Charles Lum Movies

Based on filmmaker Charles Lum's own experience of going to a gay beach as a young man and almost having sex for the first time.

On February 17, 2020, Charles Lum woke up seeing double. A week later his doctor called with news that a “mass” in his brain was HIV...

A group of older gay men get together every month for companionship, camaraderie, and sex.

SHOW HARD: short films by Charles Lum & Todd Verow Award winning short documentary and narrative films about gay sex and cruising. including: ...

A man confesses his compulsive sexual behavior but in doing so calls into question the accuracy of sexual disclosures.

Voice-over narration describes Tom's Gift, a sex shop in rural America closed by municipal ordinance.

A tribute to Charles Lum’s life told through his work as a film maker. Featuring Super-8 films Charlie shot as a teenager in the 1970s up to...

The Fair theater in Jackson Heights, Queens is one of the oldest continually running gay establishments in New York City. A loyal patron of the Fair...

Meet Sparky the star of this dog show hosted by the annual International Mr. Leather contest.

Filmmaker Charles Lum goes looking for love in places where it will not be found. A 'come-along' stalker video!

A dialogue about sex, responsibility and HIV, after the (f) act. A confrontational work that analyzes media, intimacy and AIDS in triple critique,...

A short film that portrays filmmaker Charles Lum’s conversations with his own doctors, shrinks, nurses, and pharmacists, then juxtaposing these...