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Queerguru’s José Mayorga reviews ‘Becoming A Queen’ ….. of the Carnival
A LEGACY OF WOMANHOOD, CARNIVAL HISTORY, AND CARIBBEAN CULTURE The year is 2018, and the film tells the real-life story of Joella Crichton, an actress, a York University graduate, and a contestant for thirteen years at the Caribana Festival that takes place during the summer in Toronto, Canada, where she has been reigning…
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We Are DAD : a truly inspirational queer documentary from 2005
Looking for an inspirational queer film to kick off the new year we landed on “We Are Dad’ a documentary from 2005 about a couple of gay men who so much more deserve sainthood than Mother Theresa! This is the tale of Steven Lofton and Roger Croteau a pair of Pediatric AIDS nurses who had…
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Queerguru @ BFI Flare : Rebel Dykes : London in the 1980’s
In the opening minutes of this powerful documentary we hear a voice that says ‘ we were young, working-class and poor: we were dykes NOT lesbians.” It is a statement of fact but there is a slight edge to it which we take as a warning not to misinterpret who this group of queer women…
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BILLIE : Andrew Hebden reviews a riveting new doc on BILLIE HOLLIDAY
Saying that this riveting telling of the life of Billie Holiday is our second favourite music documentary of the past few years does not seem like the compliment it is until we remind you that our favourite was the sublime Amazing Grace centered on Aretha Franklin. Whereas Amazing Grace focuses on the vocal…
