queertiques
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The First Gay Parade : San Francisco 1971
This excellent unique slice of queer history is a film of the very first Gay Parade in San Francisco in 1970. Made by the artist, opera designer and independent filmmaker Ronald Chase,it was believed to have been lost for almost 50 years. Not only has it be found but it is just about to…
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The Surrogate : who has to share bad news with the expectant gay fathers
Queer filmmaker Jeremy Hersh’s excellent debut feature film is a powerful story about an ethical conundrum that really makes you question how you would personally respond if faced with an issue like this. This is the tale of two close knit best friends and a husband living a comfortable life in NY who decide…
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Viktor and Viktoria : the 1933 classic German film re-released
Hollywood has always had the habit of taking a successful European movie and ‘Americanizing’ them, often with very questionable results. In this movie’s case they were last in line as at the same time Reinhold Schünzel was directing Viktor und Viktoria in Germany in 1933, he was also shot a French-language version of the…
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Broken Heart Land : a story about a culture of prejudice and bigotry which led to hope
This week sees the online screening of Broken Heart Land a powerful documentary essentially about LGBTQ Rights but is also very much about a culture of prejudice, bigotry and sheer hatred that still prevails in so many parts of our country. It is a portrait of a town divided along the right/left fault-line that…
