About Me

Alex Yakacki is a queer filmmaker based in Brooklyn, NYC. They've worked on a range of high-quality and high-performing digital and documentary content. Their work has explored the intersection of style, identity, and culture, told the stories of exceptional women, and illuminated ever-important Black history for brands like Racked/Vox Media, MAKERS/Verizon Media, and McGee Media.

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ABOUT THE PROJECT

WORKING TITLE
Love’s Natural Turns: The Birth of the Modern Fight for Queer Liberation

SUMMARY
The future does not promise progress for queer folks. In that way, the story of the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft (Institute for Sexual Science), which once was a beacon of progress in Berlin, Germany, is a queer tale as old as time. "Love's Natural Turns" is a documentary illuminating the life and legacy of the institute's founder, the "Einstein of Sex," Magnus Hirschfeld : a gay, socialist, poly, Jewish, German physician, sex researcher, and founder of the world’s first gay rights movement.