queertiques
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews “How To LIve ” a thought-provoking new documentary on Nairobi’s vibrant ballroom, drag and queer cabaret scene.
Queer life in Kenya doesn’t get much attention, but How to Live, film-maker Njoroge Muthoni’s thought-provoking new documentary on Nairobi’s vibrant ballroom, drag and queer cabaret scene, may change that. The film’s world premiere is at this month’s BFI Flare Film Festival in London. Muthoni follows a large group of Nairobi’s queer performers, entertainers…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ‘MANOK’ : how a Korean lesbian had to re-invent herself when she reached middle-age
Manok (Yang Mal-bok) is a lesbian bar owner and has run the lively, colorful Lainbow Bar in Seoul, South Korea for twenty years. She’s strong, feisty, and not afraid to voice her opinions, which leads the middle-aged Manok to clash with some of her younger customers, who don’t spend as much money as she’d like,…
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Queergurus Top Picks of Must See Movies at WICKED QUEER, Boston’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival
If you have never been to Boston in Massachusetts (shame on you), you may not be familiar with the term ‘WICKED’ which is one of our favorite Bostonian slang words. It was all started in the 1960s by a schoolteacher in nearby Somerville who intended it to be used by his pupils to express…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ‘WE ARE FAHEEM AND KARUN’ the first ever Kashmiri queer film screening at BFI FLARE, London
Karun (Akash Unnimenon), a handsome young security officer from Kerala, is stationed in a remote village in Kashmir. One day he meets Faheem (Tawseef Mir), a charming, equally attractive, student returning from college to visit his family, who stops his motorbike at Karun’s checkpoint. The two men fleetingly lock their beautiful eyes, before parting company.…
