documentary
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Glitter Tribe
Burlesque Theater has been around in some form or enough for centuries. It peaked in England during the Victorian period and were often pastiches and parodies of popular songs and opera arias. By the time a Brit troupe visited NY at the end of the 19th Century New York, burlesque shows soon incorporated elements of…
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Real Boy
Any documentary that makes a contribution to the continuing transgender dialogue is important, but when it is as poignant and compelling as ‘Real Boy’, then it can play a significant role in nurturing more understanding and acceptance both within the community and society at large. Queer filmmaker Shaleece Haas subject is a disarmingly charming young teenage musician…
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Inside The Chinese Closet
It would seem that when LGBT men and women come out of the closets as gay to their family in China today, the parents then rush into the closets themselves. According to this new documentary from Italian filmmaker Sophia Luvarà even liberated Chinese parents who ‘accept’ their children’s sexuality have an immediate concern in that the news…
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From This Day Forward
‘From This Day Forward’ is a new very personal documentary that adds yet another dimension to the whole transgender dialogue. Filmmaker Sharon Shattock’s very compelling movie is about her own father who began transitioning when she was still in grade school. The news absolutely horrified her and her younger sister, and she all but rejected…
