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Viktor and Viktoria : the 1933 classic German film re-released
Hollywood has always had the habit of taking a successful European movie and ‘Americanizing’ them, often with very questionable results. In this movie’s case they were last in line as at the same time Reinhold Schünzel was directing Viktor und Viktoria in Germany in 1933, he was also shot a French-language version of the…
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Loudest Whispers: queer art exhibit goes Virtual
LOUDEST WHISPERS is an annual queer arts exhibition supporting the creative LGBT community in Camden, London. They started with 14 artists in 2003 and now in their 11th Edition have attracted 52 this year. Just before the COVID 19 Lockdown hit everyone’s plans, queer filmmaker Darren Brade made this video about the Exhibit. It…
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Behind The Curtain with Todrick Hall
Watching Todrick Hall perform can frankly be exhausting. We hasten to add, in a good way that is. 35-year-old Hall has evidently never lacked ambition leapfrogging from a gig as a performer at a Disney Theme Park in Orlando to becoming a semi-finalist on TV’s American Idol, before turning into a highly successful You…
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Broken Heart Land : a story about a culture of prejudice and bigotry which led to hope
This week sees the online screening of Broken Heart Land a powerful documentary essentially about LGBTQ Rights but is also very much about a culture of prejudice, bigotry and sheer hatred that still prevails in so many parts of our country. It is a portrait of a town divided along the right/left fault-line that…
