2019
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CANARY : a coming-of-age musical dramedy set in South Africa in the 1980’s
FIlmmaker Christiaan Olwagen’s enchanting coming-of-age musical dramedy set in his homeland of South Africa takes a trope of extreme obstacles facing gay men in the 1980’s with such an inspired touch that makes this such a sheer joy of a movie. It’s the tale of teenage Johan Niemand (Schalk Bezuidenhout) who although he lives…
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Two Months More then we’ll be going home to Mrs Madrigal
Netflix is full of good news today. They have not only released the first teaser trailer of their new TALES OF A CITY series, but they also announced that it will be released on their site/app on June 7th. Picking up the story 20 years later from where it last left off, we see…
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Mr Leather: Daniel Nolasco demystifies Brazil’s leather community
Daniel Nolasco’s intriguing documentary “Mr. Leather” is a very affectionate profile of Brazil’s growing gay leather community. He kicks off his tale with a highly amusing parody that hints at some dark political intrigue that ended up making Barbudo the very first winner of the Mr Leather title, and now the de-facto organiser of…
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Chechnya LGBT Community desperately needs our Help
Drag Queen Jinkx Monsoon headlines a group of LGBT celebrities and activists in a video that has been made to help raise funds and awareness for the LGBT community in Chechnya whose very lives are in danger under the current regime. LGBT people have been detained in concentration camps and tortured in horrific ways…
