documentary
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Broken Heart Land : a story about a culture of prejudice and bigotry which led to hope
This week sees the online screening of Broken Heart Land a powerful documentary essentially about LGBTQ Rights but is also very much about a culture of prejudice, bigotry and sheer hatred that still prevails in so many parts of our country. It is a portrait of a town divided along the right/left fault-line that…
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The Queens who all want to be Miss Continental
It’s a bit of mystery why it took several years for filmmaker Mark Saxenmeyer to get his documentary The Queens finally released. It’s a powerful story of a fascinating slice of queer history although it so poorly edited that it so often fails to do justice to all the ‘girls’ sharing their remarkable stories,…
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James Baldwin I Am Not Your Negro : Special Free Online Screening
O Cinema in Miami announces thanks to the support of Knight Foundation who will work with Magnolia Pictures to make the documentary I Am Not Your Negro (June 7th) available for FREE. The film screening (and that of two others) are being made possible thanks to the support of Knight Foundation, which has generously…
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The Generation That Fought Hardest To Come Out is Going Back In
Queer filmmaker Stu Maddux’s award winning film GEN SILENT about the plight facing many LGBTQ seniors is now 10 years old. That makes us all 10 years closer for all of us to have to personally confront the issues that his very moving documentary covered. Most of the seniors in the Film are LGBT…
