Olympia Dukakis
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Filmography
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Tales of the City
The groundbreaking and beloved original saga about a naive Midwestern young woman who moves to the wild and liberated San Francisco of the 1970s.

Cloudburst
(2011)An elderly lesbian couple on a road trip to Canada to get legally married encounter a young male hitchhiker.

Emily & Tim
(2015)Six diverse pairs of actors illustrate a 60-year marriage, showing that whether gay, straight, male, female, black, or white, we all love the same.

Charlie's War
(2003)A woman plagued by intense nightmares revisits her childhood spent living with her mother, sister, and grandmother on a farm during World War II.

The Great New Wonderful
(2005)Stories of diverse New Yorkers interweave beneath a cloud of anxiety and uncertainty hanging over the city one year after the 9-11 terrorist attack.

Olympia
(2018)This intimate film tells the story of Olympia Dukakis as she finds her own voice on her own terms to assert a gigantic creative force into the world.

Fire in the Dark
(1991)After a fall, an independent 75-year-old woman widow is forced to move in with her daughter and struggles to face the future with dignity and hope.

The New Abolitionists
(2020)Filmmaker Christina Zorich shines a light on human sex trafficking by following the abolitionists and organizations dedicated to ending it.

The Event
(2003)When mysterious deaths occur among gay members of NY’s Chelsea community, a DA investigates a case of an apparent suicide, revealing surprising facts.

The Cemetery Club
(1993)
The Intended
(2002)Set in the 1920s, Sarah (Janet McTeer) and her younger lover (JJ Feild) travel to an ivory trading post deep in the Malaysian jungle. The influence of the couple's high hopes and obvious love for each other on the small strained group of inhabitants unleashes greed, murder and madness: a tragedy where everyone is the victim of each other's broken dreams. This Dogme 95 inspired costume drama also stars Olympia Dukakis, Brenda Fricker, Tony Maudsly and Philip Jackson. The Intended is directed by Danish filmmaker, Kristian Levring and was co-written by leading lady, Janet McTeer. Shot with digital video, this film premiered at the 2002 Toronto Film Festival.

7 Chinese Brothers
(2015)Larry (Jason Schwartzman), an honest-to-a-fault, constantly inebriated slacker, takes a job at the local Quick-Lube to support himself and his faithful dog Arrow - and maybe hit on his new boss in the meantime.

Montana Amazon
(2013)Family secrets come to light while the quirky Dunderheads flee the Montana mountains for Canada after their grandson ‘accidentally’ kills his friend.

Look Who's Talking
(1989)Single mum Mollie searches for the ideal dad for baby Mikey, but Mikey prefers James, the charming cab-driver-turned-babysitter. When Mollie overlooks him, Mikey uses every baby trick to push them together before she chooses someone else.

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
(2017)This documentary celebrates one of the world's most beloved storytellers, following his evolution from a conservative son of the Old South into a gay rights pioneer.
Sex & Violence
Sex & Violence looks at the lives of professionals who work in the aftermath of domestic violence: a social worker, a victim advocate, a prosecutor, a police officer, and a therapist. The show chronicles their struggles to maintain healthy, intimate personal relationships while working daily with people caught in violent and dysfunctional lives.

Look Who's Talking Too
(1990)The sequel to 'Look Who's Talking' in which Mikey is older and wiser, and thinks he has it made thanks to his parents Mollie and James. That is until the arrival of his sister who also has a lot to say for herself.

Look Who's Talking Now!
(1993)Thanks to the voices of Danny DeVito and Diane Keaton as two canine comedians determined to turn the house upside down, Look Who's talking Now follows the Ubriacco family as both parents are looking for work - when Travolta's new female boss is after more than a business merger, it's time to start taking some action!

Mr. Holland's Opus
(1995)A musician who dreams of composing one truly memorable piece of music finds his true passion after he reluctantly accepts a “day job” as a high school music teacher to support his family.

Moonstruck
(1987)Loretta Castorini, a bookkeeper from Brooklyn, finds herself in a difficult situation when she falls for the brother of the man she's agreed to marry.