documentary
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Beauty & Decay : revisiting a life in East Berlin
It’s been exactly 30 years since the Berlin Wall came down so East Berliner ex-punk photographer Sven Marquardt revisits his old haunts with his former muse Dome (Dominique Hollenstein) to do another photo shoot just like the old days. Since he settled in the West, Marquardt has carved out a fierce reputation for manning…
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Circus of Books : the lives of an unlikely pair of ‘adult book’ sellers
For her sophomore feature filmmaker Rachel Mason turned her cameras on to her own parents to tell their unlikely tale of running the most successful Adult Book Store in West Hollywood. It was part a journey of discovery for her too as growing up with her 3 siblings in this nice middle class Jewish…
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The Chunta : where men have been dressing up like women for centuries
Queer filmmaker Genevieve Roudané debut documentary is a fascinating study of a queer gang of gender-bending dancers fighting to exist in Chiapa de Corzo a remote small town in Mexico. To celebrate the old year ending and the New Year beginning the men dress up as women for a Fiesta night of dancing and…
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Sid & Judy : the life of a tortured genius
In the Queerguru Office right now we are having (yet) another Judy Garland moment. And why shouldn’t we for as gay filmmaker Stephen Kijak has stated it is in our DNA and he’s a kind of expert on both. As we eagerly await to see Miss Zellweger’s star turn in the new biopic JUDY…
