There’s Definitely Graphic Lesbian Sex in Tig Notaro’s New Documentary

Sorry, we lied. There is no graphic lesbian sex in Tig Notaro’s new documentary — but there is a character study about human perseverance, arresting art, and tender relationships in the face of debilitating cancer. The sex was just a bit more clickable, and Notaro knows it. At Sundance 2025, producer Notaro and director Ryan White discussed their new documentary, Come See Me in the Good Light, which follows poet Andrea Gibson and their partner, Megan Falley, as Gibson deals with incurable ovarian cancer. During that conversation, when asked about a moment during filming that stood out with Gibson, who attended the premiere and received a standing ovation, White described the first day of filming. “It’s very heavy,” he said. “Andrea’s just gotten a bad cancer result and it becomes the most explicit lesbian gay sex scene.” Notaro jumps in to clarify: “Not a gay sex scene. We don’t want to mislead anybody.” But then she takes another path: “But if that’s what it takes to get you to the movie, there is graphic lesbian sex in this.”

Even if that’s not true, though, the two promise that Gibson and Falley are “documentary gold” because of their openness. “The moment we met Andrea and Meg, which was a year ago in Colorado this week, they were so special,” White said. “They’re like unicorn documentary subjects. Usually it takes months to warm a documentary subject up, and they were so natural and open from day one that we knew we wanted to make something.” Well, this all seems like a recipe for all of us who can’t make it to Park City to absolutely bawl our eyes out when it premieres outside the festival. Looking forward to it!

We’re back at Sundance in the Vulture Spot, where we’re interviewing the casts and creators of the year’s buzziest films. Check out the rest of our coverage from the film fest here.

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