documentary
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Denise Ho: Becoming the Song : the story of a queer HK singing star/political activist
Veteran American filmmaker Sue Williams should be applauded for this fascinating documentary which will introduce the remarkable gay Chinese/Canadian performer and activist Denise Ho to the rest of the world. Ho maybe bigger than Madonna in Hong Kong and China but she is still sadly little known outside of Chinese communities. Now 41 years…
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Sidney and Friends : the lives of a group of intersex and trans youth in Kenya
Nearly every documentary that depicts someone’s transitioning journey is tough to sit and watch. Mainly because as they struggle with gender dysphoria they are made outcasts by their families, and facing poverty and unable to be employed become sex workers which puts their whole lives at risk. Very few are able to take this…
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Every Act of Life : the story of Terrence McNally the great American playwright
The celebrated 78-year-old playwright TERRENCE MCNALLY has enjoyed such a packed life with his roller-coaster career and a love life that itself could be the stuff that dramas are made off, so it was a tough challenge for filmmaker JEFF KAUFMAN to squeeze it all into 90 so minutes the length of his new profile. The end result is an affectionate and…
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The First Gay Parade : San Francisco 1971
This excellent unique slice of queer history is a film of the very first Gay Parade in San Francisco in 1970. Made by the artist, opera designer and independent filmmaker Ronald Chase,it was believed to have been lost for almost 50 years. Not only has it be found but it is just about to…
