereotypes and closeted hatred. Gay people got tired of being portrayed this way so when they finally got the chance to be depicted and portrayed accurately it was relieving for them, being that they had to spend so much time playing side mediocre characters, or lead negative roles. 

Censorship was an issue for cinema in general. When films finally got color and sound, a whole hoard of laws came out that restricted what could and couldn't be shown in films. For a long time, there was censorship on what the LGBTQ community could and could not say and do in films that were deemed inappropriate for viewership. Male-on-male sexual interaction was frowned upon when openly displayed in society. The male part of the population are more comfortable with seeing females together sexually and since the industry is run by old white men that means that they got what they wanted. It was interesting to see the growth from that to what we have now and the strides that's been made to remove these stereotypes from our media.