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Cinema of Disobedience : a program of radical queer cinema at Moviemento Kino Berlin
Cinema of Disobedience began at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) in 2025. They met there as filmmakers and artists who, despite different backgrounds and practices, shared the same feeling. The film industry was reaching a breaking point. Markets were becoming unbearable, narrowing what could be made, shown, or even imagined. In that moment, they…
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Artist /activist MICHAEL TOWNSEND has such passion and sheer joy when he talks about the compelling story of SECRET MALL APARTMENT
Artist/activist MICHAEL TOWNSEND is from Providence, Rhode Island, and was developing his TAPE ART project when a major redevelopment in the city center was going to make him homeless. When the ginormous new Mall was being built, he thought he had spotted what seemed like an unused space behind the main construction. He and…
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Desperado LGBT+ Film Fest is BACK : here are Queerguru’s Must See Movies
We love GOOD queer news even more at present, with the sheer and dangerous madness created by The Orange Man. Last year, the Desperado LGBTQ+ Film Festival in Phoenix announced that they canceled the event “in direct response” to Trump’s executive order aimed at ending diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at publicly funded institutions. This would have…
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‘Heated Rivaly’ star François Arnaud calls out NHL for their widespread homophobia in Mens Hockey
Queer Canadian actor François Arnaud, one of the stars of the hit TV series Heated Rivalry, won over our hearts even more yesterday. While appearing on the Kelly Clarkson Show on Tuesday, he said that he hopes the show forces the National Hockey League (NHL) to embrace more out queer athletes. “It’s crazy to think that there’s…
