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Aaron Bear & Wes Hurley : from Seattle to PTown with two stunning new queer films

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Two of Seattle’s best queer filmmakers Aaron Bear & Wes Hurley were presenting their new films at  Provincetown Film Society & Festival

Yes I Am – The Ric Weiland Story the story of one of the world’s most generous gay philanthropists was written and directed by Bear, and Hurley was one of the film’s producers.    Hurley’s own film is an inspiring feature  based on his life story about being gay and immigrating from Russia when he was a teenager  is Potato Dreams of America

After the screenings, both filmmakers sat down with QUEERGURU to talk about their films’ journeys to date.  The interview conducted by Roger Walker-Dack was filmed by Dan Desjardins at the Lands End Inn in Provincetown

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Filmmaker Stephen Kijak talks about his unmissable doc. ROCK HUDSON: ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWED

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Bafta Nominated American filmmaker Stephen Kijak has carved out quite a niche making some critically acclaimed documentaries about musicians such as Scott Walker, The Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Backstreet Boys, and more recently  The Smiths. For his latest film, however, he has captured the narrative of the life of one of Hollywood’s golden matinee idols ROCK HUDSON.     The star of such great movies as Giant, Hudson enjoyed a career that lasted more than three decades.  

Although discreet regarding his sexual orientation, it was known among Hudson’s colleagues in the film industry that he was gayThis didn’t become public knowledge until 1984 when  Hudson was diagnosed with AIDS. The following year, he became one of the first celebrities to disclose his AIDS diagnosis. Hudson was the first major celebrity to die from an AIDS-related illness, on October 2, 1985, at age 59

Hijak’s film is a wonderful celebration of a great actor who even in the closet enjoyed a rather fabulous life, and how his death unwittingly propelled the AIDS Pandemic finally into public conversations that were so long overdue.

This affectionate  profile of a real star will be unmissable to those of us who remember him BUT it should also be compulsory viewing for young gay men who haven’t, so they can appreciate  such an important era in our community’s history 

NB The movie will have its World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival and then will screen at Provincetown Film Festival and Frameline before HBO premieres it on June 28th 



Peter Horgan : Ready To Die

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Queerguru talked with Boston filmmaker Peter Horgan about his new movie Ready To Die : Haunted by visions of her traumatic past, a woman who lost her faith struggles to adapt to her new world views screening at Provincetown Film Society & Festival .

The interview with Roger Walker-Dack was filmed by #DanDesjardins at Lands End Inn Provincetown

https://vimeo.com/peterhorgan



QUEERGURU @The Movies : PROVINCETOWN FILM FEST

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It’s almost time for the 23rd ANNUAL Provincetown Film Festival. This year like most Festivals in this post-Covid world, it will be a hybrid event mixing outdoor screenings a few indoor screenings but the bulk being virtual online screenings. The good news is that the latter can be viewed by anyone living in Massachusetts

PFF is not an #LGBTQ Film Festival in the true sense of the word but as we make up a significant part of the community here, there is, as always, an excellent slate of new queer movies that we think you really should see:

\Word of warning though if you are wanting to see any of the films in the flesh and go to any of the events THEN YOU MUST RESERVE IN ADVANCE as there will be limited seating for a safe and environmentally responsible festival.

To check out the rest of the Fest and buy tickets go to ProvincetownFilm.Org.  And to read the full reviews of our  Top Picks and over 1200 over queer films, go to queerguru.com. 



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