Visible: Out on Television
- Director: Ryan White
- Producer: Wendy Abrams; Charles Annenberg Weingarten; Conor Fetting-Smith; Tommee May
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From Emmy-nominated filmmakers Ryan White and Jessica Hargrave, and executive producers Wanda Sykes and Wilson Cruz, Visible: Out on Television investigates the importance of TV as an intimate medium that has shaped the American conscience, and how the LGBTQ movement has shaped television. Combining archival footage with interviews with key players from the movement and the screen, the docuseries is narrated by Janet Mock, Margaret Cho, Asia Kate Dillon, Neil Patrick Harris and Lena Waithe.
Each hour-long episode will explore themes such as invisibility, homophobia, the evolution of the LGBTQ character, and coming out in the television industry. The docuseries features never-before-seen interviews with Ellen DeGeneres, Oprah Winfrey, Anderson Cooper, Billy Porter, Rachel Maddow, Don Lemon, Sara Ramirez, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and dozens more. Visible: Out on Television is directed and executive produced by Ryan White (Ask Dr. Ruth, The Case Against 8, The Keepers). Jessica Hargrave, Wilson Cruz and Wanda Sykes also serve as executive producers.
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Cast & Characters
Wilson Cruz
Wanda Sykes
Margaret Cho
Anderson Cooper
Ilana Glazer
Abbi Jacobson
Carson Kressley
Don Lemon
Janet Mock
Jonathan Murray
Patrik-Ian Polk
Billy Porter
Mj Rodriguez
Bruce Vilanch
Lena Waithe
Dustin Lance Black
Andy Cohen
Sarah Kate Ellis
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Jonathan Groff
T.R. Knight
Adam Lambert
Rachel Maddow
Armistead Maupin
Peter Paige
Mark Segal
Joey Soloway
Holland Taylor
Marsha Warfield