TOM SHEPARD started his excellent and unsettling documentary about the plight of a handful of LGBTQ refugees in what we now wistfully call the ‘good old days’ i.e. pre 2016. Up to then this country stood by its centuries old policy of giving refugee to all those in need. His cameras show us the risks that refugees are prepared to take to escape persecution and death back home to try to be one of the lucky few that our very reluctant Administration will allow in .
Then we learn that even if they do eventually make it here, that their struggle is in fact far from over, as the system is stacked so heavily against them,
On the eve of the documentary being broadcast by PBS and the World Channel, Queerguru talked with Shepard about the impact his compelling film was making, and also about the continuing tragic queer refugee situation
P.S. You may also like to to check out Queerguru’s full review of the film
QUEERGURU can confidently tell you that queer movies as good as this come along far too infrequently, and you’ll kick yourself if you miss the chance to see it.
QUEERGURU was fortunate enough to catch up with Travis to talk about TWO EYES before the rest of the world got to see it
Veronique Leroux & #JeanDoherty together for some 32 years and who claim they are really gay men in womens bodies, own and run Le Patio Wilton Manors that is a romantic wee gem that may also be the smallest restaurant we have ever eaten in. This rather disarmingly charming pair told us that 98% of their customers were gay men so we felt very much at home when we sat down to talk to them.
The interview was conducted by Roger Walker-Dack and filmed by Dan Desjardin