documentary
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Maria by Callas
The sheer beauty of Tom Volf‘s enthralling documentary on the legendary diva Maria Callas is that he puts such an emphasis on the music and her magnificent voice. By using only her words from interviews, letters and videos whilst Volf touches on Callas’s life that was more tumultuous off-stage, he never lets that override this…
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Denial
When filmmaker Derek Hallquist started his documentary Denial it focused on his father David the CEO of Vermont Electric Corp and his impassioned views on climate change and transitioning the industry to adequately deal with an ever changing world. Hallquist Snr was so committed to renewable energy and converting the Grid to sources of…
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Little Miss Westie
As part of Transgender Awareness Week, Queerguru reviews LITTLE MISS WESTIE an extraordinary new documentary by Joy E Reed and Dan Hunt that has just had its World Premiere at DOC NYC. It’s the story of the McCarthy family in Connecticut where both of their children are transgender. The older sibling Luca came out…
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F(l)ag Football
It is impossible not to get swept up in the exuberance and sheer passion of the footballers in Seth Greenleaf’s rather exhilarating documentary. It’s the story of how gay flag football went from a few guys casually playing together some 20 years to a full fledged league of some 26 teams throughout the US…
