documentary
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Being Thunder : the story of an indigenous Two Spirit Teen
French filmmaker Stéphanie Lamorré’s heart-touching documentary on teenage Sherenté Mishitashin is another very welcome contribution to the burgeoning dialogue about the transgender community. Sherenté is a gender-queer Two-Sprit teenager and a member of the Narragansett Tribal Nation in Rhode Island and this is their story. Lamorré’s very discreet camera captures a very determined and…
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Can The Lesbian Bar Project save the few remaining Lesbian Bars in the US?
Unless you’ve been living under a stone for the past few years, you will know that the demise of Lesbian Bars, particularly in the US, has been alarming. However, what most of us amy not know is exactly how they are on the actual brink of being extinct species. If you thought 200 was…
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Changing The Game: the trials and triumphs of three trans teen athletes
Michael Barnett’s thought-provoking documentary about the trials and triumphs of trans teenager athletes was made in the Trump era where society was encouraged to express rampant transphobia. In fact, violently oppose everything that was not about white cis-gendered men. Whilst the topic of trans sportsmen and women may surface in the media quite often, it…
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Knots : A Forced Marriage Story
Filmmaker Kate Ryan Brewer’s powerful documentary on forced marriage is such an eye-opener that will shock most people who view it. Like others, I had been too quick to assume that such marriages are something that only occurs in third-world countries. How very wrong I was. Her film is about the forced marriages that…
