queertiques
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Never Again is Now : how the rise in antisemitism is a threat to all Jewish lives
Evelyn Marcus a Dutch Jew starts her documentary acknowledging about her extremely good fortune that both her parents, and their families, were Holocaust survivors. Growing up in a Amsterdam suburb as a comfortable middle class family in the post WW2 Years, the emphasis of the Marcus family was celebrating life to the fullest. This…
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Tu Me Manques : one of the saddest coming-out stories ever
Bolivian filmmaker Rodrigo Bellott’s third feature is probably the saddest coming-out story that we have ever watched. It’s the tale of 20-something-year-old Gabriel (Jose Duran) who settles in NY as he felt he could never be the son that his ultra-religious family in Bolivia expected him to be. The story starts with the arrival…
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SIberia and Him : a love affair doomed from the start
There cannot possibly be a more desolate place to live on Earth than in the vast plains of Siberia where the sparsely populated people miserably eake out a living and simply pray that there is no return to war. When Sasha’s grandmother fails to answer her phone for days the family send him off…
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Markie in Milwaukee : tale of re-transitioning back that makes for uncomfortable viewing
Filmmaker Matt Kliegman’s compelling debut documentary makes for very uncomfortable viewing especially for those of us who have difficulties with Christian doctrine. This is the story of 50-something-year-old conservative fundamental evangelist Mark Wentzel who transitioned into Markie Ann only to later transition back after God spoke with her. Mark is 7 ft and weighs…
