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Queer Matter : News, Reviews And Interviews
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THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP
There is a scene at the start of this fictionalized account of recent US/Anglo history when President Clinton is visiting newly elected Prime Minister Tony Blair and dismays the PM by claiming that the UK cannot really claim ‘special relationship’ status with the US as that is the preserve of more important & crucial allies. …
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Being Elmo
A look behind the man behind the puppet who is one of the most cherished characters watched by millions of kids every day on Sesame Street. This fascinating story is of how Kevin Clash went from awkward teenager growing up in dilapidated area of Baltimore and ended up as part of Jim Henson’s team…
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HUNGER
This award-winning explicit and powerful movie is shocking on every level. It covers a moment in recent British/Irish history that those of us who can remember, want desperately to forget. This is the struggles in Northern Ireland in the 1980’s when a group of IRA prisoners are incarcerated in the notorious Maze Prison for a…
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DRESSED
This is a documentary about one young man following his dream to become a fashion designer and show his Collection at New York Fashion Week. He’s Nary Manivong who has never even worked in the industry at all, and is totally unqualified, unprepared and ridiculous underfinanced. All he has is the $5000 that he has…
