queertiques
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House of Hummingbird : a Korean queer coming-of-age tale
This debut feature film from Bora Kim of a quiet and confused 14 year old Korean schoolgirl is loosely based on her own giving a real sense of authenticity to this unique coming-of-age story. Plus its also set in 1994 which proved a significant year in South Korea’s history. Eighth-grader Eun-hee (Ji-hu Park) is the…
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The Story Of The Castro makes for compelling viewing
This must-see documentary from 1997 was produced by San Francisco’ s KQED-TV as part of a series “Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco”. It’s a fascinating investigation on how The Castro became the gay holy grail. The area was originally known as the Eureka Valley when it was full of dairy farms until…
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SUMMERLAND : a British lesbian period drama
Summerland is the debut feature film from Olivier award winning playwright, screenwriter and director Jessica Swale. She is reunited with actresses Gemma Arterton and Gugu Mbatha-Raw who both starred in her stage play Nell Gwynn, for this , another quintessential English drama with a real twist. Arterton and Mbatha-Raw play University Students in the…
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PROUD : an intergenerational feel-good drama about growing up gay in France in the 1980″s
From French TV comes PROUD a powerful three part mini series that is a three-generation family drama about being gay in France from the 1980’s on. It’s how a committed Socialist working-class family had to cope with the reality that the outspoken liberal views of the father were severely challenged when he could not…
