queertiques
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Dude For A Day
With so much attention on gender identity these days far more people are now focusing inwards and looking at themselves on a scale and in a manner that would have been unthinkable a decade ago. One of the options of doing this are workshops like the one run by Tracey Erin Smith, the Director…
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My Father, The Bride : a Japanese tale about being a Family
Toka (Honoka Matsumoto) is an unhappy young career woman in Tokyo who meets her estranged husband once a week even though they seem to have very little common. They only married three years ago and she is too ashamed to share the news of its failure with family. As it is the 3rd year…
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CANARY : a coming-of-age musical dramedy set in South Africa in the 1980’s
FIlmmaker Christiaan Olwagen’s enchanting coming-of-age musical dramedy set in his homeland of South Africa takes a trope of extreme obstacles facing gay men in the 1980’s with such an inspired touch that makes this such a sheer joy of a movie. It’s the tale of teenage Johan Niemand (Schalk Bezuidenhout) who although he lives…
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Mr Leather: Daniel Nolasco demystifies Brazil’s leather community
Daniel Nolasco’s intriguing documentary “Mr. Leather” is a very affectionate profile of Brazil’s growing gay leather community. He kicks off his tale with a highly amusing parody that hints at some dark political intrigue that ended up making Barbudo the very first winner of the Mr Leather title, and now the de-facto organiser of…
