Closer (2001)

This stunningly shot experimental documentary has at its heart a poignant character study of a 17 year-old lesbian living in Newcastle, England. Fiction and documentary collide in this gripping film as “scenes” from the main subject’s life are re-enacted for the camera. What emerges is a remarkable encounter with a young woman, and a story that has broader implications about being young, being at the cusp of adulthood, and finding one’s identity; about how documentaries reveal, provoke and conceal.

Released March 7, 2001 24 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Short

Keywords: mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.lesbian-teenager, imdb.teenage-girl, imdb.lesbian, imdb.gay-interest, imdb.coming-out, imdb.gay + 3 more, imdb.lesbian-teen, imdb.short-haired-female, imdb.mother-daughter-relationship