queertiques
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews FRAMELINE VOICES a collection of queer shorts curated by Frameline Fest
Frameline Voices is a curated program of short films that forms part of San Francisco’s annual International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, the largest such film festival in the world. This year’s shortlist for distribution includes the following seven fresh and innovative short films, all of which are so worth watching. THE ROGERS Directors. …
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews PARALLEL MOTHERS the latest drama from queer Spanish auteur Pedro Almodovar
Pedro Almodovar’s latest film, Parallel Mothers, is an energetic, colorful melodrama acknowledging the rich tapestry of Spanish life, motherhood, family, and history. Premiering at this year’s Venice Film Festival, and starring long-time collaborator Penelope Cruz, Parallel Mothers is the story of two mothers whose babies get accidentally swapped at birth, and the long ensuing…
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Right To Try : the story of Jeffrey Drew who puts his life on the line in search of a cure for HIV
There was a time in 1996 when the LGBTQ community finally sighed with relief. Especially those amongst us who had been diagnosed HIV+. It was because of the discovery of protease inhibitors that could prevent viral replication by selectively binding to viral proteases (e.g. HIV-1 protease) and blocking proteolytic cleavage of protein precursors that are necessary for the…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews PAT ROCCO DARED incredible life story of one of Hollywood’s original boundary pushing gay pioneers.
In this colorful trip back in time, legendary queer filmmaker and trailblazing gay rights activist Pat Rocco shares his incredible life story as one of Hollywood’s original boundary-pushing pioneers. This really is a must-see film to fully understand the history of American queer culture and activism over the past 50 years. Rocco is the…
