Anita Bryant

Acting

Anita Bryant

Born 1940-03-25 · Barnsdall, Oklahoma, USA

Anita Jane Bryant (March 25, 1940 – December 16, 2024) was an American singer and political activist, known for anti-gay activism. She had three Top 20 hits in the United States in the early 1960s. She was the 1958 Miss Oklahoma beauty pageant winner, and a brand ambassador from 1969 to 1980 for the Florida Citrus Commission. In the 1970s, Bryant became known as an outspoken opponent of gay rights in the U.S. In 1977, she ran the "Save Our Children" campaign to repeal a local ordinance in Miami-Dade County, Florida, that prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Her involvement with the campaign was condemned by gay rights activists. They were assisted by many other prominent figures in music, film, and television, and retaliated by boycotting the orange juice that she promoted. Though the campaign ended successfully with a 69% majority vote to repeal the ordinance on June 7, 1977 (Dade County restored the ordinance in 1998), it permanently damaged her public image, and her contract with the Florida Citrus Commission was terminated three years later. This, as well as her later divorce from Bob Green, damaged her financially. Bryant never regained her former prominence and filed for bankruptcy twice. She lives in her home state of Oklahoma, runs the Oklahoma City-based Anita Bryant Ministries International, and works with a host of charities and non-profits.

Acting credits

Milk poster
7.2

The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.

Milk

2008

The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's poster
4.0

A look back at the people, events, music, and trends of the 1970s.

The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's

1980

Roger & Me poster
7.1

A documentary about the closure of General Motors' plant at Flint, Michigan, which resulted in the loss of 30,000 jobs. Details the attempts of filmmaker Michael Moore to get an interview with GM CEO Roger Smith.

Roger & Me

1989

Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution poster
6.2

This rapturous documentary steps into the dynamic world of queer stand-up and examines the powerful cultural influence it has had on social change in America. The film combines rare archival materials, stand-up performances, and interviews with a show-stopping lineup to present a definitive history of queer comedy.

Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

2024

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! poster
6.0

A collection of bloopers and outtakes from an enormous selection of Hollywood classic productions spanning from the 1930s through the 1980s.

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

1982

Sex in '69: The Sexual Revolution in America poster
7.0

Documentary on the sexual revolution in America.

Sex in '69: The Sexual Revolution in America

2009

Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders poster
NR

“Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders" peels back the layers of controversy surrounding the making of the 1980 thriller, "Cruising." Directed by William Friedkin, the film triggered fierce protests from the LGBTQ+ community for its portrayal of a serial killer targeting gay men in New York's leather bars. Friedkin drew inspiration from the brutal murder of Variety reporter Addison Verrill, blurring the boundaries between cinematic fiction and real-life tragedy.

Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders

2026

The Wonderful World of Tupperware poster
6.3

Industrial film about Tupperware.

The Wonderful World of Tupperware

1959

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NR

A documentary film essay about sociological forces at play surrounding the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Conventions: The Land Around Us

Case History of a Sales Meeting poster
NR

A satirical short film that humorously explores the absurdities of a corporate sales meeting. Through exaggerated interactions and miscommunications, the film highlights the challenges of decision-making and office dynamics in a comedic, insightful way.

Case History of a Sales Meeting

1963

Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts poster
4.0

Personal diary-style documentary of German Gay rights activist Von Praunheim's sojourn in the US.

Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts

1979

Drugs Are Like That poster
2.7

[…] Though the highs and lows of human experience are all here, it's often the gimcrack set design and fashion chops in these vintage clunkers that really wow – the pot-holder sweater vests, ponytails decorated with yarn, hippies with crumb-catching moustaches, banana-seat bikes and a hard rain of Quaaludes and amphetamines to illustrate the dangers of drug addiction. It is hard to believe anyone would buy the goofball cause-and-effect of that pill-popper's weather pattern in "Drugs Are Like That". Co-produced by the Miami Junior League and narrated by Anita Bryant in this cheery little hand-slapper, a kid stealing cookies from a cookie jar is implied to be headed down a bad road to Bowery bum rolls and LSD parties. (from: http://clatl.com/atlanta/av-geeks-greatest-hits-lessons-learned/Content?oid=1268313)

Drugs Are Like That

1969

Reel in the Closet poster
8.0

Never before seen home movies made by queer people dating back to the 1930s and the struggle to save them before they are lost forever.

Reel in the Closet

2015