BIPOC Leads

Stream lesbian & sapphic films and series with BIPOC leads on Tello Films. Celebrating Black, Indigenous and People of Color protagonists in WLW stories — featuring Rafiki, The World Unseen, Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf, Rent Controlled and more. Diverse lesbian representation matters. Stream free for 3 days.

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  • Scare BNB

    1 season

    A five-episode, limited series produced by A Baker Production, episodes one and two, “The Hosts,” will launch Feb. 28. An additional three episodes, “The Double Booking,” will begin streaming later this year.

    In Scare B&B, two couples—long-time friends since high school—are in high spirits when ...

  • Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?

    Movie

    Anna, a Cuban-American filmmaker, sacrificed her love life for her film career only to wake up at 40 realizing she has neither.
    After falling hard for the irresistible Katia (Janina Gavankar), Anna decides to win her over by directing a lesbian remake of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? With the h...

  • The World Unseen

    Movie

    The movie follows the story of two Indian–South African women who fall in love in the racist, sexist society of apartheid South Africa in 1952. Featuring excellent performances from leads Lisa Ray and Sheetal Sheth, the movie is a charming, well-crafted period drama done right. (dir. Shamim Sar...

  • The Centre

    1 season

    The Centre is a safe haven where a lesbian couple provides a space for young women to speak freely about the issues that affect them.

  • Rafiki

    Movie

    "Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives," but Kena and Ziki long for something more. Despite the political rivalry between their families, the girls resist and remain close friends, supporting each other to pursue their dreams in a conservative society. When love blossoms between them, the tw...

  • Rent Controlled

    1 season

    When the love of her life breaks up with her the day after they move in together, Heather (Heather Dean) has to decide if she should move on, move out, or put on the moves that would win back Jennifer's (Remy Maelen) heart.

  • Middlemarch the Series

    1 season

    A gender-bent, vlog-style adaptation of George Elliot's Victorian novel "Middlemarch", the series follows a group of students at Lowick College in Middlemarch, Connecticut, who set out to change the world and then have to figure out how to live in it.

  • I Put The Bi In Bitter

    3 seasons

    "I Put the Bi in Bitter" is a cute and lighthearted comedy that follows a bisexual teenager and her lesbian BFF as they navigate high school, deal with friendship and crushes, and survive all the other awkward moments and shenanigans that come from being young. It’s created by a majority female, ...

  • When Kiran met Karen

    Movie

    When a glamorous Bollywood actress crosses paths with a sharp, openly lesbian journalist, an unexpected attraction ignites. As their connection deepens, they must navigate clashing worlds of fame, cultural expectations, and personal truth. When Kiran Met Karen is a heartfelt romance about visibil...

  • The Miseducation of Cameron Post

    Movie

    When Cameron Post is caught with another girl in the back seat of a car on prom night, she is promptly shipped off to God's Promise, a religious boarding school, to undergo conversion therapy.

    Alongside other youths "struggling with same-sex attraction," Cameron is subjected to outlandish disci...

  • The Last Conception

    Movie

    When the traditional Sikand family discovers they are the last descendants of an ancient and sacred bloodline, their world is turned upside down. The responsibility of continuing the lineage falls not on their son, as expected, but on their independent and openly gay daughter, Savarna—much to eve...

  • 3 Way the Series

    1 season

    After a disastrous and public divorce, Siobhan (Maeve Quinlan) is finally on the path to serenity and calm...until her best friend, the well-meaning Roxie (Cathy Shim), moves her new girlfriend, Andrea (Jill Bennett), into the house.

  • The Feels

    Movie

    Andi and Lu are excited to celebrate their upcoming wedding with a joint bachelorette weekend in wine country. On the first night, things get off to a rocky start when one of the brides admits that she's never had an orgasm. (dir. Jenée LaMarque, US, 2017)

  • Season of Love — Lesbian Holiday Rom-Com

    Movie + 12 extras

    Stream Season of Love with your Tello subscription — the queer women's holiday rom-com. Three lesbian couples, three love stories, one unforgettable Christmas. Follow Iris, Mardou, Lou, Kenna, Janey and Sue as six sapphic women navigate love, connection and the holiday season. Directed by Christ...

  • Coffee and Lavender

    Kennedy and Bianca meet at a party when Kennedy gets injured during a game of beer pong. They bond quickly and instantly begin a summer romance. Even though they know it won't last, they don't waste a second with each other and their relationship leaves a lasting imprint on both of them.

  • Riley Parra: Better Angels

    Movie + 1 extra

    Detective Riley Parra grew up in the bad part of town, the crime-ridden No Man's Land. Now, as a cop in a corrupt department, she strives to make sure the rough streets she left behind aren't forgotten. One case leads her to the discovery that No Man's Land is a battleground between angels and de...

  • Polarized

    Movie

    Lisa, an aspiring songwriter, whose farming family has suffered foreclosure is forced to work at a new, 'urban farm' where she meets Dalia. Lisa's casual racism leads her to be fired but the two women end up drawn into a passionate affair. (2024 Dir. Shamim Sharif)

  • Ma Belle, My Beauty

    Movie

    Ma Belle, My Beauty explores the intimate re-encounter between two former lovers of a polyamorous triad. Bertie, an esteemed New Orleans vocalist, has recently married French trumpet player, Fred, and moved with him to Southern France, where, to Fred's distress, she's since been uninspired and re...

  • Kiss Me Kosher

    Movie

    A subversive love story between clashing cultures and families, KISS ME KOSHER is a romantic misadventure crossing all borders. When two generations of Israeli women fall for a German woman and a Palestinian man, chaos follows. What happens with lovers who don’t fit but do belong together? (dir. ...

  • I Hate New Year's

    Movie + 1 extra

    I Hate New Year’s is a charming holiday lesbian romcom that follows rising pop star Layne Price, who heads back to Nashville to find inspiration after a creative block stalls her music career. Determined to escape the glitz of L.A. and avoid the holiday altogether, Layne reconnects with her best ...

  • A Night at Switch n' Play

    Movie

    Set over one unforgettable night at the Branded Saloon, a gay country-western bar in Brooklyn, this concert-style documentary introduces the members of a queer performance collective, Switch n’ Play, through their electrifying show. More than entertainers, they emerge as a chosen family who welco...

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    Merry & Gay
    Movie + 2 extras

    Merry & Gay

    Movie + 2 extras

    After leaving her small-town home behind to pursue big dreams, actress Becca found success in a hit musical and fell in love with her life on the stage, while her high school sweetheart, Sam, stayed behind in Nashville, bar-tending and trying to med a broken heart. Now, returning home for Christm...

  • I Can't Think Straight

    Movie

    I Can Think Straight centers on the relationship between the rich, headstrong Tala, a Jordanian woman and terminal engagement-breaker who faces extreme pressure to marry a well-off Middle-Eastern man, and Leyla, a talented but introspective Indian-British woman who faces similar pressure at home....

  • Girl King

    Movie

    With a fistful of fetish in every frame, Girl King is a sexy, swashbuckling, gender-bending adventure on the high seas. When a naïve baby Butch is taken prisoner by the infamous pirate Captain Candy, a hunt begins to find the Queens stolen treasure. In a world where men were men, and girls were g...