documentary
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Queerguru’s José Mayorga reviews QUEENS OF THE REVOLUTION the story of a Cuban LGBTQ center that made such a difference
Queens of the Revolution is the filmmaker Rebecca Heidenberg‘s first feature film. It begins with the ritual of Ms. Cinthya dressing up for her performance at El Mejunje, a cultural center in Santa Clara, the capital of the Central Cuban province of Villa Clara. The city of Santa Clara, also known as Liberal City,…
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Open Dialogues : Stories From The LGBTQ Community
This powerful wee documentary is exactly what most queer people would have loved to been able to view on the verge of ‘coming out’ as gay. Listening to the stories of seven South Florida members of the LGBTQ community articulate on their own journeys is such an uplifting experience. Hearing their individual stories of…
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Queerguru’s Janet Prolman reviews ‘A Peloton of One’ a bike with a purpose
“A Peloton of One” is a new documentary about surviving and healing from childhood sexual abuse, and it is both powerfully moving and enraging. The film centers on a heterosexual male survivor, Dave Ohlmuller, who was abused at age twelve by a priest at his family’s church. Dave is resistant to psychotherapy but has…
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Queerguru’s shaven head Contributing Editor Andrew Hebden reviews MANSCAPING : an intimate story about mens hair
Having shaved his own head from the age of 13 this reviewer almost coughed up a furball when Queerguru’s Editor in Chief suggested that this documentary about hair was for me. Turns out this one-hour film, ostensibly about the barbershop, has more to say about the breadth of LGBTQ+ experience than you might expect.…
