Sylvester Movies

  • 1979
    The Rose

    The Rose

    The Rose

    6.71979HD

    Rock-and-roll singer Mary Rose Foster's romantic relationships and mental health are continuously imperilled by the demands of life on the road.

    The Rose
  • 2002
    The Cockettes

    The Cockettes

    The Cockettes

    6.72002HD

    Documentary about the gender-bending San Francisco performance group who became a pop culture phenomenon in the early 1970s.

    The Cockettes
  • 2024
    Disco’s Revenge

    Disco’s Revenge

    Disco’s Revenge

    72024HD

    Born underground, on the heels of the Civil Rights Movement and the Stonewall Riots, disco’s nascent popularity saw the spectacular takeover of...

    Disco’s Revenge
  • 1992
    Rhythm Divine - History of Disco Music

    Rhythm Divine - History of Disco Music

    Rhythm Divine - History of Disco Music

    01992HD

    The evolution of disco music through interviews and clips - Acid House, House, Disco, Funk, Italo-Disco, Italodance. Interviewed – Baby Ford,...

    Rhythm Divine - History of Disco Music
  • 2020
    Love Me Like You Should: The Brave and Bold Sylvester

    Love Me Like You Should: The Brave and Bold Sylvester

    Love Me Like You Should: The Brave and Bold Sylvester

    82020HD

    In partnership with filmmaker Lauren Tabak and writer/consulting producer Barry Walters, we dive into the music career of Sylvester, starting from...

    Love Me Like You Should: The Brave and Bold Sylvester
  • 1986
    Castro

    Castro

    Castro

    01986HD

    This is a first installment of a soap opera showing the Castro as a Gothic, sleazy neighborhood where danger and duplicity lurk. Assorted characters...

    Castro
  • 1971
    Tricia's Wedding

    Tricia's Wedding

    Tricia's Wedding

    4.91971HD

    The world-famous Cockettes enact Tricia Nixon's wedding to Edward Cox on June 11, 1971. Hurtme O. Hurtme, television correspondent, covers the...

    Tricia's Wedding
  • 2002
    Sylvester: Mighty Real

    Sylvester: Mighty Real

    Sylvester: Mighty Real

    02002HD

    A short documentary about the Disco legend Sylvester. Sylvester James began as a child gospel singer and sashayed past barriers of race and sexual...

    Sylvester: Mighty Real
  • 2018
    Ruminations

    Ruminations

    Ruminations

    02018HD

    A documentary profile on Rumi Missabu, the iconoclast cofounder of San Francisco's infamous Cockettes. Through archive footage, animation and new...

    Ruminations