Five Films to Watch This Pride Month on PBS

Celebrate Pride Month with LGBTQIA+ Stories

June is dedicated to honoring the LGBTQIA+ community, the history of LGBTQIA+ rights and the ongoing fight for equality. We commemorate the Stonewall Uprising, a pivotal moment in 1969 that ignited the modern LGBTQIA+ rights movement. Pride is more than just a parade—it’s an amplification of LGBTQIA+ voices to raise awareness and work toward a more inclusive future. 

This Pride Month, watch these five films on PBS that bring LGBTQIA+ stories to life. Explore the experiences of transgender youth, the legacy of trailblazing artists and activists, the power of community and the historic moments that shaped the modern LGBTQIA+ rights movement. 

Stay tuned throughout June as we explore the power of pride, unpack LGBTQIA+ history and celebrate the beautiful diversity of this community on PBS NC and the PBS app. 

INDEPENDENT LENS

Assembly 

Artist Rashaad Newsome prepares to showcase "Assembly," a groundbreaking exhibit at New York’s Park Avenue Armory. By blending visual art, performance and artificial intelligence, the project centers the global evolution of vogue while honoring Black and queer resistance and calling for a more liberated future.

Watch Independent Lens’ “Assembly,” premiering Monday, 6/22, 10 PM on PBS NC & the PBS app. 

FRONTLINE

Growing Up Trans

Just a generation ago, it was adults, not kids, who changed genders. But today, many children are transitioning, too -- with new medical options, and at younger and younger ages. Frontline takes viewers on an intimate and eye-opening journey inside the struggles and choices facing transgender kids and their families.

Watch Frontline's "Growing Up Trans," streaming now on the PBS app. 

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

Stonewall Uprising

In the early morning hours of June 28, 1969 police raided the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar in the Greenwich Village section of New York City. That night the street erupted into violent protests and street demonstrations that lasted for the next three days. The Stonewall riots marked a major turning point in the modern gay civil rights movement in the United States and around the world.

Watch American Experience's "Stonewall Uprising," streaming now on the PBS app. 

Always Looking: Titus Brooks Heagins 

Always Looking: Titus Brooks Heagins explores the work of photographer Titus Brooks Heagins and the challenging questions his photos pose. Humanizing, reverent and confrontational, Titus’ photographs document the overlooked. A large body of his work focuses on trans people, whom he has photographed in the U.S. and Cuba since 2016. The film examines a complex, talented, passionate and compassionate figure.

Watch Always Looking: Titus Brooks Heagins, streaming now on the PBS app. 

Prideland

Follow queer actor Dyllón Burnside on a journey to discover how LGBTQ Americans are finding ways to live authentically and with pride in the modern South.

Watch Prideland, streaming now on the PBS app with PBS NC Passport.