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The World To Come : (may be as bleak as this one)
Set in 1856 this slow-burning drama is mostly as bleak as the wild Frontier it is set in. It opens with a throughly depressed Abigail (Katherine Waterson) reading aloud in voiceover . “This morning, ice in our bedroom for the first time all winter,” and you really feel the cold as she speaks. She…
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24 year old Dolly shares her very real heartbreaking story of surviving as a lesbian in Egypt
When Dutch Jewish filmmaker Evelyn Markus introduced Queerguru (via Email) to Dolly a young woman in Egypt, who lives in a severely oppressive society as a lesbian and atheist, we immediately knew we wanted to share her story. Her heartbreaking tale of trying simply to exist and being true to her self is incredibly…
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Films:Dance
Films.Dance, is a groundbreaking International Film Series featuring Artists from more than 25 Countries Premiering a new Short Film Every Week. It is produced by and under the creative direction of LA-based Jacob Jonas The Company and continues on February 22 with EDGING NORMAL, the fifth of 15 short dance films to be released –…
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Forces : an intense Bromance
Forces is a short film from 2016 by director Dominic Poliquin that captures the intense bromance between a straight military guy and a gay football player. Friends since childhood, the boundaries of their relationship are forged and tested. It won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film at its premiere at the Image+Nation…
