queertiques
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Give or Take: a tale of love, loss and compassion
Most LGBTQ peeps have one time or another have been touched by the scenario when a gay relationship ends suddenly with the death of one of the partners. Instead of being allowed to grief properly the survivor is immediately set upon by relatives of the deceased, most of whom have never been seen for…
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Strikers & Defenders :Hits & misses that we loved & hated
After the second film in this series of shorts we were mentally trying out our most scathing adjectives. By holding on til the end we’d had a reminder of how the highs and lows of cinema can sit right next to each other. Cosmetically the title Strikers & Defenders is a play on the…
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MINYAN: Coming Out Gay and Jewish
When queer documentarian Eric Steel adapted David Bezmozgis ‘s short story MINYAN into his first feature film the narrative became much more personal. Like the protagonist David (Samuel H. Levine) ., Steel grew up in a New York Jewish family in the 1980’s when being gay in the midst of an AIDS pandemic was…
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aGLIFF : the All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities (and all entertaining) Film Festival goes VIRTUAL TODAY
The 33rd Edition of aGLIFF the All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival opens today August 6th and runs to the 16th. aGLIFF 33: Prism, Austin’s oldest film festival foes VIRTUAL for the very first time will feature almost seventy films including features, documentaries, and shorts over two weekends while additionally hosting exclusive online…
