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Word is Out premiered in 1977 as the first feature-length documentary about lesbian and gay identity made by gay filmmakers. Audiences were startled and moved by the stories told by the film's participants. After conducting 140 interviews, the filmmakers selected twenty-six people of various races, ages and backgrounds to tell the stories of their lives. The documentary was released in theaters around the world and shown on prime-time television. It helped untold numbers of people accept themselves, their friends and their families, and had an impact on America culture.
Word is Out became an icon of the emerging gay rights movement and a landmark in documentary history, but time had taken its toll on the existing prints and the film was rarely seen. In honor of its place in our collective history, the Outfest Legacy Project and UCLA Film & Television Archive restored Word is Out with the generous contribution of the David Bohnett Foundation, creating a high-definition video for this DVD premiere. Ripe for rediscovery, the film is at once a record of past struggles, an occasion for reflecting on how far we still have to go, and a masterpiece of the documentary form. Viewers will be charmed, touched and perhaps galvanized to action by the film's emotionally breathtaking blend of candor, humor, love and humanity.
Rob Epstein