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How to Get From Here to There
Sci-Fi is a film genre we rarely see in moveies with LGBTQ story lines, and maybe there is a good reason for that . This low-budget debut feature from Kevin James Thornton who wrote, directed and starred in. plus writing & performing some of the music tracks is one such film which, even with…
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Game Girls : a lesbian couple making a life together of sorts on Skid Row
Game Girls the sophomore documentary from Alina Skrzeszewska filmed in cinema-verite mode is a highly emotional view of the rocky relationship of two African/American young lesbians living in LA’s notorious Skid Row which seems like the end of the world. When the film starts Terim who is coping with mental illness, is going to…
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Before Stonewall : a look back at early LGBTQ roots
The Emmy Award Winning Documentary ‘Before Stonewall; made in 1984 has been restored and is about to enjoy a theatrical run in June as part of the celebrations to mark the Anniversary of the Stonewall riots considered the pivotal turning point for the LGBTQ community. Directed by Greta Schiller and Robert Rosenberg, this look…
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Jonathan Kemp ☆☆☆☆☆ review of JOCK NIGHT : Adam Zane’s drama with emotional depth and savage wit.
JOCK NIGHT ☆☆☆☆☆ Hope Theatre Company King’s Head, Islington, London Adam Zane’s background is in verbatim theatre, and that commitment to verisimilitude is on clear display in his first full-length non-verbatim play, JOCK NIGHT. In the programme notes he details the months of researching chemsex, interviewing men whose lives have been affected by it.…
