a-z index - QUEERGURU

Consequences

This very first LGBT movie made in Slovenia makes for very scary viewing. This debut feature from filmmaker Darko Stante is a brutal twist on a coming out tale that is both compelling and and also shockingly violent. It’s the tale of Andrej (an exceptionally talented Matej Zemljic) a dispirited teenager who drifts from one … Continue reading

Considering Matthew Shepard

Trinity Church, Wall Street proudly presents New York’s first fully staged performances of Craig Hella Johnson’s epic fusion oratorio, Considering Matthew Shepard. Johnson created this oratorio as “a space for reflection, consideration, and unity around [Shepard’s] life and legacy.” This staged production is in person and online on September 15-17 at St. Paul’s Chapel, … Continue reading

Considering Matthew Shephard : A Concert For A Cause @ Fort Lauderdale’s Sunshine Cathedral

‘Considering Matthew Shepard’ is a three part fusion oratorio composed by Craig Hella Johnson that honors the life and legacy of Matthew Shepard, who at 21-years-old was the victim of one of America’s most notorious anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes. It is about to performed by the Master Chorale of South Florida in Fort Lauderdale … Continue reading

Continental

Malcolm Ingram’s delightful new documentary is ostensibly about New York’s most famous gay Bath House , but is as much the story of Steve Ostrow it’s larger than life founder. Ostrow’s colorful tale is very Runyonesque and makes for fascinating hearing, more so as Ingram seems fit to never challenge any of his more outrageous statements … Continue reading

Conversations With Gay Elders: Kerby Lauderdale

Having directed/produced two major queer documentaries in the past : The Cockettes (2002) and We Were Here (2011), Emmy Award nominated filmmaker David Weissman has now created a documentary storytelling project focused on older gay men. In each of his ‘Conversations With Gay Elders’ Weissman conducts interviews with gay men in their 70’s as they … Continue reading