Director Ryan White reveals the double-edged sword of queer representation in ‘Visible: Out on Television’

Director Ryan White

Ryan White doesn’t stop.

The documentarian behind The Case Against 8 and The Keepers has enjoyed two consecutive Sundance Film Festivals with new movies having their premiere. Last year, we chatted with White about his acclaimed documentary Ask Dr. Ruth. His next feature, Assassins, comes out later this year.

For the moment, though, White is focused on an epic television event. We mean that in two senses of the word. As produced by Wilson Cruz & Wanda Sykes, Visible: Out on Television is a five-hour chronicle of LGBTQ images and representation in the medium. It is both about, and an example of television at its best. Featuring interviews with the likes of Ellen DeGeneres, Oprah Winfrey, Raven-SymoneMJ Rodriguez, Janet Mock, Ryan O’Connell, Sean Hayes, Billy Porter and dozens of others, Visible traces the history of queer people from the first TV broadcast to the present. The series streams exclusively on Apple+ beginning February 14.

Our conversation with White begins with an apology: the poor man has the flu and a nasty fever. But, as we said, he doesn’t stop. We managed to get White to open up about his latest endeavor, his discoveries in making it, and the wild evolution of queer representation. Visible: Out on Television streams exclusively on Apple+ beginning February 14.

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