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The Making of Pinochio : a fabulous theatrical reworking of the classic story, from a trans male perspective
We are all familiar with the nineteenth-century classic fable about Pinocchio, the wooden puppet who wants to be a real boy, and whose nose grows when he lies. The Making of Pinocchio is a fabulous theatrical reworking of the classic story, from a trans male perspective. The show, following a successful run in…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews BIG EASY GIRLS a queer horror extravaganza
This film directed by Erynn Dalton and written by Robert Leleux with original music by Geoffrey Shortadds to the tangled history of horror in content of queer representation The fictional story introduces us, unaware viewers, to a night club at Bourbon Street, New Orleans, the place belongs to Minnie Bouvée (Eric Swanson), also known…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ALLEN GINSBERG the radical queer visionary that has just been re-released
Renowned poet, radical queer, visionary, one of the founders of the Beat Generation, lecturer, Buddhist, political activist and more, Allen Ginsberg’s remarkable life shaped the very soul of American counter-culture. The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg condenses 60 hours of film on Ginsberg, painstakingly collected over 25 years by director Jerry Aronson, into a…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ORLANDO, MY POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY : Paul Preciado’s homage to trans/non binary lives
Orlando, My Political Biography is a fantastic, award-winning documentary film by Spanish philosopher/director Paul Preciado. The documentary is a homage to trans/non-binary lives and Virginia Woolf’s classic 1928 novel, Orlando, A Biography. The original novel is based on the wild family history of Woolf’s lover, the aristocratic poet and novelist, Vita Sackville-West. The…
