Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFilmmaker Kurtz Frausun’s voyeuristic record of an ill-fated relationship between two desperately troubled men is a disturbing sight that raises all sorts of questions. The first one of which is why they even allowed the intrusive camera into their lives at a time when they are both clinging on to the last vestiges of hope … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIn this documentary that tells the story of the leading Argentinian LGBT activist Carlos Jáuregui, someone comments at one point ‘it’s important for our community to know where we have come from’ to which we would add, it is equally vital that we know who propelled us along the way too. Every LGBT community has a hero, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesCassandro The Exotica is a 49 year old gay Mexican Lucha Libre that stands just just 5’5′ in his glittery outrageous costumes, but what he lacks in size , he makes up with his giant ego. This documentary on him was made by French filmmaker Marie Losier on 16 mm mainly using a (shaky) … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesCanadian trans filmmaker Chase Joynt can confidently leave this Sundance Film Festival clothing two awards, knowing he has been successful in a rare achievement. His sophomore feature-length documentary Framing Agnes is even better than his remarkable debut No Ordinary Man which he had co-directed with Aisling Chin-Yee. Joynt, whose day job is as Professor … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesChavela is an affectionate profile of the wonderfully outrageous legendary woman who introduced the world to soulful Mexican ranchero music, the likes of which had never been heard before. As another singer so aptly said, Chavela Vargas would strip all the happiness out of these songs and make it the music of the wounded … Continue reading