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Queerguru’s Top Picks of MUST SEE FILMS at OUTshine LGBTQ FILM FESTIVAL in Miami/Fort Lauderdale
In Miami, Florida, when it comes to movies, when one door closes, another opens. As the Miami Film Festival finishes celebrating its 43rd Edition, a few days later, the city welcomes OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival, South Florida’s premier LGBTQ+ cultural arts event, which has been going strong since 1998. This year, they both had to…
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Queerguru’s David Allen reviews “BY THE ROOTS” an autobiographical movie by Madison Young.
Based on her memoir ‘Daddy’, ‘By the Roots’ is an autobiographical movie by Madison Young. Directed, written, and co-produced by Young, the movie also counts Ally Sheedy, who appears briefly in a mid-movie flashback (‘The Breakfast Club’, ‘WarGames’), as one of its executive producers. By day, our lead Madison runs a successful gallery in San…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ‘MONTREAL, MY BEAUTIFUL’ a heartfelt Canadian lesbian drama @ OUTshine Film Fest
Come out of the closet, they say. ¨Come out and find your tribe, your chosen family.¨ But finding your chosen family is sometimes easier said than done, especially if you are older, working in a small business, and an immigrant with a poor grasp of the local language. Montreal, My Beautiful (Montreal, Ma Belle) examines…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ON THE ROAD (EN EL CAMINO) a gripping Mexican drama – screening at Miami’s Outshine Film Festival.
Life on the margins in Mexican society isn´t easy, and even more difficult if you’re transient and on the run. On The Road (En El Camino), an excellent, award-winning film noir by director David Pablos, takes us on a dark, tense, very gritty journey of raw masculinity, with violence and lust bedfellows, and a relevant…
