Actress (and co-writer and Producer) Fawzia Mirza plays an uptight Pakistani Muslim lesbian lawyer who lives with her very conservative mother in Chicago. Her life however is about to go through a major upheaval when she falls in love with a fiery Mexican woman ……. and female wrestling too. Signature Move currently playing the Film Festival circuit is one of the most talked about lesbian movies of year getting a great deal of love from both critics and audiences alike.
Ever since it started in 1999 the Provincetown International Film Festival has always had an impressive reputation for selecting the most diverse and inclusive movies in it’s eclectic program, with a significant amount of LGBTQ films. From this year’s program queerguru has very carefully chosen the TOP TEN QUEER MOVIES at #PIFF2017.
Filmed and edited by Roger Walker-Dack for ‘queerguru reports’ on PTV’s Channel 99.
They talked via Facetime about their life and love and marriage and how it all ended up on the big screen as part of queerguru reports ‘Summer of Love and Marriage‘ series for PTV’s Channel 99.
The center point of what we are calling P.Town’s Summer of Love and Marriage is this year’s BridePride the world’s largest all-girl wedding. After the phenomenal success of the inaugural event last year, the indefatigable organizers Alli Baldwin and Ilene Mitnick of Roux Guest House are determined to make it bigger, better and twice as much fun. They have moved the ceremony to P Town’s iconic Pilgrim Monument with its stunning views of the whole city, and this is where they sat down with queerguru to talk about their exciting plans for the July event. Well some of them, as the two of them are determined to keep some surprises for all the brides-to-be and all the couples renewing their vows. They would not even deny or confirm if the Minister for the Day the Rev Kate Clinton would in fact be abseiling down the side of the tower as rumored, but either way, we all know that she will make her own grand entrance as usual.
One snippet they did reveal that is any local gals ……i.e. those with an 02657 zip code …..will be welcome to join the Vow Renewal Ceremony FREE.
P.S. If you are still thinking of popping the question to the person who makes you heart flutter, you may want to check out our very recent interview with Evan Wolfson the Founder and Director of Freedom To Marry. If it wasn’t for Evan + his colleagues, LGBT marriages would simply not exist.
Any documentary that makes a contribution to the continuing transgender dialogue is important, but when it is as poignant and compelling as ‘Real Boy’, then it can play a significant role in nurturing more understanding and acceptance both within the community and society at large.
Shaleece Haas the writer/director of this multi-award winning movie talked to queerguru about telling the tale of 19 year old transman Bennett Wallace as he goes on the sometimes difficult journey of transitioning. Ben is a sheer delight and is refreshingly open and honest about his many lows, as well as his highs, and Shaleece explained to us what it was like being able to share his story.