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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews renowned filmmaker ISAAC JULIEN’S major retrospective WHAT FREEDOM MEANS TO ME @ London’s Tate Gallery
Renowned filmmaker Isaac Julien’s biggest show to date, What Freedom Means To Me, is currently on at London’s Tate Britain. Julien’s films tell important stories – queer stories, black stories, and social justice stories. Julien, himself a gay black man, has a 40-year story-telling history, including Derek, his 2008 film narrated by Tilda Swinton, about…
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PRIDE ONLINE FILM FEST with an excellent exclusive program of international queer films
Pride Film Fest is not just another streaming service that features the latest queer mainstream movies. Instead, it curates a program of excellent international LGBTQ+ films that have been recognized in festivals worldwide and have yet to be streaming on demand. It’s goal is to get exciting new films online in front of audiences…
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HARTLEY BOATS: new work from PTown Artist GASTON LACOMBE
In 1916, American painter Marsden Hartley spent the summer in Provincetown, during which time he created a number of boat paintings. In 2023, Provincetown artist Gaston Lacombe came across these paintings and was taken under their spell. Inspired by this, Lacombe decided to continue Hartley’s boat paintings, by combining his own colors, esthetics, and…
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Who Needs Gay Bars ? Greggor Mattson has (the) answers
Gay bars have been closing by the hundreds and as all gay men are highly opinionated (!) we all have our thoughts on why this has been happening. Greggor Mattson took this all one step further when his favorite local watering hole in Cleveland, Ohio closed. He embarked on a journey across the country…
