Ahead of the Curve

Name: Ahead of the Curve
Genre: Documentary
Released: May 28, 2021
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 62
Cast: Amber Hikes, Andrea Pino, Denice Frohman, Franco Stevens, Jewelle Gomez

2021

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Wolfe Releasing | Release Date: May 28, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Amber Hikes, Andrea Pino, Denice Frohman, Franco Stevens, Jewelle Gomez, Kate Kendell, Kim Katrin Milan, Lea DeLaria, Melissa Etheridge

Summary: With a fist full of credit cards, a lucky run at the horse track, and chutzpah for days, Franco Stevens launched Curve, the best-selling lesbian magazine ever published. Ahead of the Curve tracks the power of lesbian visibility and community from the early '90s to the present day through the story of Franco's founding of Curve magazine.With a fist full of credit cards, a lucky run at the horse track, and chutzpah for days, Franco Stevens launched Curve, the best-selling lesbian magazine ever published. Ahead of the Curve tracks the power of lesbian visibility and community from the early '90s to the present day through the story of Franco's founding of Curve magazine. Decades later, in the wake of a disabling injury, Franco learns that Curve will fold within the year and questions the relevance of the magazine in the face of accelerating threats to LGBTQ+ community. To forge a path forward, Franco reaches out to women working in today's queer spaces to understand what queer women need today and how Curve can continue to serve the community.… Expand

Director: Jen Rainin and Rivkah Beth Medow

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 98 min

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Inkoo Kang

May 27, 2021

First-time director Jen Rainin’s portrait of Stevens, Curve‘s achievements and blindspots, lesbian progress during the Clinton era and the uneasiness with the “lesbian” label among many queer women today is accomplished, resonant and deeply moving. Read full review

Tracy Brown

Jun 1, 2021

While Ahead of the Curve doesn’t offer any solid answers, it does make the case that understanding lesbian history should be a key part in assessing the future. Read full review

The Film Stage Jose Solís

Jun 4, 2021

By attempting to capture the universal instead of focusing on the specific, the film feels like a collection of ideas put forth in an amorphous collage. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

May 27, 2021

Ahead of the Curve does a decent job of summarizing a forty year blur in gay history and Stevens’ role in it as a spokeswoman for her sexuality and community on TV in the ’90s — “Power Dykes,” on the next “Geraldo!” — a pioneering publisher and a leader in the culture’s breathtaking shift in attitudes on sexuality, marriage and gender identity. Read full review

Teo Bugbee

May 27, 2021

The film’s subjects are overwhelmingly earnest, but the movie suffers for its substitution of enterprise over entertainment. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Jun 3, 2021

It’s a valuable portrait of a great risk-taker. Read full review

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