coming of age
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Fire Song
Even as queer cinema continues to keep evolving it is still something of a surprise to discover yet another new barrier has been broken with the first movie from an unexpected provenance. Writer/director Adam Garnet Jones has done just that by setting and actually making his feature film, a very tender coming-of-age drama, in a First Nation reservation…
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Spa Night
18 year old David is a Korean-American who lives with his first generation immigrant family in L. A.’s Korea town where they run a small shabby restaurant and attend Mass regularly. He still lives at home and helps out in the restaurant like the good son that he is, and even accompanies his parents once a…
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Naz & Maalik
Naz and Maalik are a couple of extremely likable teenage Muslim boys who have been inseparable best friends for years and are now trying coming to terms with both their sexuality and the fact that their relationship has now evolved into something more romantic and physical. After their night of passion together, we follow how this…
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Velociraptor
We quickly learn from this intriguing new movie from Chucho E. Quintero a very young Mexican filmmaker, that two very important events are possibly about to happen. First gay teenager Alex wants to have sex with his straight best friend Diego before the day is out, and secondly the world is about to end. Literally.…
