Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAnnalise Ophelian’s documentary MAJOR! is an affectionate profile of one of the greatest leaders of the transgender community Major Griffin-Gracy. Known to most people simply as Miss Major or Major she is a larger-than-life old school activist who leads by example helping literally hundreds of trans-women of color, most of whom were strangers. Assigned … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThere are no two stories of transitioning that are the same, and Yiscah Smith’s tale about her own particular journey is probably one of the most intriguing we have ever seen. Born in a devout Observant Jewish family in Brooklyn as Yakov Smith and as a boy at school Smith was picked on and bullied … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe Brazilian transgender activist Luana Muniz was considered such a fascinating character that her life has been the subject of no less that three documentaries. This latest one by Theodore Collatos, and Carolina Monnerat was completed just before Muniz died og a heart attack in 2017 aged 59. She was larger than life figure who … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis feature debut from Australian TV director Ian Watson tackles the sensitive subject of self acceptance with great sincerity and full of well-meaning intentions which sadly falls flat on the screen. It’s the story of Noah (Reece Noi) a young Brit/Australian gay musician who is feeling so unsettled that he quits the Tour of … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesPanama’s Official Submission for Best Foreign Picture Oscar is Arturo Montenegro’s ‘Everybody Changes’ about how a middle -class family survives after the father decides to transition into a woman. Federico (Arantxa de Juan) is a happily married businessman with a wife and three sons living in a very small Panamanian town. His wife Carol … Continue reading
