I Am Not Your Negro

  When the credits roll on respected Haitian filmmaker Raul Peck’s powerful new documentary you will notice that the screenwriter listed is in fact the late author and social critic James Baldwin himself.  This memoir/semi-biography of this great African/American man of letters which links the ideas of three assassinated leaders uses only prose lifted directly … Continue reading

I Am Samantha : a powerful and inspiring tale of transwoman Samantha Williams

  Benjamin Scheuer’s debut single “I Am Samantha” was inspired and guided by the story of his friend’s journey to transition as told to him in his favourite coffee shop in the West Village, NYC. The song details a road occasionally bleak but ultimately inspiring, telling the story of a woman born a man, and … Continue reading

I AM SLAVE

This overwhelmingly sad and somewhat dispiriting movie’s powerful narrative about an African slave is actually based on a true story.  Twelve year old Malia is abducted from her mountain village in Sudan by Arab militia and sold into slavery to a vile woman in Khartoum who treats her inhumanly and even beats her for actually … Continue reading

I Am Syd Stone : a coming out story

  This Canadian feel-good romantic queer comedy/coming out story started its life as a short film that had a very successful reception in 2014.  So actor turned writer/director Denis Theriault converted it into a Web Series which we then viewed as a feature film at the OUTshine Virtual Film Festival in Miami. Syd (Travis Nelson) … Continue reading

I Am Syd Stone : and I’ve still got the hots for you

  Canadian queer filmmaker Denis Theriault’s 11 min short is a tale of regret about choices you make at school. This is the story of Syd Stone  (a hunky Gharrett Patrick Paon) who has come back to his hometown school reunion after a 10 year absence.  He’s not exactly been idle in this time as … Continue reading

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