Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis film directed by Erynn Dalton and written by Robert Leleux with original music by Geoffrey Shortadds to the tangled history of horror in content of queer representation The fictional story introduces us, unaware viewers, to a night club at Bourbon Street, New Orleans, the place belongs to Minnie Bouvée (Eric Swanson), also known … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe tale of Egyptian Nabil (Ryan Ali) his awareness and the reencounter, stitch by stitch, with his departed mother Selma in an urban overdeveloped Toronto. We learn Nabil, in his early 20s, was a single child from a broken marriage, he and his mother lived in Cairo, she passed away and he moved to … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis Canadian relationship drama by director Chloé Robichaud follows the emotional journey of Emma (Sophie Desmarais) from the first scene: on a sunny day she jumps to rest on a floater at the pond, closes her eyes for a while and when she opens them again realizes she is far from the shore and … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesA fascinating tale that intertwines personal struggles with cultural legacies from Africa, where rituals and music are full of meaning, and Europe, as a colonizer and also as the promised land for immigrants moving from East to West, and South to North. Outstand from the cast Jomo (Morr Ndiaye), his sister Udoka (Laetitia Ky) … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiques. H.I.M. tells the story of Kendall (Rahim Brazil), the gay son of mother Monica (Mimi Fletcher) that accepts him but does not allow him or others to refer to his sexual preferences, in her own words, bringing the gay thing to church she works at may cost her friends and her job. She needs … Continue reading