biography
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THE IRAN JOB
As a professional basketball player for hire St Croix native Kevin Shepherd was recruited to play for teams in Argentina, Venezuela, Israel and Puerto Rico before he landed his most unusual gig in 2008. He was employed by A.S. Shiraz a fledgling team who were desperate to make the Iranian Playoffs and they saw Shepherd as the…
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Ignasi M.
Veteran gay Catalan filmmaker Ventura Pons returns to documentaries for his latest film which is a look at the somewhat turbulent life of charismatic renowned museum expert Ignasi Millet. The opening scene shows openly gay HIV-positive Ignasi counting out his day’s quota of drugs that his multitude of doctors have prescribed and a few they didn’t. The fact…
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The Right To Love : An American Family
Some 13 years ago Jay Foxworthy and Bryan Leffew became good friends, fell in love and had a Civil Union. Along the way, they fostered and adopted Daniel and his sister Selena. Then when gay marriage was legalized in California in 2008, Jay and Bryan got hitched at City Hall in San Francisco. Both men…
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William Yang : My Generation
William Yang is something of a Queer Icon in Australia’s art world. A third generation Chinese-Australian born in Brisbane in the 1940’s, who as soon as he was old enough he left the genteel quiet of Queensland to head to Sydney, the gay mecca of Australia. He not only developed a acute eye and remarkable…
