documentary
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Are you Proud? Watch this before saying yes
Have you ever been in a heated conversation about the factions in our community? A conversation that has questioned why another letter has or has not been added to the LGBTQI+ acronym? This documentary directed by Ashley Joiner is an ambitious attempt to connect the dots, differences and intersections we live and love with.…
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Pier Kids : homelesss LGBTQ kids of color forging their own sense of community
Elegance Bratton’s compelling documentary on the homeless LGBTQ kids of color that center their lives around the piers in NY’s Greenwich village has been years in the making. He started filming in 2011 and shot footage up until 2016 by when some of the kids had grown up, and a few had sadly died,…
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Queer Japan: a look at the sheer diversity of the LGBTQ community
The LA based Canadian filmmaker Graham Kolbeins set himself an impossible task with his new documentary Queer Japan. Although it is both intriguing and thoroughly entertaining it is also very obvious that 90 minutes is certainly not long enough to comprehensively cover the whole spectrum of LGBTQ culture in Japan. Although somewhat uneven in…
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Between The Shades : 50 people give their views on sexuality and gender
Filmmaker Jill Salvino’s fascinating documentary ‘Between The Shades ‘so effectively articulates the continuing dialogue about gender and sexuality that many of us have been participating in, even if has been conducted just inside our heads. Rather than elicit the opinions of professional experts, Salvino gathered some 50 + people from all over the spectrum …
