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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden at London Fllm Festival raves about THE SOUVENIR PART II
Joanna Hogg has done a very clever thing. And thankfully for her audience, she has made a superbly vivid and observant film that is so much more than merely clever. The excellent original The Souvenir gave no indication that it needed or even could have a sequel. Yet here is its symmetrical compliment. For those…
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CURED : the story of the LGBTQ activists who fought back against American Psychiatry : reviewed by Queerguru’s Ris Fatah
“Cured” is a must-see. An award-winning documentary that takes viewers inside the campaign that led to a pivotal yet largely unknown moment in the struggle for LGBTQ+ equality: the very influential American Psychiatric Association’s 1973 decision to remove homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses. Early US gay rights activist groups – such as the…
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Queerguru’s pick of MUST SEE FILMS at OUTshine Film Fest in Fort Lauderdale
OUTshine Film Festival is about to kick off its second Fest of 2021 : the Fall is the time for Fort Lauderdale to be front and center. It may be the ‘younger sister’ of the Miami Beach Event each spring but as they share the same management and excellent programming team it has gained…
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Love is A Drag : possibly the first queer music album ever
Writer James Gavin shared a fascinating secret when he made a flying visit to QUEERGURU recently. It was about the discovery of a music album made over 50 years that was full of songs by an unknown man singing of his love for another man. The disc, titled Love Is a Drag in 1962,…
