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Queerguru’s José Mayorga reviews FINLANDIA an authentic story of the Muxes untethered by gender binary

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  ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FROM OAXACA TO FINLANDIA…   The movie opens with the image of a boy listening to a conch shell that reminded me of the portrait of  Edouard Boubat and also Nina Ricci´s Farouche perfume from 1973. After the boy´s poetic image we see a sequence of tragedies … Continue reading



Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews FRIDA the story of the great Mexican artist that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival

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  A documentary feature with animations of her paintings for new generations. In a linear narrative dated from 1910 to 1954 and based on rich archival material, Frida Kahlo´s life, full of expectations and pain, is made acquainted for those who do not know of her omnipresence since decades ago.  The Director shows  Frida from … Continue reading



Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews GLITTER & DOOM a queer rom com/musical

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A romantic comedy that is also a musical with the hits of the Indigo Girls. Carefree Glitter (Alex Díaz) young and handsome, wants to become a professional circus performer and applies to the Ecole de Cirque in Paris. Doom (Alan Cammish) is a struggling musician, composer and singer. One night they met at Disco Berlin … Continue reading



Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews H.I.M. a tale of self-discovery and acceptance in a kind of hybrid series-film format.

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. 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



Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews HIDDEN LETTERS the compelling tale of Chinese calligraphy that is secret code for women only

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  FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, WOMEN IN CHINA WERE BORN TO OBEY THEIR FATHERS, HUSBANDS AND SONS. FORBIDDEN TO READ AND WRITE, THEIR VOICES WERE SILENCED. MOST LEFT NO RECORD OF THEIR LIVES. Nushu has many levels, is a secret that belongs to Chinese women, it is calligraphy made by women to preserve a secret … Continue reading



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