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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews ANY OTHER WAY:  THE JACKIE SHANE STORY one of music’s pioneering Black trans performers.

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  In the 1960s Jackie Shane was a groundbreaking R&B star on the rise, she dared to say the things other people didn’t say, at a time when she knew she couldnt be who she really was. Under those premises, and throughout the film, animated sequences that resemble watercolor paintings, illustrate about Jackie´s doings, concerns, … Continue reading



Queerguru’s José Mayorga reviews BEFORE I CHANGE MY MIND where the kids are not alright

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    THE KIDS ARE NOT ALL RIGHT…  In this feature film debut from Trevor Anderson, the highlight is the performance of newcomer Vaughan Murrae as Robin, in a nonbinary lead role.  They play an American child that arrives in Edmonton, Canada to live with their smoker father. It is 1987, at school, Robin´s classmates … Continue reading



Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews Canadian Drag Queen dramedy QUEEN TUT

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  The 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



Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews MUTT : ‘everything informs everything else’

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  The compelling drama depicts a 24-hour period in the life of Fernanda / Feña (Lío Mehiel), a recently transitioned trans man that awaits for his father to come from Chile into town (NYC), enjoys the company of a younger sister who ran away from school bringing her own concerns and has encounters with ex-boyfriend … Continue reading



Queerguru’s José Mayorga reviews QUEENS OF THE REVOLUTION the story of a Cuban LGBTQ center that made such a difference

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  Queens of the Revolution is the filmmaker Rebecca Heidenberg‘s first feature film. It begins with the ritual of Ms. Cinthya dressing up for her performance at El Mejunje, a cultural center in Santa Clara, the capital of the Central Cuban province of Villa Clara. The city of Santa Clara, also known as Liberal City, … Continue reading



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