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FAG – Short film about homophobia
French queer filmmaker Olivier Lallart’s 35 min film is one of the most powerful dramas which homophobia we have seen for a long time Shot in 2019 in the Oise, the film starts from a love story between two young boys to describe the mechanism of homophobia fueled by rumor. After playing the…
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In The Heights :The Movie will soon be here
Before Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote Hamilton, back in 2008’s he wrote and starred in In The Heights on Broadway. Nominated for 13 Tony Awards, it won 4 including Best Musical. The story is set over the course of three days, involving characters in the largely Dominican neighborhood of Washington Heights in New York City. The ups…
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Lupe : a heart-touching journey of discovery
Lupe, the debut feature from filmmakers André Phillips & Charles Vuolo is a beautifully nuanced tale of self-discovery. It’s the story of Rafael (non-binary actor Rafael Albarran) a young man who had left his native Cuba to come to NY to look for his sister who had suddenly disappeared when he was still a kid. …
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Matthew Bourne’s stunning re-imagining of Romeo & Juliet now streaming online
If you have never seen any of Sir Matthew Bourne’s stunning ballets then you are so missing out, This award-winning queer Brit choreographer has produced breath-taking genre-bridging adaptations of classics like “Swan Lake,” “Sleeping Beauty,” “Car Man” and “The Red Shoes”. Now his latest one Romeo and Juliet, which was filmed live at Sadler’s Wells…
