documentary
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Matt Timmiss talks about his affectionate new doc CITY OF QUEENS
Queer Brit filmmaker Matt Timmiss is just doing the post-production of his first documentary CITY OF QUEENS a very affectionate look at the very talented UK drag queens who get their highs by entertaining their local communities. He gave us a preview of some of his clips before we filmed this interview with him via…
