Brian Beaton

Who Flew First: Challenging the Wright Brothers

Officially, the Wright Brothers flew first in 1903. But the Australian aviation expert John Brown argues that German born Gustave Whitehead flew in Connecticut in 1901. To display the Wright flyer, the Smithsonian Museum agreed that it will never claim that anyone flew before the Wrights. History may not be as certain as we thought.

Sissy

SISSY takes you behind the scenes to give a rare insight into a subculture that has created its own space within the gay culture, and it explores the bond that sets the black 'sisterhood' apart from white gays. SISSY is an expression of gay black identity: 'We are glamorous, we are here and we are queer.'