documentary
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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…
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Where’s my Roy Cohn? : Trump misses his odious mentor
It should be really no shock to see how amoral the odious lawyer and manipulator extraordinaire Roy Cohn was, but after watching Matt Tyrnauer’s impressive piece of investigation, we realise that most of us never knew the half of it. His time as the lackey and confidente of Senator Joseph McCarthy the self appointed…
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Cassandro The Exotica : the gay Mexican Lucha Libre who lives and will probably die in the ring
Cassandro The Exotica is a 49 year old gay Mexican Lucha Libre that stands just just 5’5′ in his glittery outrageous costumes, but what he lacks in size , he makes up with his giant ego. This documentary on him was made by French filmmaker Marie Losier on 16 mm mainly using a (shaky)…
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Fiddler : A Miracle of Miracles
This very affectionate look at the creation and the longevity of this classic Broadway Musical examines why Fiddler on the Roof resounds way beyond the orthodox Jewish community that it was set in. In this his third documentary filmmaker Max Lewkowicz talks to all the principal players who were responsible for turning what seemed…
