2016
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So Farewell China and Nana : RIP
To borrow an expression from H.M. The Queen, 2016 has been an ‘annus horribilis‘, and the LGBT community in particular has said goodbye to so many icons/allies/friends that the deaths of some of the less famous ones are sidelined and almost over-looked. queerguru wants to honor a couple of amazing women from totally different walks…
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Bromance
For his debut feature film Argentinian filmmaker Lucas Santa Ana’s story is about three teenage male best friends who in 1996 go on a beach camping vacation together which ends up changing their relationships with each other for good. Dani (Javier De Pietro) is the videographer of the group filming all their activities including when they…
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Fences
It’s always tough adapting a stage play into a movie even when the play in question is August Wilson’s Fences which in 1987 won both a Pulitzer and Tony for Best Play. Set in the 1950s, it is the sixth in Wilson’s ten-part circle which were all set in Pittsburgh and explore the evolving blue-collar African-American experience…
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The Night We Saw George Michael
It was 28th November 1999, and the occasion was a star-studded Gala at London’s Royal Albert Hall to mark the 10th Anniversary of UK gay-rights organization Stonewall. The MC for the night was Sir Ian McKellen and the headliners were Sir Elton John and George Michael. This rather fabulous celebratory evening was mainly memorable…
