queertiques
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Kiki
To us non-residents of Harlem the fact that 25 years after Jenni Livingston’s seminal documentary Paris Is Burning, ‘voguing’ is very much alive in the dance clubs and community spaces in this corner of New York is quite a shock. In fact it’s been re-shaped and re-invented to bring it more in line with the needs and…
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Brothers Of The Night
Austrian filmmaker Patric Chiha’s new movie that has just had its World Premiere at Berlinale Film Festival is a gritty fascinating documentary about a small group of young Bulgarian Roma men who flock to Vienna in search of a better life. When they first arrive they can barely speak any German at all and find…
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Suited
This is the story of Bindle and Keep a small tailoring company in New York who are part of whole new growing breed of clothiers who cater specifically for the transgender community. Whilst transitioning is mainly about having one’s body brought into line with a person’s true identity, one of the side effects is that trans…
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Spa Night
18 year old David is a Korean-American who lives with his first generation immigrant family in L. A.’s Korea town where they run a small shabby restaurant and attend Mass regularly. He still lives at home and helps out in the restaurant like the good son that he is, and even accompanies his parents once a…
