| Word Is Out | |
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| Directed by | Mariposa Film Group Peter Adair Nancy Adair Andrew Brown Rob Epstein Lucy Massie Phenix Veronica Selver |
| Produced by | Peter Adair Andrew Brown Rob Epstein Lucy Massie Phenix Veronica Selver |
| Cinematography | Nancy Adair Peter Adair Andrew Brown Rob Epstein Lucy Massie Phenix Veronica Selver |
| Edited by | Nancy Adair Peter Adair Andrew Brown Rob Epstein Lucy Massie Phenix Veronica Selver |
| Music by | Trish Nugent Buena Vista Band |
| Distributed by | New Yorker Films |
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Running time | 124 minutes (original) 133 minutes (2008 restored version) |
| Language | English |
Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives is a 1977 documentary film featuring interviews with 26 gay men and women. It was directed by six people collectively known as the Mariposa Film Group. Peter Adair conceived and produced the film, and was one of the directors. The film premiered in November 1977 at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco and went into limited national release in 1978. It also aired on many PBS stations in 1978.[1][2]
The interviews from the film were transcribed into a book of the same title, which was published in October 1978.
In 2022, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[3]
- ^ Kehr, Dave (28 May 2010). "Coming Out, Looking in, Summing up". The New York Times.
- ^ Parker, William (1985). Homosexuality Bibliography: 1976-1982. Second supplement. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810817531.
- ^ Ulaby, Neda (December 14, 2022). "'Iron Man,' 'Super Fly' and 'Carrie' are inducted into the National Film Registry". NPR. Retrieved December 14, 2022.