Reaction to homosexuality in the Movies Documentary

It was very helpful to learn about homosexuality in the movies, because I think it is so marginalized. the directors and actors who choose to do these types of films should be rewarded for telling stories of this kind. Movies have a powerful effect on how we look at others and ourselves. Movies can change people's attitudes if there are more positive images of people with differences from the mainstream population on the silver screen. Educating the masses about the difficulties and stigmas that homosexuality has on modern society can produce more acceptance of real people who are homosexuals in daily life.
Seeing this documentary also gave me an idea of how there were different time periods and restrictions involved in making films with homosexuals. The fact that a lot of films get cut because of taboo subjects and not because the directors or actor didn't like it shows how the people involved higher up were conservative and didn't want to make waves or problems for themselves. I think this is why a lot of social issues get repressed and aren't talked about. the people who have a special interest in not allowing certain information get portrayed in the movies or other types of media actually benefit from keeping the truth bout a lot of subjects hidden and buried, sometimes forever. Luckily, the people involved in making movies think more liberally and get the truth out in subtle ways, if they have to. Today, though, even though there is censorship, film making is steadily acknowledging the plight of homosexuals and what their daily lives are like. I think it's interesting how the documentary sort of just glosses over bisexuality, like it's not really explored in the movies. I think that homosexuality is even hard to accept because it's not what everyone else is oriented towards, so it's even harder to understand and/or even explain bisexuality, so they (meaning basically everyone at this point) just skip it. Very few films explore this area of the human psyche, but maybe there are books about it that aren't well-known, so the subject gets disregarded as acceptable only in relation to what is known. In this case, that would be homosexuality and how it is politically correct and even trendy to explore one's sexuality today, so in addition, bisexuality is accepted too. People don't see that it doesn't matter what you're sexuality really is, it does matter though if you offend somebody with it. that's where all our problems lie today. If someone is different, then it's gotta go; the way it's been for thousands of years.
The theme in this unit is acceptance of people who are different from you, so it's important to be aware of what you say or do when around new friends or acquaintances. something might offend them if you're not careful.