documentary
-
Leonard Soloway”s Broadway : the story of a theatrical legend that we have never heard of.
This very affectionate profile is of a disarmingly charming octogenarian Broadway legend that no-one outside of the theater world has ever heard of. Including us. This better-late-than-ever documentary on Leonard Soloway the producer/general manager of over 100 shows that garnered over 40 Tony Awards and 60 Tony Nominations is a sheer delight from the…
-
Deep In Vogue : Manchester stitches together a new look from second hand material
Voguing and the ballroom scene of Harlem have created cultural ripples through the decades and across continents. It has been appropriated, reassembled, packaged, sold and on many occasions sold out. Madonna was one of the first mainstream artists to acknowledge it in a very visible way but there are shards of its impact on…
-
Crystal City: a tale of woe and hope
Filmmaker Terrence Crawford’s stunning documentary debut is an impressive eye-opening investigation of a resurgence of crystal meth addiction in New York’s gay community. His non-judgemental revelations depict a scene that appears to be alarming to us in the outside, but from his series of highly personal interviews with current and past addicts, the overwhelming…
-
Miss Rosewood : the life of a self-styled transgender terrorist
Jon Cory aka Miss Rosewood the transgender performance artist whose outrageous act goes way beyond what most of us would find acceptable, has always claimed that her work can only meaningfully be experienced in person. It’s surprising then she agreed to allow the Danish cinematographer Helle Jensen to make her the subject of the…
