Riot

  This intriguing made-for-TV Australian drama directed by Jeffrey Walker is based on the real story of how Sydney’s famous LGBT Mardi Gras came into being.  This tale of how a very marginalized community struggled to win acceptance and basic equal rights may be well known to its home audience but is probably news to the rest … Continue reading

Riot Act returns to West End cabaret venue Crazy Coqs for Pride 2023.

  Alexis Gregory’s cri/cally acclaimed Riot Act returns to West End cabaret venue Crazy Coqs, following sell-out Pride 2022, and World AIDS Day ’22 performances, and following its successful ou/ng on the West End at the Duchess Theatre, three UK wide tours, and an online digital reimagining and global streaming. This hard-hitting, but outrageously funny verba/m … Continue reading

Rise London : Saam Farahmand’s stunning video highlights youth homelessness during lockdown

  It’s so easy to forget that while we are at home bitching about sheer inconvenience of the COVID Lockdown , there are others also going through it too BUT without the luxury of  actually having a home where they can sit the pandemic out. Some homeless youth in London may be lucky enough to … Continue reading

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

  From the opening credits of this documentary on the legendary award-laden actress Rita Moreno who are immediately hit by her infectious exuberance and good humor.  She was a mere 87 years old when this was filmed two years but  was still working in the profession in which she loves    (and that loves her).  … Continue reading

Road To Love : may not always be straight

  From 2001 comes this queer tale from French filmmaker Rémi Lange about an Arab sociology student at the Sorbonne in Paris who decides to make a documentary about homosexuality as his class project. Karim (Karim Tarek) lives in the small top floor apartment with his girlfriend Sihem (Sihem Benamoune).  She thinks butter melts in … Continue reading

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