Queerguru tracked down Charl-Johan Lingenfelder the co-writer of Canary aka Kanarie in Cape Town to talk about the wonderful musical drama based on his own life, and find out why it is one of the rare #LGBTQ films shot in Afrikaans ……. on the eve of its screening at Miami’s OUTshine Film Festival
When it comes to Gay Pride , Miami Beach Pride is a relative newcomer only holding its first event in 2009. However in the past decade it has grown to one of the biggest and best in the Country and is spread over a week.
Queerguru had FotoNoggin video the Parade which is one of the highlights of this wonderful week which the whole #LGBTQ+ community comes out for. Addition videos by Richard Bolton
Queerguru has always been proud of all the coverage we give to so many aspects of the transgender community and the sheer number of that community who are now followers of our site. We are particularly thrilled that our video coverage of the top transgender movies of 2017 has just enjoyed over 200K hits on Queerguru’s You Tube Channel alone (plus another 2K on Facebook.
If you click on any of the links above you can also read our full reviews of each of these films, the vast majority of which are now available to watch on one of the major streaming platforms.
OUTshine Film Festival, Miami’s own #LGBTQ Festival comes of age this year with its 21st Edition and Queerguru has checked out its eclectic program that covers almost all the LGBTQ spectrum to select our TOP TEN PICKS
SAUVAGE is one of the most powerful French queer movies of the year and is the feature film debut of writer/director Camille Vidal-Naquet. It stars Felix Maritaud (whose breakthrough role was in the multi-award winning AIDS drama BPM Beats Per Minute) and who was recently described as the ‘the hottest young actor on the planet you’ve never heard of”. You will never forget after seeing his performance as the young street hustler with a heart that won him the Best Newcomer Award at Cannes Film Festival last year.
Both men talked to QUEERGURU via Facetime as the movie opened in select US movie theaters
N.B. You can read QUEERGURU’s full review of the movie HERE