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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews the restored version of THE BUSINESS OF FANCY DANCING a queer Native American indie drama
My Film Title of the Year award goes to The Business of Fancydancing, although it’s in fact a re-release of Sherman Alexie’s 2002 Native American indie drama. What a genius title! Alexie, a Native American himself, examines the lives of a few characters around the Spokane tribe. The chief protagonist is Seymour Polatkin (Evan Adams),…
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Atlanta’s OUT IN FILM celebrates WORLD AIDS DAY with a screening Stephen Winter’s “Chocolate Babies
To mark WORLD AIDS DAY, Out On Film and Gilead present a screening of Stephen Winter’s “Chocolate Babies” followed by a discussion of HIV/AIDS in the media and the continued importance of advocacy with Atlanta activists, including Craig Washington and Mark King. Reception to follow at 9 p.m. at Apres Diem. An underground band of…
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Looking Back to 2014 : THE TATTOOED TENOR who became the Mayor of his Hometown
Taking a Look Back at 2014, when 25-year-old operatic tenor MATTHEW GARWOOD stunned the judges on The Voice TV Show in Australia, the moment he opened his mouth. They included Ricky Martin, Kylie Minogue, Will.i.am and Joel Madden, and when they caught sight of this handsome, heavily tattooed man, they were bowled over. He was…
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PRIDE one of the best Brit queer movies will now be a stage Musical : and we cannot wait
When the British movie PRIDE was released back in 2014 our Queerguru reviewer wrote In the hands of acclaimed theatre director Matthew Warchus and actor-turned-writer Stephen Beresford this very true story with its dark subject matter has been fictionalized and made it into one of the most joyous and feel-good quintessentially British comedies we have seen for a…
