Blackstar: Autobiography of a Close Friend
Blackstar: Autobiography of a Close Friend
Watch Blackstar: Autobiography of a Close Friend Online Free on Watchseries. In this experimental, self-ethnographic documentary, Tom Joslin blends breathtaking, moving snapshots from the natural world, filmic cultural touchstones, and cutting (pseudo) cinéma vérité to dissect and reassemble his gay identity despite constant warnings to stay in the closet. Blackstar sees Joslin and partner Mark Massi fleshing out their enduring commitment and obvious love for one another amidst the insecurity that a self-conscious documentary lens instills. As interviews with Joslin’s mother, father, and brothers attempt to break down the legitimacy of Joslin and Massi’s romance, the pair use everything at their disposal, including inspiration from gay revolutionaries and painfully honest conversations, to hold up their “abnormality” as a point of pride rather than shame. – Shayna Warner
- Genre: Documentary
- Country: United States
- Director: Tom Joslin
- Cast: Tom Joslin, Mark Massi, Mary Joslin, Charles Joslin, Whitey Joslin, David Macaulay, Dave Joslin,
Comment
Related Movies
- 2002
Pfui, Rosa!
Pfui, Rosa!8.52002HD
German iconoclast filmmaker and gay-rights activist Rosa vonPraunheim examines his own life and career in the documentary Phooey Rosa! With a quickly...
![Pfui, Rosa!]()
- 2023
Layering
Layering02023HD
This short experimental diary film reveals my struggles with mental illness in my adolescence and queer adulthood while simultaneously reflecting...
![Layering]()
- 1970
It Was A Beautiful Day
It Was A Beautiful Day01970HD
A group of hometown friends come together after the loss of a loved one.
![It Was A Beautiful Day]()
- 2023
STRATA INCOGNITA
STRATA INCOGNITA02023HD
STRATA INCOGNITA, is a trans-scalar and trans-temporal journey across the geographies that articulate soil as an agro-industrial infrastructure, but...
![STRATA INCOGNITA]()
- 2017
Home Movies
Home Movies5.82017HD
In this home movie collection of gay men, memory serves as an act of hope, power, and above all, resilience.
![Home Movies]()
- 2025
Vacuumin’ Around
Vacuumin’ Around02025HD
A documentary about a person who cleans his room with a vacuum cleaner, filled with disasters and mishaps.
![Vacuumin’ Around]()
- 2021
With Sea Views
With Sea Views02021HD
After consolidating itself as a tourist destination in the mid-1960s, this small coastal village has become the dormitory town for the workers of a...
![With Sea Views]()
- 2026
NO MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE
NO MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE02026HD
Blending candid interviews, experimental moments, and reflective narration, this 55-minute personal doc explores what it means to grow up when the...
![NO MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE]()
- 2024
Dysphonias
Dysphonias02024HD
After a premonition of an unusual bird, a father loses his voice. His daughter undertakes a search to rediscover him, through an intimate narrative...
![Dysphonias]()
- 2022
to boyhood, i never knew him
to boyhood, i never knew him02022HD
Archive footage from 2006 - 2010 of a young girl growing up during the ages of four to eight. Only fragments of what is remembered exists. Words from...
![to boyhood, i never knew him]()
- 2019
Coming out dans la police
Coming out dans la police02019HD
They are police officers, they are homosexuals. How to assume one's sexual orientation within an institution little known for its tolerance? Through...
![Coming out dans la police]()
- 2025
Late to the Party: Coming Out Later in Life
Late to the Party: Coming Out Later in Life02025HD
A group of individuals who came out as LGBTQ+ later in life reflect on the emotional and often complicated paths that led them to finally embrace...
![Late to the Party: Coming Out Later in Life]()
