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In the late 80s and early 90s, a new film movement called New Queer Cinema emerged. It was named by B. Ruby Rich in her 1992 article and referred to the increase in films with queer characters and storylines being shown at festivals like South by Southwest, Sundance, and Toronto Film Festival. In the late 80s and early 90s, there sprung a new underground film movement named New Queer Cinema. The name was coined by film writer and filmmaker B. Ruby Rich in her 1992 seminal article in Village Voice. The name refers to the boom in films featuring queer characters and storylines being scheduled by festivals like South by Southwest, Sundance and the Toronto Film Festival.