queertiques
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Queerguru’s José Mayorga reviews THE FIRST FALLEN a Brazilian drama about the first wave of AIDS crisis in the early 1980s
The story takes us to Vitoria, Espírito Santo a state in southeast Brazil, in one year period time beginning on December 31st, 1982. We are introduced to biologist Suzano (Johnny Massaro), his sister nurse Maura (Clara Choreaux), nephew Muriel (Alex Bonini), and his circle of friends. Suzano is back from France where his “rich…
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SHE IS : a powerful documentary about rehabilitating survivors of sex trafficking and sexual abuse through the power of dance.
According to the FBI, human trafficking is the third largest criminal activity globally, with a value of $150 billion per annum. Humans are most commonly trafficked for sexual exploitation, and this happens in every country. There are twenty-five million global victims of sex trafficking, 20% of whom were children when trafficked. Globally 1 in…
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Will ‘The Real Friends of Weho’ become as watchable as Bravos ‘Real Housewives Series’?
Back in 2010 Logo TV decided it was time that there should be a gay male version of a Real Housewives TV Show. After all, it was no secret that they made up a significant proportion of the audience of all the Bravo series. So they launched The A-List New York following 6 gay/bisexual…
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Queerguru reviews LYNCH/OZ on how the auteur was influenced by The Wizard of Oz
Alexandre O Philippe‘s documentary LYNCH/OZ is a must-see for every movie nerd ….. especially the queer ones. It explores how the auteur David Lynch incorporated elements and themes inspired by The Wizard of Oz (1939) into his movies. Most notably 1990’s Wild at Heart included the main character seeing a vision of Glinda among other making other Oz…
